H OF THE WEEK
ta I Condensed Form for Ou
Busy Beaders.
BATTENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
Wholesale dealers in diamonds have
announced an advance inn prices of 20
per cent.
Congress is very likely to approve a
plan to advance ths salaries of postal
employee.
Chicago commission m*n have lodged
a protest with Secretary Wilson, claim
ing the new meat inspection law creates
a monopoly.
The threatened lockout in the build
ing trades at Oakland is on.
Nearly
all tbs mills are closed and building is
Almost at a standstill.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, has bean
denied a rehearing by the Supreme
court and will bave to go to jail for six
months and pay a fine of »2.500.
Independent grain dealers of Chicago
have told tbe Interstate Commerce
commission how they bave been rained
by rebates being given tbe favored.
Bam Jones, the well known evange
list, dropped dead of heart failure on
hie way from Olaboma City to his home
in Georgia. Death came on hie fifty
ninth birthday.
An explosion in a coal mine near
Durham. England, killed 25 and en
tombed 200 miners.
Rescue parties
are working to reach thei mprisoned
men, wbo may not survive.
A new Elijah has appeared in Maine
China will ask all powers to make
Japan give up Manchuria.
Moody says be baa evidence to con
vict tbe Standard Oil company.
An explosion on a government steam
er on the Ohio river killed three men.
Military snppliee for use by the
American army in Cuba are admitted
free of duty.
Magoon has assumed ths government
ef Cuba and Taft and Bacon have re
turned home.
All mail for United States troops in
Cuba is sent to Havana and from there
sent to its destination.
URGE ONE BU.LDiNQ.
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Oregon Men Want United Northwest
at Jamestown Exposition.
Portland, Oct. 16 —A movement for
a joint Northwest building al the
J a meetown Ter-Centennial exposition
was launched at a recent meeting of the
Oregon Jamestown Expositim commit
tee at tbe Portland Commercial club.
President Jefferson Myei« and Secre
tary John 11. Rtevensonn, o! the com
mission, were directed to write an offi
cial letter to the governors of Washing
ton, Idaho and Montana, notifying
them of the attitude of the Oregm
commiieiou, and asking them to lake
setion in their official capacities to
bring about participation in the plan
on the part of tteir reepetive sta’ee.
Toe plan is conceive«! by the Oregon
commission is for joint action on the
pert of the four Noithweetern «tele« in
the erection of one magnificent exhibits
and headquarter« «trncture, in which
each state «ball have a department of
its own. the expanse to be borne equal
ly by tbe several states. It was point
ed out at the commission* session that
each co-operative action would have
tbe effect of impressing the E wt with
the unity of Northwest interests and of
exerting both a political and commer
cial insiguifl -ance. It also seemed ap-
prrent that with the combine«! capital
of tbe four states a building of str-h
imposing siss and l>eanty could be
•reeled that it con Id not fail to attract
wide attention, while a building by
any one ot ths states, singly, could not
bave this effect, and. beside«, joint ac
tion could reduce the expense ot put
ting up individual buildings.
President Myers was authorized to go
to the scene of the exposition and ne
gotiate for a site for an O egon build
ing. in the event it is desired to erect
one. and also keep in mind the possi-
bilify of a joint state building.
He
will defer hie departure for the East
until he has bad time to bear from the
governors of the Northwest stat«« on
the plan suggested. In the event the
other state« do not shew a disposition
to adopt tbe plan proposed, this will
not be allowed to interfere in any de
gree with Oregon’s p'an to make an ex
hibit, should tbe legislature warrant it.
Upon bis return from tbe Esat Pres
ident Myers will make a report to the
commission, and Governor Chamber
lain on tbe result uf Lis investigations,
and this report, setting forth in detail
tbe cost of making an exhibit and tbe
facilities for erecting a building and
installing an exhibit, when delivered,
will be used as tbe basis for appearing
before tbe legislature to ask su -h •n
appropriation as shall be neceaeary to
make a creditable showing.
