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t THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, AST01UA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1908. NEW KIND OF WHEAT . ..WARRANTED PURE.... Bernett's Extradl We have jusl: put in a complete line-all flavors Big Claims Are Made Idaho Grain for an emu nan 1 A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glass. PHONE 711 . PHONE3871 UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 A PRETTY BIRTHDAY ; PARTY "NO HIT" PITCHING FEATS. It was a jolly crowd indeed that gathered at the Irving Hotel dining room last night to celebrate the , birthday anniversary of Miss Leota Howard, one of the popular members f the Georgia Harper Company, who are playing a stock engagement at the Astoria theatre. The happy affair was attended by tie complete company in a body, and they were agreeably surprised at the keautifuf sight that greeted them up n entering the dining room, which was decorated in an elaborate man ner, for the occasion, in a profusion of pink . decorations, besides many flowers and ferns of various descrip tions, which added greatly to the . beauty of the pleasant surroundings. , Miss Howard received many tokens ef friendship which bespeaks best , Wiltst's Ractnt Ten Inning 8hutout Game a Great Performance. The feats of old Cy Young of the Boston Americans and George Wlltse of the New York Nationals In pitching I no hit games recently hare earned place In the baseball hall of fame for both. WUtse's work was little short of remarkable, as only one Phlladel pbia player reached first base In n ten inning struggle. Better yet. It points to the conclusion that be Is back In his best form at a time when bis services will be particularly valuable to the Giants, who are surely in line for the pennaut If they can keep up their pres ent gait So far as ran be remember ed, it was the first no bit game Wlltse ever pitched Mathewson has two to his credit and old Cy Young three The last named accomplished the feat first in 1S97. lie got another In 1904 tsalnst Philadelphia and bis third re cently against the Yankees. Upton to Challenge Again. Apparently authoritative statements In England are to the effect that Sir Thomas Lipton intends shortly to chal lenge again for the America's enp with the kindlv feelinir among the com-'.a boat -conforming to trie American yany. Among the presents was araclnf ,e- W tha w,tb. ",e , . . ... , . permission of the New York laebt locket and chain, a beautiful pearl y gIf Thomag wl buM two rac. nng, a silver rouet set, ana many ats and after matins tests will bring the better of the two to America as the challenger. other gifts, that were all graciously received by the happy hostess. Mr. Berrell acted as toastmaster for the occasion, and several among die gathering responded in short ad dresses wishing Miss Howard many iappy returns of the day, and other appropriate short talks. A splendid repast ' was served, after which the company entertained among them selves by songs and recitations, and by the Harper quartet who ren dered pleasing selections. Those who were present at the pleasant function were: Miss Leota Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Georgia Har per, Mr. and Mrs. Berrell, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mayo, Mr. and Mrs. Bly- ien, Miss Evelyn Green, Miss Fran ce Williamson, Mr. Glen Harper, Mr. Joseph Detrick, Mr. Paul Mac Reynolds, Mr. Jack McDonald, and Ifr. Volney Ballinger. When the night was growing into tie small hours of the morning the delightful company all joined in the sweet song of "Auld Lang Syne," after which the party disbanded all agreeing that the affair was a com plete success. Trotter Tivertin on Shelf. It has been announced that Tiverton, 2.0414, one of the fastest geldings ttmt trer faced a starter, linn been laid on the shelf. It will be remembered that Tiverton was last winter taken up and Jogged and all spring has been in the lands of John Howell, who bo suc cessfully raced him and who, after trying In every manner possible to get him to stand the preparation necessary for the hard racing he would1 have to undergo, has finally bad to give op and send him back to bis fwner. Burnett Released. The St Louis National league ehib has released Outfielder Birnett to the Tacoma club. GREAT BOY IS WOOD. Kansas City Lad Won't Stay Out of Big Leagues Long. The Kansas City baseball team has a star of stars in young Joe Wood. Wood pitched last year for Hutch inson. Kan., and did such great work Hint he was signed by Kansas City. Now be is mowing down the Ameri can association batters at