Walloo Ccuntg Chieftain
County Pioneer Paper
Established in J884. Published every
inuraUiti' oy The Enterprise Press.
Office East side Court Housa
Square.
Entered in the pcttoffice at Enter
prise, Ore., as seaond-clasa matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One year $1.50 Three months 50c.
Invariably in Advance.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1909.
WALLOWA COUNTY LAND
VALUES.
Peop'e who complain of high land
values in the valley are Influenced
to a great extent by remembering
how cheap they coald have bought
even the chol:eit farms a few years
ago. A man who came into the val
ley 12 years ago and predicted the
rich va'ley land with abundance of
water would se'l some day at $30 an
acre, was laughed at. The settlers
thought he was dreaming. Yet tha:.
land li cheap today at twice $30, and
is going higher.
And why ghoul 1 it not go hlghar?
Fnrmers in the vicinity of Enterprise
are reluctant to lease their land to
the sugar factory people at $10 on
acre cash rent, saying they make
more than that off it. This in spite
of the well known fact that the su
gar company would turn hack the
land thoroughly cleaned and in bet
ter shape than it ever was. Finally
a few public-spliited citizens turned
over some choice acres just to en
courage the test.
When a man can gat $10 an acre
cash rent for the land from the 'host
of tenants, it lo)ks to a man up a
tree the land is worth a great deal
more than is be"nj aked for it.
But if unequalled valley land with
perpetual, free and abundant water
is dear a". $75 (sells elsewhere for
$1"0 to $2.0), then take your fill
of as fine wheat land as lies out
doors for $13 to $20 an acre. Just
as good and sone say better than
the $75 Umatilla or Palouse wheat
land.
If it is all too dear, go take a va
cation. Stay away a year or two and
then come back and pay double the
present prices and be glad to do it.
THE SENATE IN A NOVEL.
The House was scheduled to vote
on the Payne tar'.ff bill Friday of
this weak. It will then go to the
Senate where for three months a
grand bluff ai dlicusslng It will be
made, and finally it will be smoth
ered, killed and the bill prepared by
Aldrlch, by and with the consent of
Standard Oil, J. P. Morgan and the
other two or three owners of Amer
ica, will he passei in its stead.
This Is no partisan statement and
the action of the Senate will be no
partisan movement. There is neither
a Republican nor Democratic party
In the Senate. The division is on
more vital issues than party names.
To give a report of the prefunc
tory proceedings of the Senate, the
speeches, e'.c, would be a waste of
space. They are only intended as
a blind to throw dust in the eyes
of the greenhorns out here in the
backwoods who stM think this gov
ernment Is a republic.
No, this paper has something far
better for Its readers than a resume
of hypocrisy and chicanery, some-
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S Goods of all descriptions. 5
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I ENTERPRISE, - - - - . OREGON
thing that will give a truer and bei-
ter idea of the United States senate.
The most popular play of last win
ter in all Eastern cities was The
Gentleman from Mississippi the
greatest political drama ever staged.
It has been made over into a novel,
a wonderfully thrilling tale of poli
tics, love and humanity, and tha
publishers of tliU paper have secure!
the exclusive right to publish it here.
This story wH be started about
May 1, and its 8 3rial publication and
the bluff put up by the Senate will
almost co:ndde in time. We want
every vot'ng reader or this paper to
read The Gentleman From Missis
slppl and compare , week by week
with what the Senate is doing with
the tariff bill.
However, u Is a story for every
body, men, women, boys and girls.
It is charmingly entertaining as well
as instructive.
Watch for THE GENTLEMAN
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Se3d time wai never more proplt
jub in Wallowa county. The soil ii
n fine condition and the ground Is
JveU dampe ie l. Reports from all se3
:ions of the county say fall sown
iraln U looking splendid with a good
stani.
I up Before the Bar.
N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts
field, Vt., writes "We have used Dr.
King's New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family tnedi
eiue we wouldn't be without them.'
tor Chills, Constipation, Biliousness
Jr Sick Headache they work wonders
ioc. All druggists.
Kiririble Balloons.
The first attempt to steer a balloon
was made In Purls in 178-1.
King of Blood Remedies.
Levy's Oregon Grape Compound.