FARMERS MUST DRAIN.
A Loe Angeles sthreet car ran away Department of Agriculture Issues Bul
on a steep grade because the brakes
letin of Instruction.
would not work. Two men were killed
Washington,
Oct. 16 —For the guid
and a score seriously injured.
ance of the great number of people from
Tbe railway mail clerks running out humid regions who settle on tbe im
of Houston. Tex., on tbe Southern Pa mense areas of Western lands opened to
cific, bave gone on a strike as a result settlement, tbe Department of Agricul
of trouble with th«’railroad company.
ture has issued a report on "Practical
Detectives from London are investi Information for Beginners in Irriga
gating the alleged importation of Eng tion.”
There are several million acree onen
lish girls to work in South Carolina
cotton mills ^contrary to the contract for settlement in tbe United State«,
and irrigation works built by private
labor laws.
enterprise and works being constructed
Mount Pelee is again in active erup by the national government will pro
tioe.
vide a water supply for more than 1,-
Wrangles of unions cause a threat of 000,000 acree of arid lands. The re
a general building lockout in Chicago. port discusses arid soils and water sup
plies generally and describes bow to
A Toronto university student was the
locate and bnild farm ditches, prepare
first to bo killed by football this season. land to receive water, irrigate staple
Witte says that, while be has no ill crop* and bow much water to apply.
"Experience throughout the arid re
feeling against the czar, be will never
gion,” the report says, "is demon
again serve him.
strating that tbe greateat danger to irri
An Atlanta grand jury has indicted
gated lands is lack of drainage. Water
20 white men for complicity in the re
applied to crops raises tbe ground wa
cent outrages against negroes.
ter. which brings with it tbe salts dis
In his farewell address Taft told tbe solved from the soil; capillarity brinpa
Cubans that tbe United States will not this water to tbe surface, where it
leave til) fair elections areamarod.
evaporates, and tbe salts accumulate
nntil all vegetation is destroyed.
The
Secretary Taft has informed a delega
only insurance against this is proper
tion of Isle of Pines citizens that it is drainage, but anything like economy in
useless to think of separation from tbe use of water and thorough cultiva
Cuba.
tion, which will check the rise of
Tbe Chilean congress, city and prop ground water or lessen evaporation,
erty owners of Valparaiso, will com will decrease the danger.”
bine to rebuild tbe city destroyed by
earthquake.
Battling With a River.
Imperial Janction, Cal., Oct. 16.—
John Barrett, now minister to Co
Seldom baa a more desperate battle
lombia, is elated for a better position,
with nature been waged than that for
either ambassador to Brasil or vice gov
tbe turning of the Colorado river.
ernor of ths Philippines.
Rockwood gate went out last Thursday,
Tbe deparmsnt of Justice is gaining and a great disappointment was occa
fresh evidence that hundreds of men, sioned, but tbe outlook is much bright
Yesterday the trestle below tbe
both white and black, are held in vir. er.
tual slavery in Southern Flordia by the gate was prepared, 100 cars of rock
being dumped as an experiment. This
lumbermen.
morning the rock was found in the
Cuban Liberals bail Taft and Bacon
same position, indicating that the
as saviours.
soil was firm enough to support it.
A son of Vico President Fairbanks Another treetie i« being built.
baa eloped with a PittsDurg girl.
Big Travel to California.
A lone highwayman bold up a stage
San Francisco, Oct. 16.—I he ) past
la the Tonopah, Nevada, district, and
month has seen a steady Sow of popo
i
secured nearly »5,000.
lation into California from the Eastern
Ths Newfoundland cabinet is still states. The fl ¿urea of the railroads
worrying over tbe fishing privileges and the California Promotion commit
loot to tbs United State«.
tee state that 14,000 settlers bave come
Booker T. Washington in an address here In that time. Many of these have
to negroes strongly advised them to re gone to the country, but a fair propor
main calm during the present trouble tion have remained in San Francisco.