a marvelous rate, and President Taylor has taken an option ou him for the Boston American league team, for which he ttlil doubtless perform next year. Wood has good control, great speed and a bewildering break to his curve U1I. Keceniiy lie held the .Milwaukee t;ain to no hits and no runs. He did not hit a man or give a base on balls. Only twenty -eight batters faced him. Not a man reached first until there was one out In the ninth inning. Then an error gave one man a life, but be did not reacji second base. 200 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE Statements That Hardly Bear Stamp of Credibility Are Sent Out From Little Northwestern Town Is a Hard Wheat That Gradei High. Tommy Spoke. Minister--If any one present can show cause why this couple should not become man and wife, let him speak now or forever hold his peace. Tommy -I kin, mister. He thinks aunty's only twenty-five, and she's forty. Economy may be the road to wealth, but nine-tenths of those who are com pelled to travel it never reach the goal. Chicago News. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered hv FREE TRIAL-AN ELECTRIC IRON Saves backs, footsteps, blistered fingers, and facesfuel and tempers. ' '''' ' ' ' " ' ' You feel no electricity attach to any descent socket low expense would prise you let us explain to YOU. ASTORIA ELECTRIC CO. mean sur- JUUETTG, Ida., July 25.-H some one were to tell the average wheat farmer, that it was possible to raise wheat crop on United States farms m one year, of hve billions of bush els, he would probably brand his in formant as a liar pure and simple, and yet had the farmers in America planted a wonderful new wheat seed that has been perfected by Abraham Adams of Juliaetta, Idaho, that is just what the yield would have been this season, based upon the probable crop of the year, according to a re port Connected with this assertion is the greatest story that has ever been told, far greatcrt than the wilde dream of the wheat king, in the secu rity of his vast domain and the de manU for his golden harvest. The United States paid eighty millions of money for Alaska, and yet the great gold payment Alaska has returned, sinks into insignificance when com pared with Farmer Adams "Alaska Wheat, which in the secret and far away fields of Idaho, he has gradu ally brought 'to perfection until he has given to the world, a wheat that will grow tinder average conditions, two hundred bushels to the acre. This is a large assertion, and hard believable were it not for the fact that it is backed tip by surveys of land and output of threshers; and the ield and quality backed up by the Idaho experimental station at Mos cow Idaho, and being tonowea up by other stations, all eager to make test to see if they can beat the ield of the originator. The yield is only a part of the great discovery, for this Alaska Wheat, is both a win ter and spring wheat, and when plan ted as either, is a hard wheat that will grade as No. I. Imagine a hard winter wheat, for the great soft wheat belts of the country, which with this ew wheat can compete with the hard wheat lands of the great northwest. A brief history of this almost mir aculous seed, is, given in a few words by its modest originator, a plain man who farms in a plain way, but who all his life, until old age has lived with and for his wheat and his finally giv en the world the greatest gift any one man has ever .been responsible for, Mr. Adams' first perfect head of wheat, came to realization in 1904 from an experimental plant, of the spring of that year. This one head he planted that fall, as winter wheat, and the next year he secured seven pounds of seed from that planting. From the seven pounds, planted in the spring ot lyuo, ne nervesten pounds, an increase of over 222 times, or a basic principle of 222 bushels to the acre. Here comes another re markable story of this wonderful wheat. The 1545 pounds were sowed in the fall, and that slimmer there were terrific hail storms which put the club and blue stem wheat so much to the bad that many fields were nev er harvested, yet from the Alaska Wheat plots, there were gathered a crop which threshed out 53,000 pounds. This when all other wheat was rendered practically worthless.' At about this time the Idaho sta,- tion became interested in the wheat and asked to make a test. Mr. Ad ams carried a sample to the station at Moscow, and after a most thor ough test, received the following re ply: "Regarding the analysis made up on the sample of Alaska Wheat which you brought .to this laboratory, I have this to say:The kernals from the fall sown wheat were plump