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' ^ / ¿r7 ^— <21 ^¡á**zm* DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MCH. 30, LÔOO. VO L. X X V I. I. GEVURTZ, L . N. W O O D S , M. D. Physician and Surgeon. THE HOME FURNISHER, Dulia«, O regon . Furniture, Carpets, Stoves T. V B EM3HEE, M D DALLAS, - OREGON GREAT CARPET SALE. Oili. e over W iU oi.’s drug «tore. J K. Si UI.KV, 11. U, K akik . S I B L E Y <5fe E A K I N , .V U o r i u t y N ' i i t - 1 « 1 » w . We have the only set o f abstiai t books ill I*olk jou n ty . Keliablo »hsirttcts furnished, and m oney to oaii. No com m ission charged on loans. Uoonn» * nd 3 W ilson’s b lo ck . Dallas J. L. COLLINS. Attorney and Counselor at Law, « o lle llo r in 4’U a n c r r y . Has been in practice o f his profession in this place oi a bou t thirty years, and will attend t o all uusiress n;rusted to his . are. Oitiee, corn er Main and Court ts Dallas, l o 'k G o, Or J . H . T o w n k kn d J N. H aut T O .V N S K V D * H U IT , A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . O lile« ipstairs iu Odil b lock . d a l l a - . b I. J . D A L Y . K ollow s’ new C J R K O O N . OHCAH H A Y T K K . DALY & H AYTER, _ A -t t o r n e v s -a t ‘ I_ia,w. OIBce in C nm pb. 11’ « b lo ck , M ill St.. D h II u «, O regon. N. 1. HU 1 LKU . Attorney-at-Law D A LLA S, OU EQ dN . W ill p ra ctice in all cou sin . . 1 , A , M A R T I N , 3:» A I N T E R , H o u se , sign an d o r n a m e n ta l, g r a in in g , k alsom in g and paper h a n g in g . DtM.AH. - - O kboon Our buyers have ju st returned fru n the east, having pur chased the largest and prettiest stock of carpets and lino leum ever brought to this coast. The colorings and pat terns are the prettiest ever shown. These prices are for carpets cut, sewed, and lined with best padded paper. Save money find send us your order. Send us a deposit and we will ship you the goods subject to examination, and if sat isfactory you can accept and pay for same. Union ingrains, extra heavy, 25 cents. Wool ingrain, cotton chain, 40 cents. A ll wool ingrai 1 carpet, 50 cents. Best grade all wool extra heavy ingrain, 05 cell's. Tapestry Brussels, 50c; Sm ith’s Brussels, 00c. H iggin’s Brussels, 75c; H iggin’s B ist Brussels, 85c. Saxonv Axm inster, $ 1 ; Sm ith’s Royal velvet, $1. Floor oil cloth, 20 cents. W indow shades, 3x7, all colors, 35 cents. Lace curtains, beautiful patterns, 35c, 75c, $1, $2, $3 a pair. E Grade linoleum, 0 feet wide, 40 cents. D Giade linoleum, 12 feet wide, 0 0 cents. Inlaid linoleum, $145. 1. G E V U R T Z , The Home Fur nisher, 173, 175 First, & 219, 221, 228 Y am h ill St., Portland STATE AID FOR ROADS. MOTOR TIME TABLE. S unday School T eacher fin <’ lilcng<v —W h y d id ¡lit* w ise men con ic fron* the east? Scholar— Item tt«e they wert» wise men Philadelphia Record. Leave« Independence Leaves Monmouth. 7:30 a. ill. 3:15 a. in. lt:30 a. m. 10:00 a. in. li:10 a m. 1:35 p.m . 2:05 p. m. 2:40 p. ni. 4:00 p. in. 4:40 p. in. Leaves Independence leaves Dallas for Dallas for Independence ,1:10 a. m. l:0 0 p .in . . 700 p. in. 8:00 p.m . D A LLA S OF A dm inistrator's Notice. o t ic e U . K . W I I .M A M K , C a s h ie r . a . At. K I .I . I S . F r e ild n it. C IT Y D A L LA S. K r Idonee. HANK OKKGON, T ra n sa cts a general b a n k in g onsi tic** in all its b ra n ch e * ; bu ys and sells e x ch a n ge on p rin cip a l points in the United S ta te s; m akes c o lle ctio n « o n all p oin ts in t lie Pari lie N o rth w e st; loan* m oney and d isco u n ts pap er at the best rate* ; allow interest on lim e deposits. N is h e h e r y g iv e n gb c » t < MUSEUM UF »«ATOMY; I N I ■ 1IIE T ST., I l l FlllCIVCa, C1L. I The I-arjrr«t Anatomical Mu vein» In tha Woi lt|. NV e.ikue»- e* or any c**ittract«d discaa« y a « ll h i- ly r a r a l Dy the Speciaiikt on the Coast E»t 36 year». , ' . ( OR. JOROAM—DISEASES OF MEN < H V P U