It is believed that this is simply the
In the South.
vanguard of an army of immig>an'a
Russia is expelling all Japanese from who are coming to locate in California.
that part of Manchuria controlled by
the csar’s troops.
Silver Advances to 70 13.
Washington, Oct. 1«.— The director
China wants American engineers to
take charge of her railway construc of the mint yesterday purchased 150,-
tion and will pay »25,000 a year on a 000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per
One ounce, delivered at the mint in
five years’ contract.
Denver. For the convenience of bid
In the suit against the Standard ders it has been decided to open bids
Oil oonrpany in Ohio it has developed for tbs sale of silver on Mondays,
that eno of the large English oil com Wednesdays and Fridays of each week,
panies is owned by Rockefeller in instead of on Wednesdays only, as
bsretofors.
terest«.
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OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS.
ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT.
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Millions of Feet Used Every Year for Growers Busy Picking Largs Crop of
Palace Cars.
Apples and Pears.
Portland—In IK months Portland
has furniahe J between 40,000,000 and
60,000,000 feet of fir lumber for use in
the construction of cars al the shope of
the Pullman Car company, located at
Pullman, III. In tbe purchase of this
material, the company has expended
close to »1,500,000.
These figures are vouched for bv Al
bert Jonse, purchasing agent of the
Pullman company, who was sent to
ths West 16 months ago to buy lumber.
The first is used exclusively for siding
on boxcars, and, besides tbe lumber
bought hers, more is continually being
contracted for in othsr sections. Borne
of the material is dressed, such as floor
ing, siding and ths like, while more
ba« been shipped rough.
There is no prospective cessation of
ths buying so far as tbe pine is con
cerned, and, while yellow pine is also
largely used, that is not being drawn
from this locality. In the construction
of sleeping and passenger cars only
hard woods are utilised, particularly
for finishing the interior.
Rome ma
terial is often left in dry kilns four or
five months, subject to slow boat and
the air drying procees, in order that
when fitted in cars it is perfectly
soned.
Prices of Cattle Advancing.
La Grande—Peter O’Sullivan, who
has just returned from a visit to Wal
lowa county, says that one of the chief
cans«« for the prevailing prosperity in
all sections of that country 1s the in
crease in the price of cattle.
Repre
sentative« of the Pacific Meat company
are making large purchase«, and Walla
Walla buyers are looking for feeders.
Tbe range leasing plan has proved very
satisfactory, and the forming of separ
ate boundaries for cattle and sheep baa
resulted to the advantage of the cattle,
which come from the range in fine con-
dition.
Rock Creek — The ranchers along
Rock cteek have stepped out of the bay
harvest into ths fruit hat vest, and are
picking apples and pears. Fruit men
are pioud of their orchards and claim
that Hood River or any other locality
in the Northwest can produce no liner
fruit or more abundant yields. Fruit
is shipped from this section to many
important points In the East, and com
pares favorably with any of the pro
ducts In these markets. The leading
fruit grower« are William Heed and A.
A. Carothers. The former has an or
chard of 10 acres, the latter atout SO
acres. Mr. Head has picked and ship
ped about 300 boxes of apples, peach««
and pears to Spokane, Walla Walla
and Pendleton and other points east,
while some was shipped to Condon and
Arlington. He estimatee he will have
1,000 boxes of winter apples for ship
ment. Mr. Carothers has shipped 1.-
000 bixee of fruit and will ship 1,300
more. These gentlemen get the high
est prices for their fruit. Fruit grown
on Rock creek captured flrat prise and
gold medal al the Omaha exposition a
fsw years ago. The exhibit was made
by A. A. Carothers, and was a sur pries
to orebardlsts, packers and dealers.
Hope Are On the Up Grade.
Ralem—The hop market at Balem
has assumed a very active condition in
tbe last day or two, and now every
dealer in the city has orders for hope
at a slight advance over figures named
a week ago.