Sold and guaranteed by Burnaugh &
...layfield. Enterprise, Oregon,
The Greyhound.
The greyhound seems to have been
developed in level, treeless and Bhrub
lcss countries, where a moving object
Is visible nt a long distance, and great
Hpeed is therefore necessary to enable
a predaceous animal to overtnk U
prey.
T. P. Coleman, of Coleman Bros.,
eft Wednesday for Tacoma, where
3 will visit his mother and dispose
it some property there. He will bl
!me from a month to six wesks.
The Cork Center.
The town of Sun Fellu da Guilds,
Spain, is the greut cork manufacturing
center of the world. The fifty or sixty
factories employ 1,200 men and womeu
manufacturing corks.
The Alps.
A professor of the Cuiverslty of Ber
lin believes thut the Alps have been
moved twenty miles south from their
original location and curved into their
present form by glacis fiction.
Swept Over Niagara.
This terrible ca'amlty often hap
pens because a carsless boatman ig
nore3 the river's warnings growing
rlpple3 and faster current. Nature's
wprnings are kind. That dull pain
or ache in the back warns you the
kldnfeys need attention if you would
escape fatal maladies Dropsy, Dla
)ete3 or BrlgUfs disease. Take Elec
tric Eitters at once and flee Back
ache fly and all your be3t feelings
return.;' After long suffering from
weak kidneys and lame back, one $1
bottle wholly cured me," writes J. R.
Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only
50c at all druggists.
W. P. APPLEGATE.
Notary Public.
Collections made. Real Estate
bought and sold and all business
matters attended to. Call on or
write me.
PARADISE, OREGON.
WESLEY DUNCAN,
Stock Inspector for Wallowa
County.
JOSEPH, OREGON
rSasidl
-ffiome''. Course In
Modern Agriculture
V. Leguminous Crops and Rotations
By C V. GREGORY.
agricultural HivUion.
Copyright. 1909. by American Pre Association
t MOXO the important classes ct
Am crops grown on the farm are
Tl, the legumes. The soil Is to the
farmer what a stock of goods
Is .to a merchant He canDtf keep
drawing on It forever without putting
something back. OrSlnary crops take
plant food from the store In the noiL
This must be replaced In some way.
Legumes, on the other band, leave the
soli richer rather than poorer.
If you will exarrii-e the roots of a
rlover plnnt cnwruliy you will notice
numerous If'rle swellings about the
size of pi , bervls or a little larger.
Tho-ip are called nodule and are tin
'mine of certain bacterid. ThesA hn.
terla are minute one celled "plants s
small thnt thousands of them c-n nan
on the point of a pin. We sLull studj
some of the different classes of bac
teria in detail later. The ones that
live on the roots of legumes have the
power of changing the nl:ro?eu of tht
air into a form lu which It can be used
by the plants.
When clover stubble Is plowed under
the nitrogen which is contained In the
stems and roots is added to the soil
and can be used by the following crop
Where the soil Is badly locking In
nitrogen and humus it sometimes pays
to plow under the entire crop of clover
The nitrogen whl-h leguminous
plants add to the soli is by no means
the only benefit which conies from
their use. Nearly all of them have a
long taproot, which forces its way
down Into the soU far below the depth
reached by the roots of ordinary crops.
Alfalfa roots sometimes go down as
deep as thirty feet or more. Much of
the plant food used by the crop is;
brought up from this lower layer of
soil, and some of It is left in the Upper
soil when the roots and stubble decay.
The passage of the long roots through
the soli also loosens It. and when they
docay add to the humus supply. Thus
the physical condition of the soil Is so
Improved that the more tender roots
of such -crops as corn can penetrate
It readily.- Because of these facts
corn, potatoes and almost any other
crop will grow faster and give a con
siderably larger yield on a field w hich
has grown a legume the year previous
The principal legumes are alfalfa
clover, cowpeas and soy -beans. Al
falfa is grown most successfully west
of the Missouri river, although by no
means confined entirely to that 'local
ity. It requires some care to get a
good stand of alfalfa. It does best on
a soil that is somewhat sandy and
should never be sown on a soil where
the water table Is liable to stand for
any length of time within three feet
from the surface. "Wet feet" will kill
alfalfa quicker than anything else.