I L I M thoroughly eradicated i from system without the u.e of M e r c a r y \ T r a n « fit led Dy an KxpaiL R a i l - < •ail c a m (or M u p tu rn , a quick and ' radical cure for Flnaw r« and r i a l u l w , Dy Dr. Jordan'» special pain- | _ las» method». Coueultation iree and siri< tly private Treatment per i ■«naliy «r by letter. A Fu eiitu e C u re in every case ' undertaken. V n te for R ok M H I . O « • F w V •# ■f A Mt Ml L I C K . MAlLhU FKkE. < A valuable book I lor u m ) Call of write 0 * joaaM a co . i o t i Ma*etst..t. p. 1 ALBERT DRAY, TRUCKM AN. D a lla s : O repon A fair share o f p atron age «o lieite«I ■nd «11 o -d e r* p ro m p tly tilled. th e The etiquette of u Ru««iun dinner ia de cidedly formal. When the guests are seated, the host and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Notlung can escape their observation. The plate o f no guest remains empty for a moment, nor is a wineglass ever without contents. un Executor's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF THE 1 v i s i t D R . J O R D A N ’ S th at darsigned w.ts on the 15th day of March, 1900, : by the coun ty cou rt of Polk cou t y , O regon, ap- i pointed ad ninistrator o f the eatatea o f David Boat* and Hannah .1. Boa 8, late o f PxJk cou n ty , Oregon, deceased. All persons h oldin g claim s against the Slid I) vid Goals and ll nimli J. Boats, deceased, are notified to present the s me, duly verified as re quired by law, to m e, at the law office o f EH. F. ' Goad, in Dallas, O regon, within six m onth* from the date of tne first publication of th is notice, tow it. March 23, 190*1 W. H BOAL8, adm inistrator. Ed. F. C oad, u t'orn ey fo r estates. PROVISIONS of the last will and testament of M. N. Hyron, late of Polk county, Oregon, deceased, and :d*o by \irtueof anorder of the county court of the state «>f Oregon for Polk county, duly given and made at the regular March term thereof on the 10th day of March, 11100, I, McC. Syron, executor of said last will and testament, will, from and after the 14 th D ay o f A p r il, 1 9 0 « , Proceed to sell at private sale for cash in hand, ail and singular, the following describ ed real estate belonging to the estate of the said M. N. 8 vron, deceased, to*wit: That part of the John Jacks 'll donation land claim. No. 78, Not. No. 5,1G8. in township (» south, range 6 west, of the Willamette merid ian, in Polk countv, Oregon: P>egiuning at the northeast corner of said claim and run ning tlo-nce south 44.87 chains, thence west 52.55 chains to the road, thence north 15 de grees. 15 minutes esst 27 6*2 chains along »aid road, thence north 31 degrees east 22.7’» chains along said road to the north line of said claim, then :e east 33.82 chain» along said line to the place of beginning, containing 201.59 acre*, more or leas. McC. 8YRON , Executor. Administrator's Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVKN T H A T under and by v irtue of an order of the countv court of the state of Oregon for the county of Polk, duly made and entered of record on the 7th day of August, 1899, authorising and di recting the undersigned, administrator of the «state of W. S. Bricker, deoca—d, to sell the hereinafter described real property at private sale, I will on or after the 2 1 s t D ay o f A p r !’ , 1 9 0 0 , Offer for sale and will sen at private sale to the highest bidder f »r cash in hand, subject to confirmation by said court, the following de scribed real property belonging to said estate, to-wit: Beginning at the southeast corner of the north half of the donation land claim of David (»rant and wife. Not. No. 1.95], in sec- thin 34, of town h ¡»7 south, range 5 west, of the Willamette meridian, Polk county, Ore gon, thence running west .