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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1906)
"X" M imm Ml r , illlani iitinriliiil1iiniimHMlinimlni PAGE EIGHTEEN. EAST OHEGOXIAV SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION. TWENTY-POUR PAGES. IKE ALCOHOL The manufacture of denatui Ired al cohol for lighting, heating and power purposes open up to Vniatllla county and eastern Oregon an entirely new yet highly profitable line of Industry. The vegetables and grains which produce alhoool In great quantities may be grown In Immense quantities on the soil of this couny end laud which has heretofore been considered practically unfit for agricultural pur poses may thus be utilized. The new Industry promises great returns and it is hoped that farmers having small tracts of dry land suited to the production of vegetables corn, potatoes and sugar beets, which produce alcohol, will engage In this as a side Issue to their wheat farming. i It promises excellent returns and ' will finally be one of the leading In-, dustries of this county and state. There is such a demand for cheap light, fuel and power that alcohol will : be used In Immense quantities when the new law placing it on the free list goes Into effect on January 1. 10". Totaioes. beets, corn the stalks as well as the grain and the waste pro ducts of our molasses factories will run our engines, cook our meals, heat and light our homes. The present tax of $1.10 per gallon on commercial alcohol renders Its use for power, fuel and light absolutely out of the question, although for these purposes It can be manufactured for At this rate it can supplant both gasoline and kerosene, than which It Is also safer and cleaner. The only j opponents of the bill are the wood alcohol and Standard Oil Interests. which would be losers. Farmers, es pecially, are clamoring for Its pannage. The white potato can readily heat, light and furnish power for our n irtb-' ern states; the sweet potato, the yam t and the waste from the molasses fac-j tories can do the same for the south- , ern states, while in the great west the suear beet and Indian corn can turn the wheels of the factory, farm and i conveyance and banish from the home the chill of winter or the blackness of night. Pur-h Is the estimate of Prof. W. II. Wiley, chief of the government's bu reau of chemistry. He tells us that! sugar and starch w hen fermenting w'll yield about half their weight in alco- j hoi. About one-fifth the weight of potatoes, nearly three-quarters the weight of corn and almost one-sixth I of the sugar heet are these fermenta ble sugars and starches. Pirtnto 'lienest Source of I'tiel. The potato will be our chief source of this undrinkahle commcrc!-' nlro. hoi. The average acre of potatoes I 300 bushels will produce 2"5 callous of such fuel for running aut tno'iil-s farm motors and other engloes; firj heating, cooking ::nd 'Ifchtlnf. A . li'l-hi 1 of potatoes will proluee o.1 gallons of alcohol. We now raise po-! tap" s almost exclusively for !. union; f 1 an 1 we plant on'.c til"-" varie- ti. w l,. h have the finest flavor for j tlx t: ,il-. indi i-nd rit of their yield- Ir.e many more bushels per acre than! M,v,. ..vtiemed for food. They are , : are grown for cattle in parts. .f the old world where corn Is scarce. . i;(..rtarv r,f AtrUulture Wilson es-! tin.ates that there would tie no dif-' fii ;:: in obtalnir.K F.fiO gallons of al- j foliol .(-r .-ore from sur'h a variety. j'o-Moes can now- be grown here es, a fitiniT' lri crop only T.lrYin a short, !.-'.', from market. It dor .- not pay , f- l,."ul "iem far. ' I: ;t a soot, as it rri I .- o, J :w ' toon... of bw.t. lieht' r.nd i.o-.v.-r f.-tr- . to. ;.. v.lll .tlf.sr up in - i' fv , h hof h'at.ls wh'-r" oil i- now '-n;.' nsv. :.r 1 !arg4- n rests of potat ,. . v : M l,,. t'rinu: for th'-ir lait;. -t po :,!, ! iii ofal'ohid. Tlio.-weet p. ,ta i a to' yam would futii about the same propor tions of jih ohol a-- the whip' potato, Woallli of l.-oliol ill t orn Stall.-. ,r, tier'- of corn-- "a husliels - w ill f Ml i.jvb 1 gal!"i -f ah-olui- ah-,,, hoi; a htishi t of lorn, two and foiir f.fihs (-allot!.. An .-ore of potatoes thil'- product much more alcohol than an at-re of torn, w lit n only the irrain of the latter is taken into considera tion. Hut corn stalks, if harvested before they dry out. contain large quantities of sugar and starch, enough to pro duce 100 gallons of commercial alco hol per acre, according to the esti mate of Secretary Wilson. In 100. 000,000 acres of Indian corn the mak ing of ten bJIIIon gallons of this alco hol therefore goes to waste annually. UMATILLA COUNTY Secretary Wilson predicts that the time Is coming when we will utllix thls immense source of energy. Ac cording to Pr. Wiley, the fermentable material in the stocks can ho remov ed by the presses now used t extract the juices of sugar cane. And speaking of commercial alco hol from corn. It might be of Interest to add a statement made by Dr. Wiley, that 20 times as much power can be obtained by burning the alco hol in corn than by burning th com Itself as has been done In the west In times of coal famine. It is estimated that the value c; the by-products of corn after the Industri al alhocol is extracted will pav the cost of distillation. But It THE SQUAW MAX. There's a thousand things he Is an thousand things he m't, I But first an1 foremost of all these, the ' squaw man ain't no saint; He's had his ups and downs In life: forgot what he used to know; I But he's fixed as a mountain In what he says; if he tells you he'll go, he'll go. j An' whatsoever he is, he is; you cun always bank on that! He'll circle the earth burefoot, for a I friend, or fight at the drop of a hat: An' he'd shiver, stripped, stark naked, before he'tl wear a spot Of a single, blessed virtue thai he hasn't entirely got! A dusty, smoke-browned savage at least you would truly say. j If you but look at the .'