As a general rule the best time to
sow alfalfa is early Jn the full. The
ground should be put In the best pos
sible tilth, and If manured before sow
ing the seed the chances of success
are considerably Increased. The seed
should be sown at the rate of about
fifteen pounds per acre. A light bar
rowing will cover it sufficiently. If
the young plants weather the first
winter successfully, the critical time Is
past. The advantages of alfalfa over
clover are Its higher feeding value and
greater yields. It can often be cut
three or four times In a season, with
a yield of from one to two tons per
cutting. Alfalfa must always be cut
as soon as about one-tenth of the
plants are in bloom; otherwise the
vitality is weakened and the yield of
the succeeding crops reduced.
There nre several varieties of clover,
of which medium red is the most wl!u-
FIO. X EIGHT-MONT HS-OLD ALFALFA
PLANTS.
Note the Ions taproot and the nodules.
ly known. Clover seed are usually
sown with small grain In the spring.
A surer way of obtaining a stand Is to
sow after the oats have been disked In
and cover with a harrow; otherwise
the seed are put In so deeply that many
of the little plants never reach the sur
face. - ' '-'
One of the principal reasons for fail
ure with clover Is poor seed. A sam
ple should always be ' tested before
sowing. This can be easily done by
putting a - hundred seeds between a
couple of moist blotters and keeping In
luwsTHOfRoqrj.
lotoa Stat Collect
a warm p'aee for a few days. The
number that germinate can be used a
as a guide to the amount of seed to
use per acre.
One reason why clover and alfalf.-i
ore not more popular with fiirmers Is
the difficulty of curing the hay. If it
Is left In the swath until dry euough to
put in the mow, the leaves, which are
the most valuable part, will become
so brittle that many of thorn will be
lost A better way is to go over the
field with a side delivery rntoe as soon
as the leaves have wilted a little and
throw the hay together lu lon.se wind
rows. Handled in this way, it dries
evenly, and tbi leaves will not fall off
so easily. Hay cured In this way Is
also less liable to be dusty than when
cured by direct exjKisure to the sun.
Once In awhile, even with the best of
care, some of the bay will be caught la
a rain. A hard rain on clover or al
falfa hay washes out much of the nu
triment which It contains. Burn hay
Is hardly worth putting lu the br.ni.
but may be made good use of for tod
ding. Iu this way it Is mixed with
the manure, and the plant food which
It contains Is returned to the soil.
Cowpeas and soy beans nre to the
southern part of the United State
what clover and alfalfa are to tho
northern sections. They nre grown
more as hay and forage than for the
grain. These legumes ore also used In
some sections of the com belt as catch
crops. If sown on early fall plowing,
they prevent the soil from washing
and thus losing much of iu available
nlant food. They may be pastured off
MO. XI fcl-CTXNO) A BBAVI GROWTH OF
ALFALFA.
later or disked up in the spring. They
are often sown In cornfields during the
last cultivation to keep the weedx
down and to add nitrogen to the soil.
: -Because of the fact that other crops
make so much better growth after the
field has grown a legume for a year or
so it is important that a crop of clover
or some other legume be grown occa
sionally, if a plan of rotation is ar
ranged so thut the fields ure regularly
changed from one crop to uuothcr, so
much the better. It bus been found
that when any crop Is grown year aft
er year on the same land the yields wlil
grow less. The particular kinds of
food that a certain crop requires grows
scarcer, and weeds and Insects become
more numerous. . If another kind of
plant is substituted, other elements of
plant food will be drawn upon, the in
sects will be starved out and the chang
ed methods of soil treatment will dis
courage the weeds.
I'lants vary greatly in their ability to
get food from the soil. Such crops as
rye and buckwheat ore strong feeders
and are able to obtain food from a soil
on which more tender plants would
I starve. Some plants use much more
humus than others. Crops like corn
that are cultivated frequently deplete
the humus supply rapidly, since the
constant stirring of the soil hastens de
cay. Oats, on the other hand, take
c-'.r.paratlvely little humus from the
s. il.