‘>9.47 chains, thence north 28.50 chains, thence east 17.05 chains, thence south 11» 59 chains, thence east 22.42 chains, thence south 11.91 chains to the place of ! eginning. containing 75 acres more or I ofb , excepting therefrom a 40 acre tract off of the west side thereof formerly conveyed to Sam uel Coin I. Also that other tract i>cgiiining at the northeast corner of the said David Grant and wife’s donation land claim, thence run ning south 44. ‘»0 chains along the east line of sai I claim, thenC« west 22.42 chains, them*« north 44 00 chains, thence east 22.42 chains along the north line of said claim to the place of l>egiiiiiing and containing in all 135 acres, moil* or less. Address all co'iimuiiicatioiis to me at Indeiieiidence, Oregon, or to my sttor- neys at Dallas, Oregon. I). W. SKABS, Administrator of the estate of W. S. Bricker, deceased. Sibley & Eakin attorney». J. PERRY CALDWELL — DEALER lif—- VEHICLES AND AGRICULTURAL — A L L K IN D « O F— IRON WORK TO ORDER- Repairing Promptly Done. ED. BID D LE. - 12424811 W h y th e F a rm e r Should Xot, I nnltl- eil. Gulin H luhw ny». T he ex a ct ratio o f value between farm and c ity property is not known, but m ore than on e-half of the taxable property In M innesota is In the cities and villages, with a continual tenden cy. as the state g row s older, to increase the value o f city property as compared with the value o f farm property, says A. B. Choate. In som e o f the eastern states tlie proportion o f state taxes paid by the farm ers to that paid by the ow n ers o f city jfl’operty is very small indeed. T he bearin g w hich tills lias upon the question o f state aid is very apparent, fo r If the farm ers are required to pay taxes on their proportionately very sm all am ount o f property to Improve the long stretches o f country mads, w hile the city people pay only enough taxes on their great wealth to Improve the roads within the city limits, it will be necessary that the road taxes levied upon farm property shall be very much heavier In proportion to the value o f that property than the road taxes upon city property. W ithout any attempt at accu racy, becau se the exact proportion is not know n, the accom panying facts show this inequality. With so much m oney and with m uch less territory the cities have a very unfair advantage over coun try districts. T he coun try roads never have been, ought not to be and never will I m * Im- proved at the sole expense o f the farm - lng property. It is absolutely impossi- ble for the farm ers to do it. Since the w hole state Is Interested In the im | provem ent o f all the roads and since the c ity people are Interested In and an xiou s to have the country roads Im- proved. It w ould I m * fair to levy a tax on all the property In the state fo r the Im provement o f the roads. T his Is what I* meant by state aid. It 1« very sim ilar to the plan now In operation Whereby the state contributes to the expense o f om intry schools. T he state, you know , d oe« not undertake to con duct the country district schools, but It does say that If any school district sl»all run a school o f a certain charm;- ter a certain untnber o f m outh* in the year the state will contribute to the ex pense. Buggies, wagons, binders, mowers, rakes, garden cultivators, disc and spring harrows. D ^ L L i^ S , DALLAS STONE YARD AND MARBLE WORKS. Toni bst one*, monument«, coping and «tntuary. Order« solicited and promptly filled at low prices and a square deal, AltliSTM ONQ * CO. O R E G O N 0 0 YEARS' E X P E R IE N C E Thurston Lumber Company P atents T H U R S T O N B R C 8 -, R R O P R E T O R 3 , DAL LAS, O R E G O N . — D E A L E R * IM A U , K I N D « OK— ___ ■ n n v » m M n n v D esigns C o p y r ig h t s 4 c . ■ Anvno« tmuUng a •krtH» and d#*wrl»tu.n P»«J RKlrklr ascertain oar o**al«»n free vhether an Invention '» probnhlr c*t«Jjtafc|*. Cotnm nnlra- U*m»ntr\dtlj cjOiMe: dal, H ;n.1hook on Latent» B lit free. otde»t «pen«’? for Mwsjrtn# patent». Patent» taken thr-ui»» Mnnn * iV>. receive 'LUMBER Ì Both rough aud