Krebe Bros, has received
an order for 1,000 bales al 15 fa cents a
pound. All other dealers are offering
that price.
Krebe bought tbs Clau-
fleld crop of 175 balee at Dallas,
Joe-
epb Harris and Catlin A Linn were
also buyers on tbe Weal side at UH
cents, while Lachmnnd A Pincus paid
17 cents for a choice lot bought from a
j^aier at DaTlas'
Mode rn Pyramid Builder«.
Apples at ths Fruit Fair.
Albany—The Modern Pyramid Build-
Hood River — The exhibit of apples
grown by A. 1. Muon, which took the?" WM launched last week when the
| first lodge or local pyramid of the or
sweepstake« and ••▼tral other pt lies
at the Hood River Fruit fair consisted der waa formed in this city. The local
of three boxes taken from 9 year old pyramid is the first subordinate branch
trees, planted 63 to the aero. The of the order, and waa named Pyramid
tree« averaged five a id a half boxes, No. 2, the supreme pyramid being Py
Fred Fortmiller waa
and altogether be took 1,141 boxes ramid No. 1.
from bis orchard. In the entire yield chosen chief builder; W. Lair Thomp
there were only 64 wormy apples dur son, scribe, and E. D. Cusick, custo
ing the season end tbe trees were dian. Tbe order starts with about 30
epraved six times with arsenateot lead. members.
In the whole yield there were only 54
boxes that went smaller than four tiers
to tbe box.
To Establish Big Sawmill.
Albany—A sawmill with a capacity
of 20,000 feet per day is to be eetab
liebed six miles south of Brownsville
by G. B. and E. H Dickinson, of this
city. A contract with the lessee« of
the land secn’ed requires that the plant
be in operatii n by January 1.
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Tarbias WlaSaalll.
In parta of the country subject to
high wluds there Is risk of mills on
high towers being overthrown. eepe
daily If the diameter of tbe wheel Is
Increased above teu or twelve feel. To
averoume thia difficulty It Is expedient
to build a mill Inside of Its tower
rather than upon It The turbine
shown In the Illustration has a diam
eter of twenty feet and 1« used to
drive a feed grinder and other ma
chinery. Its chief office, however. Is
to operate two pumps which Irrigate
TH« Tl'UUNK
WINOMtU.
sixteen acres of land. Th« expense of
erecting this mill was about one hun
dred dollars. There Is no particular
difficulty about Its construction and a
considerable part of tbe work could be
done with ordinary took and a little
mechanical knowledge.
Har« »all m * !*«»«•<•••.
Moro or Iva* jutlgiiipnt U rtqulrvd In
doing any kind of work, and the dig
glug of potatoes la uo exception to the
rule, lu th* Ural place, so many abould
not lie dug out at one time that tliey
cannot tie handled readily. A good way
la to dig during tbe fore part of each
half day and then gather the tuber«
lieforo quitting. As soon as dry Ibey
should always be picket! up. ami If the
weather Is reasonably dry the length of
time necessary for drying depends al
most entirely upou the nature of tb«
soil If sandy, an hour may be long
enough, but If a moist clay It may taks
several bourg.
Potatoes, once dug,
«Intuid certainly not be left out on the
ground over night If they are. ths
frost has every chance to get at them,
and only a little troeslng Is required to
spoil a good many bushels for mar
ket it Is a poor practice, too. to pick
up potatoes without any regard to grad
ing. Two class««, anyway, slrnuld bs
made of them ; nJ I those of good mar
ketable sis* should be gathered first
and tbs underslawd ones left till later.
It also pays to have crates or bushel
measuros In which to pick them up.
