WOMAN'S EDITION THE DALLES TIMES-MOUNTAINEER.
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Flower Culture
EDITED BY MRS. S. BROOKS and MRS. GOURLAY.
shower a plant and allow the sunshine The purchase price is $2.50 per acre,
on it while Mater stands on the leaves, payable one-third down, one-third in
If you do, more than likely, brown spots one year, and the other third two years
will appear, making the foliage look as from drte of application, these two pay
if blistered, which, in fact, it is. A drop ments to be secured by promissory notes
of water often focuses the rays of the at 10 per cent., which is payable semi-
sun upon the plant and is sure to scorch
it.
As T sat in our flower decked church, beautiful varieties now grown, one can
on this beautiful Easter day of April have a great display of flowers from
tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- them. Where one is not provided with
eight, amid the floral offerings brought a window for wintering them, and yet
from our homes and gardens, to deck would like them for bedding in the sum- vate individuals in our county, are con
,the altars, in honor of a risen Savior,, mer, in the fall take cuttings of the vari- stantly in receipt of letters asking for
flowers seemed a fitting symbol of the eties desired, planting in a common information regarding our land district.
glorious resurrection. soap box filled with good garden soil, These letters come from all parts of the 14 months entitles claimant to purchase country on a stranger's or even a friend's
imDiems or our own great resurrec- not too rich ; a soap box will hold eight United States, and not infrequently at $1.25 per acre, or not less than five sav so. Oregon in its delightful climate
to ten plants, which, by spring, will be from foreign countries, sent forth lilge years and not to exceed seven years con- and productive power of its soil throws
right size for bedding, and give a wealth Noah's dove to bring tidings of a new tinuous residence and cultivation, with down the gauntlet to any country on the
of blossom all summer. Almost every land. The writers are usually men of payment of final fees, $6 for 160 acres, $3 globe. Come and see for yourself,
kitchen has a little window space it can moderate means, who have enough for 80 acres, and testimony of claimant Anna M. Lang.
spare for this purpose, and they will monev to bring their families west, and -- - -
PUBLIC LANDS.
Public officials, as well as many pri-
annually. If the interest is promptly
paid, the notes may run for 10 years, or
the entire price may be paid at time of
making application.
No. 8 What are the fees on home
stead and how can I perfect title?
.$16 for 160 acres ; $8 for 80 acres ; resi
dence upon and cultivation of land for
and two witnesses at 22 cts. per 100
words ; this with publication fee usually
amounts to about $15.
No. 9 Does a man have to live con
tinuously on his homestead?
The law requires a man to make it his
continuous home, and particularly states
that occasional visits to tracts does not
constitute a residence.
No. 10 Do you advise me to come to
Oregon?
Maybe. We would not advise any one
to sell a good home and locate in a new
the
bright
and better
tion,
"Emblems of
land."
But my thoughts wandered from the
scene before, and went back in memorv
BuU1clmM.yuuuC(i,BdgulWx.lc.iCS amply repay their room by the freshness after paying to enter homesteads, to
of that time as I found it. Coming up they give. It may be necessary to re- build their houses and begin settlement,
on the old steamer Idaho I brought with m0ve them occasionally to warmer quar- The questions asked are varied, some
me a box of rose cuttings to plant m the ters for a few nights during extremely times vague and diffuse, but for the
new nome, oui my uox oi cuumgs ar- cold weather, but the box being com
pacted the attention only of ridicule, parativelv lisrht and small, a warm cor
ner can always be found which cannot
so easily be done for plants in separate
pots.
that! should hope any of them to grow
amid such uncongenial surroundings as
a Dalles door yard might offer. With
but two exceptions, Judge Laughlin's
and Lawrence Coes' homes, no attempt
at flower growing had been made.