dressed material on hand and orders any aize promptly filled. Look at your tongue. Is it coated ? Then you have a bad taste in your mouth every morning. Your appetite k is poor, and food dis- * tresses you. You have < frequent headaches and > are often dizzy. Your J stomach is weak and your bowels are always constipated. There’s an old and re liable cu re: j | I m tkU m M m , wttlKMK efcerte. la tk e Scientific AMtrkan. *ir. of tin* is well, else hogs woum surety oe I too uum crous to be profitable. It has I been said, and com es near being strlct- I ly true, that the true sw lue feeder is lw)rn. not made. T o hire a feeder is ! uoxt to Impossible, and to teat* one j is so diflicult that It borders at least I upon the impossible. T he interest and i Incentive o f ow nership seem to be nee- I essary to the m aking o f a successful sw ine grow er. S elf interest m ay teach | him habits o f observation that he will ' learn are absolutely necessary to uuc- ! cess. Lint it may be said In this con- { uectlou that It 1 * d oubtfu l if a man will study hogs, watch them aud be as m indful o f them all the tim e as m axi mum success with them dcmnnrts un less he like« the business o f hog rear ing and has a certain adm iration and regard fo r these animals. T he m atter o f observation Is a very Important one. Through It the feeder know s whether the kind and quantity o f food given la producing the best re sults or Is not producing bad results, l i e know s w hether or not a constipat ed condition Is leading to ultim ate sick ness and possibly death, and the con siderate feeder will qu ickly see that clean and w ell ventilated houses are con d u cive to th rift and consequent cheapness o f production. Iu conclu sion, it m ay be suid that Invariably the man w ho “ sticks by the hog” In oil respects, sticks by It daily as well as from season to season or year to year, ttnii*» nothing to regret In the long run, but on the contrary finds a fine credit balance In the hog’ s fa vor on the farm ledger. Don’t take a cathartic dose and then stop. Bet ter take a laxative dose BROUGHT BACK OLD TIMES. each night, just enough to cause one good free move A T i d b i t T h a t W n u Not o n t h e R e s - ment the day following. t u u r a u t D ill o f F a r e . T lie force o f childhood recollections You feel better the and the truth o f tho quotation, “ A very next day. Your touch o f nature makes the w hole world appetite returns, your akin,” were show n graph ically by a dyspepsia is cured, your little Incident in a restaurant the oth headaches pass away, er day. A quiet looking, m iddle aged your tongue clears up, k ’’ man o f prosperous appearance was your liver acts well, and eatiug his dluuer when another well your bowels no longer iresided man took a seat opposite him. give you trouble. A fter g ivin g his order In a bldff, gouinl m anner the n ew com er took a sip o f w ater and faced around. Suddenly a queer expression cam e ov er his face “ I h a v e ta ken A y e r ’ s P ills f o r 35 y ea rs, a n d I c o n s id e r th em t h e b e s t as he w atched attentively the actions m a d e . O ne p i ll d o e s m e m ore M M o f his vis-a-vis, aud apparently w ith tha n h a lf a b o x o f a n y o th e r k in d I h a v e e v e r t r i e d .” out realising what he w as doing he M rs. N . E . T a l b o t , # blurted out In a loud tone, “ W ell, well, M a rc h 30,1899. A r r in g t o n , K ane. | w ell!” E very one at the table, Including the quiet looking man, started, and the Other«, observing the d irecti on o t the speaker’ s gnae, turned their eyes also ble time. Perm anency should be con upon him o f the quiet appearance to sidered with reference to locality, trav see what had caused the exclam ation. el and other kindred conditions and T h e man who had com e in flrst was should not be m ade too expensive. E x In the act o f spreading sugar over a travagance Is a d anger to be avoided slice o f buttered bread, and when he as one that will Imperil the w h ole en realized that all eyes w ere turned upon terprise. W e should regulate our prog him he blushed like one detected In a ress In this respect by practical econ o heinous crim e and alm ost fell o ff his m y.