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at Alexander's.
.get GOOD GOODS
feOES FOK i nc
bBARY SOLE
t nrices to make the heart rejoice. Our entire
window full of Men's Choice Dress, Walking and
Work Sh es. Fifty styles to select from.
VumCE $2 50 PAIR
Alexander Dep't Store
w. ko keen the Sorosis, the Correct Ladies' Shoe in the
we aiso f Smart shap98(
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lee the Fisherman
in Our Show Window, i
And remember that 1 have a full line of High
Grade Tackle. I bought all of my Tackle direct
from the factory and have the kind that will suit
every fisherman. I have in stock fly hooks from
25c to $1.50 per doz., leaders from 5c to 75c, fish
baskets, straps, bait boxes, leader boxes, reels,
from 20C to $5.50, jointed poles from $1 to $10,
all kinds of artificial bait, spinner hooks, "Chubb's
pole varnish," mist colored gut and other fisher
man's supplies, too numerous to mention.
C, TAYLOR THE HARDWARE MAN 1
74J Main Street
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lie Grand Trunk Gold Mine
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Sumpter, Oregon, Gold Mining District.
Is located UDon the GREAT MOTHER
LODE system of veins and has for neigh
bors on that vein such well known
mines as the NORTH POLE valued at
$10,000,000. The COLUMBIA valued at
$5,ooo,ooo. GOLCOND A valued at $3,
000,000. THE MONMOTH G. M. CO'S
BELLE BAKER mine valued at $5oo,
000. THE BALD MOUNTAIN valued at
S5oo,ooo. THE IBEX valued at $400,
ooo, and many others.
Srand Trunk Gold Mining and Milling Go.
Is Its Property Cona'stlng of 160 Acres of Rich dold Bearlng Velns
It has no indebtedness of any character.
It conservative mining and business management.
'Sf' i?nnf! 5.oo shares of stock at 15c per share.
wi become a dividend payer in a short time,
it will pay you to write us for full particulars and to make
It h i 'nV(iS,'Satin of its merits.
"has the indorsement of mining men, business men and
Bankers of Rtpm n,..
Write us today and let us post you.
H. S. McCailtim & Company,
..ra, uroKorsand Financial Agents,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
OrR. S. BRYSON, Local Agent, Pendleton. Oregon .
I Weekly Mining Letters on Sumpter, Oregon, Gold Mining
District ifran nn a 1:
wu pna nun.
ON STOCK RAISING
(Continued.)
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A Good Housekeeper
wants her kitchen supplied
with everything that will
lighten labor and facilitate
work. So when she sees
such bargains as we are offer
ing in wash tubs, pails,
clothes wringers, measures of
all kinds, and everything in
housefurnishing goods, she
will secure what she needs
fKW at once.
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CLARKE &. fO c 3
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1 . k 1. mr w tho sct lire.
of tW a . gonian for a free cat-
" sopply always kept in stock.
from Its operation so many waste
products that .are so easily mado Into
salable merchandise as has agricul
ture. While the packer has to pro
vide himself with large chemleal lab
oratories and expensive machinery
for the manufacture of his offal into
marketable products, the farmer has
already at hand the most intricate
machine and the most complete chem
ical laboratory in the cow, the sheep,
Ihe hog and the chicken for the trans
formation of his unused material into
the necessary beef, mutton, pork,
poultry and eggs. Iu Oregon by bor
ing wells for water and building
fences to restrain the hogs and cat
tle ninny farmers have already solved
the problem of saving tho waste
which tho present methods of grain
harvesting entail. Upon the authori
ty of such farmers In Gilliam. Wasco,
Klickitat and Sherman counties, who
have given It as their personal ex
perience, it can bo stnted that each
ICO-acrc wheat farm ran
carload of 250-pound hogs every vear.
without feeding a dollar's worth of
marketable graU to them. In each
of our great wheat counties there nro
individual farmers wlm ., .on,;in
god hogs to market that have spent
men enure lives in neius or volun
teer rye, wheat and bailey and on
tho stubble.
Fallacious Theories.
The school linnlfa nf lint linll"
eratioii ago taught that cereals would
uuL k'w west, ot tno nocKy moiin-
tnlllS Tnilnv mllllrtna rtP i r
wheat, barley and oats furnish a very
satlsfaetnrv rnfnrntlnn nf (Mo
ous teaching. There nro yet though.
many lauacious tneories extant as to
what will and what will not grow in
this country.