Easy to distribute about tbe field, titee«,
after b«lng tilled, can readily be placed
on a wagon and drawn off. Further
more. they prevent tb« tubers from be
ing Jammed and marred. Thirty ot
forty of them, or even a Issa number,
may profitably be owned by every farm
er who makes a business of raising po
tatoes and similar crops.-■ Fred U. Bib
lay. In Agricultural EpItomlaL
laSla'a l.ar«eat
Wheat I'rw*.
Tbe wheat crop of ludia this yeal
la a large one. Tb« area sown amounts
to 2H.22il.3si aerea, and the yield la «•
tlmnted at 8,600,000 tous, as against
7,582,000 tons last year, tbe lucrosa«
being 13 per cent Tbe ludían Trade
l4M>k e( Meeb«a I« m U K»owl»dfg,
The full benefit* of farm machinery Journal, which makes this statement
are not realized because the average says that tlie government la taking a
farmer has not tint meebauieal tralulng deep Interest In tlie romplalut of th«
or tbe requisite skill to get tbe beet re admixture of dirt In the wlient export
sults out of these complex Implements. ed. Tbs government baa consultad th«
We srv tbe greatest makers and users chambers of commerce, some of whom,
of term machinery tn tbe world, and however. Indicate a reluctance to de
It la owing to thk fact more than any part from tbs present customs of tb*
other single cause that we bave been trade ; but tbe chamber of romiuercs
able to maintain our agricultural eu at Karachi, from which 70 por cent of
premacy In tbe markets of tbe world. Indian wheat exports are now ahlppe<l
Tbe cost of this machinery to the farm strongly supports tbe government's pro
ers Is greater to-day titan ever before. ¡losal for ua per cent ¡turo wheat.
Tbe character of this machinery every
year leiixtiN more complicated, requir
A writer In Home and Farm give*
ing Increased knowledge of engineer
this description of an Implement for
ing principles on tbe part of users.
pulling aturnpe: Cut a good, strong
Tbe traction engine, tbe steam plow,
pole about twenty feet long, of wblt«
tbe combined harvester and thresher
ash; trim and peel It nicely, hitch s
operated by steam power, the lutono-
strong rope to tbe top—a chain will do.
bile, tbe growing use of electricity as a
but It 1« heavier to handle. Bet tbs
motive power on tbe farm, tlie machin
ery now required In dairies, tn tbe
growing of sugar beets and manufac
ture of beet sugar, are all lllustratlona
of the momentous cbangva In tbe char
acter of farm machines which have
taken place In the last fifty years. The
Increase In skill and mechanical knowl
edge required by farmers to operate
these complex and costly machines com
pared to what was needed to operate
the primitive tools of half a century
ago cannot be given In percentages.—
pole against tbe stump to be pulled,
Elwood Mead. In Field and Farm.
letting the lower end rest between two
roots. Then put a strong chain around
u»oa Hoar Tro«*n r«*«*r.
The best bog trough I ever saw L the top of the stump, pausing It around
made as shown In cut A Is a fence be tbe pole. A team bitebed «o tlie ropa
tween man and pigs, 8 feet high; B. will pull out man any stump. Place
back board, 18 Inches; C. bottom width tbe pole cloae to tbe stump and cut th«
to suit size of pigs; D. sticks to keep roots opposite the pole. Two men can
them from crowding; E. front to suit liest do the work — one to tend th«
ilze of plga a lea You see. the pigs horse, the other to cut roots as th«
can’t crowd each other or you as you stump Is being turned out
Wants Passenger Bridge.
Oregon City—For the accommodation
of the people of Orwego, the Clackamas
county court will be asked to negotiate
with the Southern Pacific company to
the end that the county may construct
an upper deck on the company’s rail
PORTLAND MARKETS.
road bridge to be constructed across the
Willamette river at Oswego. The plan
Wheat—Club, 64 065c;
blueetem,
of the Oswego people who will petition
680 69c; valley, 67c; red, 61062c.
the county court for this action is to
Oats—No. 1 white, »23.50024; gray,
secure lor themselves a means of cross »220 22 50.
ing the Willamette river and more di
Barley—Feed, »20.50 per toi ; brow
rect communication with this city.
ing, »21.50; rolled, »23.