—Josiah Grout. chair. It took him a m inute or tw o to recover, and then he said to the table I m p r o v e t h e I I o h «I n . lu general: T he best method In which a tow n “ I used to get bread and butter and can pave Its way to success Is to pave sugar for being good when I w as a Its stivets and Improve the highw ays child, and eating It Is a habit w hich 1 leading therefrom . like to Indulge In even yet. I know It T all a public meet lug in your neigh isn’t upon the restaurant bill o f fare, borhood. find out the best way to Im but I cou ld n ’t resist the tem ptation.” prove your roads and then do som e “1 must beg your pardon fo r my rude thing. exclam ation ,” replied the other man. “ My m other used to put bread and D oesn 't H elp Him Oat. butter and sugar lu iny lunebbox when The m ule who gets stuck where the m ud's deep 1 went to school as an 8 -year-old up In and thick And sim ply does nothing but renr up and kick. the country^low n where I wns raised, Though he shows «11 the w orld lie's s chron ic old and I haven’ t eaten any since my kicker. childhood, and 1 guess I'll Join you In He d je sn ’ t get out o f the mud any quicker. a piece now for the sake o f old tim es.” —L. A. W Bulletin. Aud he d id .-B a n g o r W hig. Price, 25 cents. All druggists. i I; STICK BY THE HOG li T r n e Ideals. It was always aspiration rather than ambition by which I felt m yself stirred. T IIF ANIMAL W HICH MAY HR < ► I did not care to outstrip others and be ! come what is called “ distinguished,” were DI£I'R!IDRD UPOY FOR that a possibility, so much ns 1 longed to | QUICK HK91LTS. a n a l o g th/i "«(«•« that Invited, ever re- j I ' j No live «lock ever dkl *o m uch In the j «nine length 0f tim e to lift earnest and I t:ipalile friend* out o f the «loiiuli o f i fn n n c'a l deapond n« bog* hnve, wrl*e« ■ T heodore L ew is In Farm , S tock and I Hom e. And It require» but little capi j tal to m ake a «tart In an Industry that I begin* to pny dividend* In a few , month*. From on e to fou r b o w s will ' be n good Btarter, considering the rapid Increase o f this nnlnial, and their prog eny will be ready to harvest In from 0 | to II month* at the outside. F orty- seven yenr* ngo the w riter carried III* first sow pig hom e In a sack and on hi* hack live miles and paid *4 fo r It be sides. an enorm ous price In those day*. It was the host Investment he ever j made. It wns tho flrst step tow ard fu ture prosperity and the esse now en- J IM S ® mmm. flUPliPCfs Pprnm npnt R oad s. Permanent road building 1« not a c complish«^! by ordinary highw ay work, but by constructing loa d s that will take care o f fli«,niselves for a rensoua PROP. Marble Works Coaled BEHIND THE^TIMES. Ia th e M atter o f R o a d s Thta C ountry 1» a B a ck Namber. G overnor R ollins o f Now Hampshire In a receut address on the value o f Im proved high w ays said that the prog ress o f the national life w is Indicated by the roads. T he progress o f the peo ple In arts and scien ce« 1 « Indicated by roads. W c are becom ing a little vain glorious, we people o f this century. W e believe that we a fe up to date, but when w e com e to th f subject o f roads we are fa r behind the Ini««. CiotreiR/.f I t / ” 4 dwelt upon the character o f the td, hwaya o f the R o man em pire. Flv n today In every part o f the w orld where Rome had a foothold, he said, trnaes are left o f the w on derfu l roads. When Rome begnn to decline, road building was stopped. It has only been o f recent date, he continued, that good roads began to sh ow them selves In England and in S