Our verv host f.irniors mncl mill,,,.
if-tipfllK nscnrf Hint tl,n- rr,.n...
anything, and others, while compell
ed to admit that wheat will grow,
still tenaciously contend that noth
ing else will.
Thprp Is nlinrwinnf iii-nnf lin iUa
former are nearer tho truth than the
lattei. Many of the former class of
men are making what tho others call
wnsie lanu produce nay and pastur-
ace. Some usn rvp fn,. iha
some sow alfalfa, still others sow peas
ami veicnes.
It la PVPiilonMv fhnn tint
a question of what can bo raised, as
01 wnat wn ue sown and cultivated.
Ill Klickitat countv. W.iRhlnctnn.
within a few miles of Tho Dalles.
thPI'P nr?V lin CPPr, n fiolfl fif.clv nnma
on a steepy rocky western slope that
has grown alfalfa for 12 years and
win now yieiu a ion anu a Halt or
hav to the aero anil furnish n-nml
maintenance pasturage for IS full
grown sheep the rest of the year.
Four vears ntn thp nwner nf Ihlu
farm sowed eight acres more on sum
mer fallow land.
Alfalfa for Hogs.
. Prof. W. J. Splllman. while at Pull
man, Wash., told mo that ho consider
ed alfalfa to be the best summer pas
ture plant for hogs and other pastur
ed stock, throughout all that portion
of Oregon and Washington where
rainfall is light and sunshine bounteous.
Because this plant .under irigation,
produces from five to eight tons per
acre, fanners seem to displso the two
tons of hay he can get without Irri
gation. I have maintained for a lung
time, that what clover was to the
parts of these states having a greater
alufall, alfalla would be to the dryer
East of the mountains, subdivisions
of these states, and that, too, without
iirigation. There is a widespread idea
that lor the successful growing of al
falfa, tho one necessary thing is
water and lots of it. A study of the
history of this plant teaches us that
the one esential which must exist In
abundance is sunshine. Don't worry
about water for this plant. It. will
go down into tho depths of the fcoll
where mol3turo has been stored lor
years and find water for itself and
make lots of hay while the sun shines'
This is an aspect of the agricultural
problem to every one interested in
what is now range country of Kastern
Oregon. Owing to the Increasing dis
appearance of tho native shrubs and
grasses, the complaint has berome
quite general that the ranges aro
overstocked and that each year its
capacity for tho maintenance of rat
tle and sheep g decreasing,
It has been the history ot every
new country that the original vegeta
tion which nature had supplied to
control and distribute tho rainfall has
been ruthlessly destroyed by a short
sighted policy of exclusive grazing,
with no rest for tno re-seeuing ot 1110
native grasses nnd no attempt ut cul
tivation of new crops.
Result of Cultivation.
But thoueh tho stockmen's occu
pancy of a country, may at first
seem to result in the destruction of
tho range, the numerous settlers who
always follow in hia wako and tho de
creased hay production, bring about
a new set of conditions far ahead of
those first existing. In the valleys
Irrigation brings bounteous results,
fencing and cultivation may speedily
bring about a restoration of tho semi
barren range to active production.
Cultivation that will enable such
soils as ours to retain all tho moisture
that may fall, will insure a crop of al
most any cereal that may bo sown.
Moisture stored within the soil does
tho crop more good than that which
falls on it while growing. Data of
the North Dakota experiment station
shows that an Inch of available water
In the soil is of more valuo to the
growing crop than two, or even three
inches of rain upon It, and that could
all the moisture which falls be pro
served, only half of North Dakota's
17 Inches of annual rainfall would bo
needed for a crop of wheat.
Coming nearer home, tho Utah ex
periment station has shown the possi
bilities of arid farming to be so great
that we can no longer consider any
of our territory where the soil Is Just
as tenacious of moisture, too dry, for
grain or hay. There Is no part of tho
i.ob Ki mo. Ana cuiuei a tnick, rWf
lumriftnt crow th to rnUr lp 1
UKETHl
Is easily obtainable
through the us of Naw
bro'e llorplclde, tho only
1rprtton on tho tatr
.ot that reAohei and an
nlhilates tho worm or
microbe thai tt respon
sible for all iicaln A
eaae V, thns ntakei dan-
imn ana raiiinc hair lm
ttoRKinic. ana caiuei atmck,
uxnriant irrovrth to rnUr
the tortner thin, brittle natr.