Rye—»1 2501.35 per cwt.
Institute Arouses Interest.
Corn—Whole, »26027; racked, »28
Myrtle Point—Tbe Farmers’ insti per ton.
tute and fair, which baa Jost closed,
Hay—Valley timothy. No. 1, »100
proved a great success. Tbe display of 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
agricultural products convinced all vis »14016; clover, »6 6007; cheat, »70
itors of tbe agricultural possibilities of 7.50; grain hay, »7; alfalfa, »11.50;
the region ahon'. Myrtle Point.
Dr. vetch bay, »707.50.
Withycombe of tbe Oregon Agrlcutlural
Fruits—Apple«, common to choice,
college gave an illustrated lecture on 25 075c per box; choice to fancy, 76c0
feed them. They can’t get their feet in
tbe treatment of the dairy cow.
As »1.25; grape«. 5Oc0»l 50 per box;
tbe mush and must stand up and eat
this is a dairying region, tbis lecture Concord«, Oregon, 27fac ball backet;
like horse* In tbe stalls. A nice sight
was well attended and tbe farmers got peaches, 76c0»l; pear«, 75c0»1.25;
many beneefiial ideas from tbe doctor’s crabapple«, »101.25 per box; prune«,
remarks.
25050c per box; cranberrie«, Oregon,
»303.45 per box; quince«, »101.26
Teachers Are 8carce.
per box.
Baker City—Teachers are frigbtfally
Vegetable« — Bean«, 607 fac; cab
scarce in Baker county. The county bage, 15i 0 lfae per pound; cauli
euperintendentia offering high wages flower, »101.25 per dozen; celery, 60
and good positions to the pedagogues 090c per dozen; corn, 1254c per doz
of the county, but cannot get enough en; cucumber«, 15c per dozen; egg
school ma'ams to fill the positions. As plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head,
the result the teachers bave bad an in 20c per dozen, onion«, 10 0 12fac per
crease in wages .'rom 135, the average dozen; pea«, 405c; bell pepper«, 6c;
last year, to »50, which is this year’s pumpkin«, 154c per pound; tpinach, to see thirty or forty aide by aide, eat
average. Teachers getting »60 and over 405c per pound; tomato««, 30050c ing quietly and cleanly.—Farm Prog
are common rather than teachers with per box; parsley, 10015c; sprouts, ress.
salaries of »40 or less.
7fac per ponpd; rqnaah, lfae per
f'atttn* Milo Cora.
pound; turnip«, 9Oc0»l per sack; car
ft Is of primary Importance to know
Land Withdrawn From Entry.
rot«, »101 25 per sack; beets, »1.260 at what stage corn should be cut to se
The Dalles—The local land office is 1.60 per sack.
cure tlie best results. It Is also neces
in receipt of a telegram from the com-
Onion« — Oregon, »101.15 per hun
sary, It Is pointe«! out In Farming, that
mierioner of the general land office dred.
a careful study Ire made as to bow rap
withdrawing from filing or entry, un
Potato«« — Oregon Burbank«, deliv
idly nutriment Is store«! up In the corn
der the coal land laws, all the pnblie ered. 80085c; in carlots f. o. D. coun
lands embraced in tbe following town- try, 75 0 80c; «weet potatoes, 202fac plant and when tbe maximum .amount
Is reached. When corn Is fully tasseled
shisp: Townships 6 south, ranges 24, per pound.
lt contains but eight-tenths of a ton of
26 and 26, E. W. D ; townships 7
Butter—Fancy creamery, 25030c per
dry matter an acre, or one-fifth of what
south, ranges 24, 25 and 26, E W. D.; pound
township« 8 south, ranges 26, 26, E.
Eggs —* Oregon ran :h, 3103254c per It contains when fully ripe. When In
milk It contains nearly three times as
W. D.
dozen.