cotland. T h e progress and strength o f the English people have been coin cident with the building o f good roads. T he govern or advocated a plan to open up the rural sections of N ew England by the construction o f paths and lanes leading to picturesque spots, w inding In and out o f wooded districts and se cluded places, form ing a sort o f inex pensive park system. T he g«K»d roads m ovement In this coun try is only o f very recent date, and the bicy cle is chiefly responsible fo r the agitution and beginning o f the w ork. T he best roads are those about great cities, because o f the accutnula- tlon o f w ealth there, yet the people w ho need t!u*:n most are the farm ers. T h e people In big cities think that they are heavily taxed, but proportionately they are lightly taxed In com parison w ith the farm ers. T he speaker discussed the plan for good roads recently put Into operation in New Jersey, where the abutters pay 10 per cent, the county one-third and the state the remainder o f the cost. T he result, he said, is that the state Is being converted into a network o f fine roads. T he govern or gave a num ber of statistics witli relation to the greater revenue to be derived by the farm er by hauling bis m erchandise ov er good roads. W ith regard to the construction of roads G overn or R ollins said that care should be exercised in I ol it Ion and at- tentlon paid to conditions. In the next 25 years there 1 * going to In* an unprec edented a ctivity in road building. NO. 16. DISEASE G E R & I5 COXVkXtKST PldOERY. Joywl In ol<l in « . He had not the guide*, the counsel and ndvleo within easy res oh o f all farm ers now . He had to learn the nrt o f |iro|e"rly feed ing. housing and breeding lu the eostljr school o f e x p e r ie n c e . B n t he perse vered. Failure, o n Is m iff even. Itecnme really valuable lessons, nnd m ost now lie credited with much o f subsequent success. Rill he never made the fatal m istake o f g o in g In and ont o f the hog h q iln ess as prices went up and down, nnd thus lie escaped one rock that w reck* so runny who adveofnn* npon this Indnstry. Hut let ns try to be reasonable and frankly con fess that all men ennnot lie- com e su ccessful hog raiser* any more ttmn *U m en enn lie great artists. Ami CANNOT E5TABUS« THEM5Ü.VC5 ♦ IN PURE BLOOD v MAKES THE BLOOD PURE AND PREVENTS DISEASE. ÍT GIVES STWEKGTII TO THE il OHACH AND UFE TO THE LUKGS. IS NOT A WHISKEY MEDICINE ceding, up to mvisiDie neignts, oowevw unattainable they might seem. I was conscious of a desire that others should feel something coming to them out o f my life like the breath o f flowers, the whis per of the wiuds, the warmth o f the sun shine and the depth o f the sky. That, I >H . did not require great gifts or a fine education. W e might all be that to each other. And there was no opportunity for vanity or pride iu receiving a beautiful influence and giving it out agaiu.—Lucy Larcom. D e n v e r 's G re a t C h im n e y . T he tall chim ney o f the Grant amelt- er is an object o f interest to every vis itor o f Denver. It Is by fa r the tallest sm okestack in the United States and has but tw o rivals in the world. T he follow in g facts will give the reader an adequate Idea o f the im m ensity o f this chim ney: It is 352 feet 4 Inches In height. There are 1.043.000 bricks In this Immense shaft. Its w eight ab ove the foundation Is 12.370.500 pounds. Its pressure at the base Is 100 pounds to the square Inch, and the total wind pressure against It In a gale would be 300,200 pounds. T he diam eter at tho base is 33 feet and at the top 20 feet.— D enver Post. S ettin g a N e ig h b o r R ig h t. “ W as that your dog that was how l ing all night?” " I guess It w a s." “ W hy In thuuder don’ t you feed him ?” “ Heavens, man. It’ i indigestion that, m akes him h ow l!’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. MARYLAND HIGHWAYS. I m p r o v e d R o a d » W o u l d S a v e $ 3 . 