.usky brow brown as the sunburned clay! Or If you search no deeper than the tepee grime on his face But surging beneath Is a white man's blood, linked to a white man's grace! He's only the limpln', lingerlu' ghost Sonic on .1. E. S : -.I'll Sheep I arm. fc""s', I An' he'd shiver, stripped, stark naked, His dusky brood of halfbreeds, so he II i W.I I IM , v, On the Itescrviitlon. of a stalwart boy who came will. Ii.-r-aue n tlmate frientls tiok From old Missou' in the forties i:,o.f villi his patlemo. thlrstliiK for gt,id and fame! t ni 'i- en. I to -Mrs. S'torer's pc- Bad luck bore down upon him; he ' idler activities as an ainbassadoress worked, but he couldn't win; a' it n . . An I now the whole thing An' he vowed on his grit that he M-. s i, n a.l,. perfeetlv plain by wouldn't go back unless he had Hi.u-. i-, hot self. She says thai the "tin." mad. i:..o-evelt l.y securing his a i , p i'c : nit al as assistant secretary of An' so he drifted here an' there, hun- i . , ".-n-.i- Post. .r, I it IlmliPuce or T. .1. Kirk, of (try at times and sore On all the drivelling ways of men an' the world's whole stock In store! He clean forgot the sweetheart whose likeness he'd worn for years Next to his eager, boyish heart! Ho had no time for tears! Fortune led him. at last, to war; the redman stood at bay In the pathless, torturous lava beds at the close of an Autumn day. Pierced by a poisoned arrow; hleedln' and parched an' weak, A Modoc maiden bathed his brow from the pool of a hidden creek! An' when the war was over (he didn't say "boo" to his pal). But stole away an' traded his mule for that dusky Modoc gal! That was back In the fifties, he don't rememher when marked the hour that his feet ! rorsook the beaten paths of men! She was a handsome maiden, straight as a forest tree With hair as black as a rnven's ever dared to be. Supple an' lithe an' comely true to her native ways (Xo wonder the paleface drove such trades back in the early days). So he was lost to his kinared: they mourned him Ions; as dead (But when alone by his tepee fire. Something; shakes his head). Close by his side he hears them an' loves them In his heart, loves them In his heart, I IE y, ,aN; III battled an' hears his nnrt! II - i m m Bert Huffman. s:'i: i ii: kooskvei.t. II Ar ! i .Mr. Itellatny Storer made l;ooeveit! Well. veil. well. That explains the matter even more lucidly !('an toe previous knowledge that Mrs. lo!..- is the sister of Congress man l.nngworth. It was a sort of family affair, that a"'! issa doi-.dilp of Bellamy, and Pres-ii'..-tt f'.-t,,.veit prew angry, as a man jfcv- .--.'' i ."..rrr"- Athena. IDEAL WEEDE D. B. RICHARDSON Facts About The Ideal Weeder. 1st. It will get more weeds wltli one cultivation than any other wecder. 2nd. It leaves the surfaeo of the ground smooth and docs not plow up new seed. 3rd. It permits tlie thorough clalMrailcn of plant food by nuiintalniiiK n loose mulch on top. 4th. IT PRESEKVES MOISTI HE. 5th. . It makes a perfect seed bed. Bth'.1; Etich section Is Indi-iieiidciit, and, therefore, flu 11 10 ground. 7th. A greater width can Im- used than in any other mtiehme. . ' V 8th. , 'After a five vcnim' trial It lias trio uiKpiiill fled'eiidoMejiioiit of (ho lending- farniers of l inutlll i County; Oregon, where It Is made; also the en PRICE LIST f foot Machine, $18 8 Foot Machine, $35 3EAL OTEEBEIfB CO. HELIX. OREGON CITY Livery Stables P. O. MARTIN, Proprietor Good Drivers, Easy Riding Rigs Terms Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Helix, Oregon dorsement of Uio Agricultural College of Washing ton. 9th. There Ls loss niacliliiiTy about It than any othiT wceder, thiTeforo Icm wear. 10th. Where the surface Is smooth, permitting the shovel to work freely, It will kill ALL the needs at a single cultivation. Ilth. The Judicious use of THE IDEAL WEED Kit will Increase the yield from five lo ten bushels per ncre. lath. It will handle more trash than any other cutting- machine and Is 50 per cent cheaper In price. The lightest running', slinplort constructed and tlie ehenM-Nt machine hullt and one that will K fix THE WEEDS. 12 Foot Machine, $51 16 Foot Machine, $58 I H'ixh HI sav til llue-e who i-onlelliphlli lllvetlllt In either toon or country pioporly, 1 1 m t I hnvit llstil lit the present time f tM. ,, harKaliH ever licrore ol'l'eri.;l. Do joii miiiiI ii modern home for less ney llinii you can Imllil ir Do you oaui a vnciiiil lot or tin acre tract'.' Iloo would you like n siiliiirliaii lion .-, nt'i.s with kihhI lion-r anil on -hart I. Cerhiiiis so aoiv Just oiiHIde the city limits wonhl suit ,,, M.(i,.r. It limy lie oii vonli like u nice mile ,.( nilll.i, f ft.".(IIMI iieres with .Vim head or calllc iIMl ,OI.H,, hIiIi It. I linvc Ji-1 sin Ii ii uiiHtsoii f,,r nale ami " I t!'''l siiiii-Im. you. still, ir niilliliu; In lh!i line s-iiltx you, how Mould you (l. (jnn-ery husliies. or ti ilry uooiN store, a Induing lioue, a fciil viml, or linkerv'.' Drop in and see me and If I haven't got what , want I will set it for yon. llm , (Ilr ,tM in Hie K. f). Iliillilim;. E. T. Wade The man who sold a Million Dollars worth of property in Eastern Oregon. R