The gentlemen will aUo
flnct it en Inestimable boon
to them, ne It works hVe a
charm on bnld heads, bringing forth a
growth of aoft, thick hair that anyone
wight bo proud of.
Kt? Aret9ta proclaim IU virtues, as
per the following!
Orricit or W. H. McnotTiROtD,
liracrlpUou DmeeUt,
AUntSVILLK.MuNT., 12-19, w.
DrorSirt: Merptcideisrertainlr n roo1
article, and will do tho work ns ndrertlfted t
thatlswhy woBPitlt. leiiarnntwovrry bot
tle, and nonehiu been returned. I'leant'tend
me another dozen, nnd oblige. Yours respect
fully, y, II, 3lrnGiTTKon.
For Sale at nil First-Oats Drug Stores.
MAmiOID
Malthoid Roofing.
Fire resisting. Will
thoroughly protect all
buildings covered with
it. A better roof
ing for less cost than
any other roofing
made. Quickly laid
and lasts for years.
Send for booklet. I
The Paraffine Paint Co.
San Francisco, Seattle,
Portland, Los Angeles
I Denver, Colorado.
SMITH'S HARNESS
IS THE BEST
1,
(Concluded on page 7.)
Made of best material by best work
men. If you need harness, investi
gate. Call and examine our stock of
single and double harness, saddles,
whips nnd supplies and get our prices.
Repair work done substantially mid
promptly.
J. A. SMITH,
218 Court Street.
The Columbia
Lodging House
Newly Furnished.
Bar in connection.
Bet. Alta & Webb bts
In Center of Block.
F. X. Schempp
Proprl e t o r
HE WAS SO SCARED
when they said they had not got
a Winona wagon that his hat went
off, for he knew that Neagle Bros,
have the Winona Hacks, Buggies
and Wagons and that these goods
are warranted first class; he knows
that first-class repait work is al
ways done by Neagle Bros,, at
reasonable prices.
See us at the big brick shop, corner
Water and Cottonwood streets.
NSAQLB HROTHBPS
We Mil and guarantee the Stover Omollro
euglnei.
Closing
Out At
ym cost,
Glassware, Crockery,
Graniteware
All must go. We cannot
enumerate the many articles in
fancy China, etc. We Ihave not
scratched the old price, but
have placed the new selling
price below or alongside, so you
can readily see the difference.
Granulated Beet Sugar per sack, $5.45
Granulated Cane Sugar per sack, $5.70
Mocha & Java Coffee per pound, 30c
Our "400 Blend" Coffee per pound, 30c
"Mothers' Pride" Coffee per pound, 20c
Four packages Arm and Hammer Soda,
25c
Owl High Grade Baking Powder per
pound, 30c
Six Bars Owl Soap, 25c
Semi-porcelain 7-inch Plates, per doz
en, 81c
Semi-porcelain Pie Plates, per dozen,
60c
Semi-porcelain Cups and Saucers, per
dozen, 99c
Covered Vegetable Dishes, each, 48c
A few White Chambers, each 50c
Bowls and Pitchers, each 48c
14'Qt. Granite Dishpan, each 50c
8-Qt. Nickel Plated Tea Kettle, each $1
Woven Wire Wash Boards, each 39c
Common Lamp Chimneys, each 6c
Horseshoe Tumblers, per dozen 30c
8 Boxes Toothpicks, 2500 in box, 25c
I00piece Haviland Dinner set, $27.73
(Note tills Price.)
All our new stock of Pink
Haviland goes with the rest.
Four or Five Hundred Fancy
Cups and Saucers, 150 Mugs,
Lamps and Yases, all go, the
sooner we get rid of the stock
the better. Come now, don't put
off coming in and investigate.
Our closing out sale started
Monday, March 16, and we have
had a rush tor the bargains.
Every article we announced was
found on sale just as advertised
and every person who called has
been a good advertisement, for
they have spread the news. We
say we have cut the price and a
visit to our store is all that is
necessary to convince you.
OWL TEA HOUSE
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