0 0 0 , - 0 <M) Y e a r l y l o F a r m e r » . Figures gathered l>y the state geo logical survey In Mnrylnml ns prelim i nary to the work o f road Im prove ment iu that state show that o f the 4.483 miles o f public road iu the state only 1.3110 miles are Improved. T ho road law s are not o f a character to In sure good roods aud, as a result, tho roads are badly located, badly graded, badly drained and badly surfaced, causing a very heavy tax ou all haul ing. j T he average distance each ton o f freight la hauled to or from the M ary land form s is 0.7 m iles; the average ! cost is 20 cents a mile per ton, or $1.71 , u ton for the whole haul. T here are about 5.000.000 acres o f farm land In M aryland, and there is about one toil f i t nelgTl! hauled annually i>er acre to or from each farm . T he total cost, therefore, o f this transportation Is o v er $8.500.000 a year. T he cost o f hauling In New Jersey has been reduced one- lm lf where the roads are Improved. Therefore, by Im proving M aryland roads one-lm lf o f this sum could bo sa ve<l. M aking a liberal allow ance fo r tho fact that part o f the hauliug is done over toll roads and that som e o f It goes over unimportunt roads that could not be im m ediately Improved, it Is estim at ed that at least $3,000.000 a year could be saved by Im proving the 'main roads In the state. A sim ilar estim ate is reached by considering the reduction lu the number o f d ra ft anim als neces sary aud the saving lu the wear aud tear on anim als, w agons and harness l»v pimd roa«!c . Sheep Prospects. T he prospect before the shepherds fs cheering in every w ay, says T he Sheep Breeder. T here m ay be apparent re verses now and then, but as the tide flows In this w ay, m aking an ad van ce nnd then retiring a part o f It. but on tlie whole ad vancin g at every Incoin- lug w ave, so the present position o f this great lnter«*st Is steadily ad v an c ing nnd will, we think, continue to d o until the sheep kept on this side o f tho A tlantic will approach. If not surpass. In number those kept on the other side o f it. YVc have nine sheep to every <>40 acres; England has 240 to our 0 on the same area. W hat a prospect this a f fords fo r the encouragem ent o f the A m erican shepherds! In time w e can not help hut surpass all other countries in the number o f our sheep. F e e d in g Ram a. T he ram w ill need special feeding and som e regulation by w hich he la prevented from w asting Ills vitality uselessly In serving ew es nm ieressarl- ly. T he safest w ay Is to keep him up In the daytim e In a qnlet. darkened pen and turn him In with Ida qu ota o f ew es for the night. Mark Ids breast with red ocher, nnd he will leave hla eertlflente on the ew es he has coupled with. A m ixture o f cornmenl, ontnical and cottonseed meal w ill m ake a most useful food for the rams w hile they are lu servlet*. A pint a day will help to keep them In the best condition. T his m ixture Is excellent fur the In Ininb ewe*. T w o ounces a day will help them w on d erfu lly .—Sheep Breeder. V oting Sows. It Is not alw a ys best to Judge a young sow by her first litter, says the St. Lou Is R epublic. In most cases If she Is a good animal each succeeding litter, for the flrst three or fou r at least, will In* better thnn the Inst. No m ore serious m lstakr can be m ade by a farm er than to allow a young sow to tarrow one litter o f pig* and then fa t ten her fo r meat nnd use youn g sow s lo r breeding. K eep well m atured so w s h m long as they farrow good pig*, dls-- carding them only when they begin to fall T here I* a g row in g dem and fo r m ut ton goat* In som e portions o f Oregon. T he day Is not distant when A ngora mutton will lie sold In the market on It* ow n m erit w ithout the reprebenat- tile habit o f selling It fo r sheep and •nmb m utton.^ Sheep Breeder.