and sound and doubtless will grade as number one. Judging from the che mical and physical condition of this sample I will say it will probably take rank with the best grade of Blue Stem for flour making purposes. The sam ple grown from' spring sown wheat showed by chemical analysis a some what higher protein content (this be ing an indication of its probable strength for bread making purposes.) I am inclined to think that the wheat you have here is equal if not the su perior of our Blue Stem lor flour ma- at Small Prices tlD U i; VALUES FROM $12.50 TO $18.00 NOTICE! EVery one of these suits are guaranteed ALL I WOOL and three-piece; not outing- the only ob jection is that they are mostly broken lots and I I small sizes, hence the low price $7.50 suit. On display Monday in our windows. UOD BROS. The Woolen Mill Store king purposes. 1 should like to make a mill test whenever you can send sufficient quantity for that purpose. Very truly, J. S. JONES, State Che mist." In appearance, the standing wheat is strong and vigorous, with a corn like growth. Its head in the bearing part is about four inches long to over that, and an inch and a half broad at its broadest prt. The kernel is about four times the size of hard wheat and a clear light cream color without a' (lark spot, as clean as hulled peanuts, in color. It is almost absolutely frost protected and it would be a hard frost that would touch it. Its sturdiness makes it impervious to or dinary storm or light hail. It is or iginally grown on high dry unirriga- te land, and win stand drought as no known wheat will. Add all these qualities to its enormous yielding pro pensities, and it must be admitted that the world has been turned topsy turvey so far as wheat raising is con cerned. California, where so much soft wheat is grown, is beginning to take up the Alaska Wheat, for they see the opportunity of a hard wheat yield. Farmers in Missouri and the east, and in the south, where soft wheat is all that can be raised, with success, are beginnig to think of what is in store for them when some neighbor convinces them by making a first trial, that the wonderful Alaska Wheat sto ry is not as much a fabrication as the first story of seedless oranges was thought to be. The wheat world is trembling on the verge of a new era, one in which the men with a hundred acres, sudenly finds his farm increas ed in area to a thousand acres, by the discovery of one old farmer away out in Idaho. As a last test, Mr. Adams has sent single heads of wheat to other parts of the country where he had men he could trust to plant and ascertain the result. Reports are just coming to him, and he finds that in other states his Alaska Wheat does better than on its home soil. In Alabama, a head was planted Dec. 31, and was up Jan. 30, waist high April 1, with leaves 7-8 of an inch broad, and July 7 was har vested. It showed to be hard wheat of a fine quality, and the one head yielded the same, as the first head lO Cent Novels 1500 new novels 10 cents and 15 cents each. Bertha Clay, Mrs. South worth, Medal, Eagle and Magnet li braries. Read two and return them and get one in exchange. Send for FREE catalogue of titles SEE SHOW WINDOW itmao's Book Store Wh For THIS WEEK ONLY 10 Per Cent REDUCTION 10 Per Cent , Off onall COTTON HOSE Now is the time' to supply your needs. The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. planted in Idaho, One Oregon experimental station offered the originator $5 for a pound of his wheat, a rate' of over $300 a bushel. The old gentleman did not prize the money. He only wanted to be sure that some attache was not striving to get away some of his seed. He required a contract that the state would not dispose of any wheat used in the test, and upon securing that, sent the seed asked for along. Now the United States experimenters are becoming interested, and next year's report' will have much to say about Abraham Adams and his wheat; the old gentleman will at one step come was much into prominence as Luther Burbank, who,, although accomplish ing hundreds of miracles with grow ing things, has been eclipsed by this man who has done wh.it the average, fanner will believe is an impossibil ity . . Irritation of the throat and hoarse ness are relieved immediately by two or three little .swallows of Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure. Grip patients should make a note of this. ' A cough oure than can be given to children without chance of harm is Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure. It does not contain poisons or harmful drugs. Druggists sell It ' Subscribe to the Morning Astorian,