These differences may be largely
equalized by a consistent system of ro
tation. In planning rotations the aim
should be to so distribute the crops
that they will be best adapted to the
condition lu which the soil was left by
the preceding crop. The starting point
of every rotation should be lover or
some other legume. The length of time
that a field should be left in to such a
crop depends largely on local condi
tions. In the east, where alfalfa seed
Is high and the difficulties of obtaining
a stand great it is usually wise not to
plow up the crop for three or four
years. Ked clover lives only two years;
hence If not plowed up the second year
the land must be reseeded. In most
cases two years is as long as the land
should be left to any one crop.
Since clover Is grown with small
grain the first year, this means only
one year in which it will be the sole
crop. If the second crop of clover U
to be plowed under, as Is the case
when 'the soil is considerably lucking
In humus, this work had better be
done iu the full, so that the mass of
green clover may have time to decay
before the following crop is 'planted.
If the soil has been properly ccred for,
however, this green manuring will be
unnecessary. As a general rule It Is
more profitable to feed the hay or
grass to stock and return the manure
to the land. In this way from m to
00 per cent as much plant food Is
added as would have been If the crop
had been plowed under, and at the
same time the stock has had the bene
fit of the extra feed. When only the
stubble Is to be turned under, the
plowing may be done either In late
tall cr e&rly spring.
Hcrstback fiidinj.
Ilorselwcl; exorcise possesses, accord
ing to sone physicians, the faculty of
both increasing and redwing weight
If meals nre taken Immediately after
rMin; additional Cosh Is gained; oth
erwise a dtx rease of flesh results.
People past middle life usually
have some kidney or bladder disor
der that sap3 the vitality, 'which Is
naturally lower in old age. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects urinary
troubles, stimulates the kidneys, and
restores strength and vigor. It
cures uric acid troubles by strength
ening the kidneys bo tlley will strain
out the uric acid that settles In the
muscles and joints causing rheuma
tism. Buinaugh & Mayfleid.
Kirwey May.
In Norway hay Is largely cured by
hanplng It on wooden aud wire racks,
much us a woman bangs out her wash.
Vlsc'ivoctok.
Vladivostok, the principal Kusslan
port In the far east possesses a well
protected landlocked harbor, with a
depth of from thirty to ninety feet of
water over a wide area.
For Constipation.
Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent
druggist or Spirit Lake, Iowa, says:
"Chamberlains Stomach and Liver
Tablets ate certainly the be3t thing
on the market for constipation."
Ulve these tabkts a trial. You are
it)' lain to find them agreeable and
pleasar.t In elfe.t. Price 23 cents.
Samples frea. For sale by Burnaugh
& V. ay field.
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are bdt outward slant at the evil
done in secret by myriads of dao-
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of the hair. Micro kills tbe part
site, soothes the itching scalp,
l gives lustre to tbe hair and stops
it lading out A single application
gives relief aod proves its worth.
Save your hair before too late,
Micro prevents baldness. It Is a
delightful dressing for the hair,
free from grease and sticky oils.
Ask your drttfjistfor free booklet
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Best of Hay and Grain j
ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF
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Covering Union and Wallowa Counties
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SUITE 204, Wallowa National BanH Building,
Enterprise, Oregon.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of tha Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande. Or
egon. March 16. 1909. '
Notice Is hereby given that Henry
W, Downs, of Lostine, Oregon, wha
on July 28, 1903, made Homestead
Entry No. 13161-Serlal, No. 03999, for
W4 8VVi. NE 8 VH. NWK SB
hi. Section 10, Township 2 South.
Range 43 East, Willamette Meridian,
has fl ed notice of Intention to make
c ina Five Year Proof, to establish
claim ta the land above described,
before D. W. Sheihan, U. 3. Com
missioner, at Enterprise, Oregon, on
the 26 h dey or April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
1 6 Is Olson, Charles E. Van Pelt,
Paul A. Harris, Floyd W. Ham
uiaik, of Lostlue, Oregon. 1 ' SSt6
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
Used by the Multitude.
Levy's Oregon Qrspe Compound.
For general spring tonic. Sold and
guaranteed by Burnaugh Mayfleid,
For dyspepsia, indigestion and lose
or appetite take Levy's Oregon Grape
Compound. Sold and guaranteed by
Burnaugh & Mayfleid, Enterprise,
Oregon.
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