I scarcely think any of my cuttings
are the ancestors of our beautiful rose
bushes of today, but any attempts to
beautify and make better life's sur
roundings are never lost, and today we
rejoice in our gi'een lawns strewn with
flowers, speaking of homes of refinement
and culture. When we speak of home?,
we do not mean merely the house we
dwell in, but its surroundings also exert
their influence. Victor Hugo says in
Les Miserables The beautiful is as use
ful as the useful, perhaps more so," and
this is the plea I would make for all
homes to be flower decked, especially
for those in the country. Strapge as it
may seem, our cities and villages adorn
their door yards, the little space of
. ground necessary for the spot of beauty
on which the eye may rest, after being
wearied with the toils of the day. No
wonder the younger generation of this
coast has ho love for the farm where
there are no loving remembrances of
mother's old fashioned flower garden as
associated with many New England
homes, though there the soil may have
been sterile, and life one round of toil,
yet memory clings to those homes in a
way which it never does to the wide
spreading wheat fields and more fertile
soil of our glorious west. ; Because we
have forgotten one element of man's
nature, "man shall not live by bread
alone" was spoken by the Great Creator
who had planted within every soul a
love of the beautiful. The issue is made
that a farmer's wife has so much to do
she cannot spare time for flowers. In
behalf of my sex I will say, give her the
opportunity by fencing off a small space
with some wire webbing that will be
chicken proof, then digging the ground
once for her, I will trust that in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred that spot
will become a thing of beauty on which
the tired eye may rest, and giving the
true touch of home to the humblest cot
tage. The expense will be a mere trifle
in comparison with the result. 4
Going back to the Easter decorations,
which seem to form a kind of text for
WILD FLOWERS.
Our wild flowers well deserve mention.
I only wish I had more time to devote
to them. The little Erigenia, or as the
children call it Indian Potato, with its
delicate heliotrope odor, is the first to
make its appearance, coming out of the
ground sometimes even in January, if
we have a few warm days. Next are
the Golden Stars, fitly named, as they
fleck our hillsides with their paths of
sunshine, then Purple Eyed Grass (the
sisysinchium) with its yellow compan
ion, the little Fritillaria,proclaim spring unsurveyed, being heavy timber
most part are apparently from men who
earnestly desire information about Ore
gon. Several such letters lie before us, and
while we have not space now, to speak
at length of the wonderful wealth and
resources of Eastern Oregon, we have
thought that the publication of answers
to some of the leading questions may
interest our readers.
Eastern Or egon is nearly in the form
of a parallelogram, being 275 miles long
and 230 miles wide. From this large
area, 8,061,500 acres form the land dis
trict known as The Dalles, comprising
all of Sherman and Gilliam counties,
and parts of Wasco, Crook, Morrow and
Grant counties ; in all about 360 town
ships ; 349,680 acres of this vast tract is
and
"Good Timber and Bone Dry"
Is the motto of the Winona Wagon Co.,
builders of the Celebrated ......
... RUSH FORD WAGONS
Axles and Skeins
i inch larger than size of
Wiigon, viz., "A 3" wagon
lias o axie and skeins.
has really come, and from then on there
is a constant succession of flowers until
Jack Frost makes his appearance. Gold
en Esythroniums (Rock Lilies), Crow's
Foot (low growing Buttercups), Lark
spurs, Peonies and Lupins of all shades,
varying through the. blues from deepest
still
rough land, but 3,491,011 acres are
open to settlement.
The land in this district is broken and
hilly, and principally adapted to grazing
purposes. Some small valleys and un
dulating tablelands constitute good
farming land, but the greater portion is
see
purple to white, also pink and yellow broken, hilly and mountainous.
ones while underneath all, is an infinite The Cascade range, 120 miles distant
variety of smaller flowers,' too small to from the coast, is the western boundary,
attract attention of the casual passer
by, yet when examined show a won
derful beanty. God's work is always
perfect even when too minute for the
unaided human eye.
Summer brings Painted Cup with its
the land sloping eastward to the Hood
River valley. The country is watered
by the Hood, Deschutes and John Day
rivers and their tributaries. Timber
grows in profusion on the mountain
slopes, but in general the timber in the
"THRRE ARE OTHERS,
That are cheaper, but none so good. Call and
them at
MAYS & CROWE'S,
The Dalles, Ore.
.. JOHNSTON BROS ..
DUPUR,
Dealers in
OREGON,
fiery glow, Penstemons and many other district is only adequate to the demands
of the Labiate Family, also crowds of of the country for fuel, building and
the Compositae headed by the sweet- fencing purposes. The Hood River val-
scen ted Sun Flower. ley is particuiarly adapted for fruit.