Poultry — Av« rage old hen«, 12c per much dry matter as when fully taa
Much Grain Accumulates.
pound; mixed chi. kem, 11 0 12c; aeled. Only seventeen days were oc
La Grande — Homer Littleton, fore spring. 12c; old roosters, 9 0 10c; cupied In passing from tbe milk to
man of tbe Chas. Playle warehouse at dressed chicken«, 1401554c; turkey«, the glazing stage, yet In this time there
Alice), reports that a large qnantity of live, 16021c; turkey«, <1 reseed, choice, was an Increase In the dry matter of
grain ha« accumulated, owing to the 20022c; geese, live, 9010c; duck«, 14 1.3 tons an acre. This shows the great
advantage of letting the corn stand
embargo placed against railroad ship 015c.
Veal— Dressed, 554 08c per pound.
until the kernels are glazed. After this
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ments of wheat from ths interior points
sirvwnsa aaaa In
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Beef — Dressed bull«, 202fac per ' 'period ARoa
tbe I Increase
In «»•*•«
dry ww*AA^»
matter a 1« — a but
to Portland, on account of the grain
handlers’ strife, but that shipments pound; cow«, 405c; country «teen, 6 slight
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will now be resumed.
•Bfac.
Melons tn ths Corn Shnek.
Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 7c per
If when cutting corn you will place
pound; ordinary, 506c; lamb«, fancy,
Crook County Horses for Alberta.
In one of your largest shocks atxiut a
Pendleton — Thirteen carloads of 8c.
1 dozen of your choicest watermelons, at
Pork—Dressed. 608c per pound.
range horses were shipped from this
Hop«—1906, 14016c per
pound; Christmas, when tbe snow Is on the
city to Alberta last week.
They are
ground and the frost Is on the pane,
owned by M. R. Cowell, and were tak 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool—Eastern Oregon average best, you can alt by tbe roaring fire and eat
en from the range in Crook county.
The shipment was consigned to Shelby 13018c per pound, according to shrink one of your melons, which has kept all
Junction, Mont., but the horses are de age; valley, 200 21c, according to fine that time In the shock of corn.—Farm
Journal.
ness; mohair, choice, 26028c.
signed for the Alberta market.
Seleetlaw «*•« Cara.
The proper time In which to select
sewla Is late In tbe fall or winter. Tb«
reason for requiring this portion of th<
year for so doing la because there 1«
then no burry, and the work can lx
done better. The common practice of
laying tbe seed corn aside to remain
until spring baa done greet damage to
the oom crop, as very often tbe ex-
ceee of Imperfect gralna la such as to
cause a failure of germination over th«
whole field. Every ear of com should
be examined and th« Inferior grain
Vegetable needs also re-
shelled off.
quire examination, for Insects, damp-
nena and other camww Interfere with
their safe-keeping,
Of co time, every
fanner Is supposed to tie careful with
his Beede, but very few fnrmers know
the condition of their seeds until tbe
time comes when they are required for
planting, and then the farmers are
too much hurried to do anything with
them.
■ belter for ■fork.
The pile« of «talk« and straw which
go to waste can be made to do good
service In providing shelter If It Is not
considered fit for feeding. With a few
poets and poles the stalks and atraw
will fumlah a warm place of refuge
for anlinah that cannot tie accommo
dated In the bam or stable. With plen
ty of straw on the ground under the
covering so formed, no better place
could lie arranged for sheep, and with
care In making the roof only a heavy
storm will cause lt to leak.
Bowina Whsat.
One bushei and n half nf wheat la
ample to wow an acre. and five pecks
will answer If sown early and given
time
before
cold
weather
stope
growth, says Farm Journal. As soon
a« the wheat Is sown, If the land Is not
underdrulned, It Is advisable to plow
some furrows where they will carry
off any water that might collect In de-
presalona. Wheat cannot grow In wa
ter.