Among the shrubs comes first the Apples, pears, plums, and all small fruits
Oregon Grape, Service Berry, Wild grow well here, while the land lying
Cherry, Yellow Currant Springe, the east on the Deschutes and John Day is
Ocean Spray and its near cousin with better suited for wheat raising, which is
the Indian name of Shush ula, bearing the great staple ; oats, barley, rye and
long successions of delicate, lilac-colored vegetables of every variety can also be
blossoms. The two last are spirceas, grown. The Blue mountains on the
and well deserve a place in the flower east form a water shed parallel in the
catalogues,. as they are far superior to main with the Cascades, from which the
many of the shrubs sold. On our creeks land slopes westward to the John Day
are the lovely wild . roses and White and Deschutes rivers. Large numbers of
Clematis. These are all found in a short horses, sheep and cattle have been
walk around The Dalles. The sands of raised here, but as the country becomes
Rockland are not without their contri- more thickly settled, more attention is
bution of beauty in the form of the given to farming and fruit raising. In
Af ronia with its verbina like flowers. I the southern part of the district, the
might mention many others, had I the leading industry is stock raising, the
time to classify, and name them. It open land being fit only for grazing,
would be well for our public schools to The following questions are taken
this article, I must speak of the beauty 8tart Herbariums so as to preserve many from letters received here by the Reg-
oi the Oregon grape, (so called). "
seems to me that is our state flower, by fast trodden out of existence. No. 1-Is there any government land
sole right-I should say state plant, as ' I think that it is not generally under- open to entry in your district?
its leaves are even more beautiful than stood that a plant not standing in direct Yes-3,491,011 acres,
the flower, though the last has a rich light does not require as much water as No. 2-How can it be taken?
beauty all its own, as its golden bunches the plant near the glass. Sometimes Land under timber and stone act is
nestle amid the leaves. We hear in we do not take into consideration that $2.50 per acre; desert land $1.25 per
song and story of the festoons of English the less HSht a Plant &eta the lesa raPid" acre ' isolated tracts 8ubiect to open bid,
holly, but our own Oregon grape, with ly evaporation takes place, conssquently the minimum price being $1.25 per acre,
itsshade of brilliant green to deepest the less frequently it will be necessary No. 4-What kind of land have you?
crimson, can fully equal and I am safe to water- Some amateur always apply All kinds as described above,
to say surpass the world famed holly . in the 8ame quantity", daily, no matter No. 5-Can you send maps, plats, dia-
dnrativP : Tts name. too. though where the plants stand, nor what the grams, lists or circulars describing va-
a misnomer, botanically, as it is not a
grape, but belongs to the . barberries)
was given, when Oregon '8 domain , ex
tended from the Pacific Ocean to the
t
THE DALLES PRICES ON ALL MERCHANDISE
Agents for Olive Chilled Plows, McSherry Drills,
Craver Steel Headers, Mitchell Wagons, J. I. Case
Threshing Machines, etc.
where the plants stand, nor what the
condition of the soil is. This is all
wrong. I believe that more plants are
killed by over-watering than in any
other way. The rule of giving water
Rocky Mountains, so that justly, Oregon
may, without rival, claim its name sake
for its very own. All hail to it as a fit
representative of. our beautiful state,
evergreen, yet glowing with color both
crimson and gold. x ii! r ' '
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GERANIUMS.
cant land?
No ; the government does not furnish
such for distribution.
No. 6 Is there any school land left.
Sections 16 and 36 in all townships be
long to the state. Some sections are yet
vacant, but exact location can only be
only when the surface of the soil looks
dry or whitish should be held in strict
adherence. Plants near the glass, or in
sunshine, and those in active growth, determined by applying to the State
will, perhaps, require water daily, but Board of School Lands at Salem, , Or.
those not so situated, and those not The state also selects tracts throughout
growing much, will require much less, the district in lieu of sections 16 and 36
Therefore, the necessity of adhering to lying within certain reserves made by
the rule, and letting the looks of the the government.
The easiest house plant for an amateur soil govern you in this matter is one No. 7 What are the conditions of
is the geranium, and with the many that will be only too apparent. Never payment on School lands?
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