DAY FARMING CONGRESS. tfethods of Increasing Crop Output Will fcltUWM. The Dry Farming congress U Don arnjled, with some persistency anc 3rterinintion to be heard from in the matter of urging its claims upon the Attention of the public The faith that IL. promoters and operator of thii -geocistion have in their claims of drj farming methods, well carried out, cannot be questioned, says the oditoi of the Twentieth Century Farmer. Tbi experiences and .results of careful am persistent work in crop growing effort) lire the evidence that is offered in tes timony of the feasibility of dry farm tag methods and dry farming as an in dnstry. It is not surprising that there an the doubtful, the skeptical, the nnbe liever in converting the dry land of thi arid West to agricultural purposes, thi growing of crops, the cultivation o: orchards and forests, the esUblishin( of homes and the building up of com mercial interests and industries 01 these lands; we say that it is not sur prising that some hesitate, that the) doubt the availability of sufficient moisture to grow crops; that they fore cast seasons of drouth, etc All these things had their period and have exert ed tbeir influence to discourage and prejudice the mind of the public as the settlement of the country has pro gressed westward for the last fifty years, and yet cultivation has been the civilizing influence that has conquered drouth, hot winds and the barrenness of the plains and prairie countries that are now the dependence in production. The Fourth Dry Farming congress will hold its meeting at Billings. Mon tana, October 26, 27 and 28, 1909. This will not only be an institute for dry farming farmers and dry fanning instructors sndeadiers, but it will be as exposition of dry farming products tuch as this or no other country has tver witnessed. There are pledged al ready exhibits from thirteen Western itates that are engaged in dry farming work. The organization by states, to ihow what each is doing and capable of doing in the raising of grain and vegetable crops, without irrigation, is i feature never before undertaken in this distirct and promises some great lurpriaes for visitors. The area of tillable lands in the United States not yet turned to culti vation is comparatively small, and un der present conditions of demand by the homesteader will last but a few more years at most. It is only the part of good business judgment that the dry farming districts be investigated by those who contemplate getting a home under the free homestead law. Good lands and the best locations will be the first taken. Each year will re duce the quality of lands to be disposed of as government homesteads. The Dry Farming congress will be i good place to visit next October, in view of getting dry farming informa tion and dry farms on which to put it into practice. The Dry Farming con press announces that there are 200, 000,000 acres of arable land awaiting development by the dry farming meth tds. Appropriate Breed. , "The aeronaut who is going to try that long flight will take his pet dog long." "What kind of a dog is itr "A skye terrier, of course." Baltl Bore American. Information Bureau. Caller I wish you would tell me U there has been any change in the sIm of the 5 cent piece within the last ten or fifteen years. Man at the Desk Decidedly there has. The 5 cent piece of ice isn't more than half as large un It used to be. The Heal Tain. "I must congratulate Jack on his tolden wedding." "Golden wedding? Why, he's only lust married." "I know, but the bride Is worth a million." Boston Transcript." Hidden. Her fatal gift of beauty Never caused the pit-a-pat Of anybody's heart at all She wore a modern hat. . -Houston Post. DR. W. A. WISE " tr Leader in Painless Dental Work in Purtland. Out-of-Town People that Wi?T. v, rJhat m,r t,r Is so arrang-ed nKIDOF ?A,5 P THEIR ENTIRE CKOVkN. ai"-E AND PLATE WORK IN A DAY if TKACT&n IT1VELY PAINLESS EX dl wp ESfftwh-n plate, or bridiree are or TEETH iMRli,M0VE THE MOST SENSITIVE kT..1." AND ROOTS wrrunirr TUP f .EAST '. NO STI mi. Nro """"''Tl. ' akj, nu unccruunv. for the Next Fifteen Days i.1" lve you a aonH Mk u "; crown for. " " ., rT """n ' fc0(j r.lmiln" : 2 Sstas- 7 T.T ti wvjkk GUARANTEED 15 TEARS a. "r. w. A. Wise PrMlrt..4 a - -whvu. una HMnacer ne Wise Dental Co. fit. I ww Third and Waahlna-ton Sta, PORTLAND, OREGON : : 3 IS DANGEROUSLY ILL Congressman Cnshman, ct Wash ington, at Point ot Death. TAKES RAPID TURN FOR WORSE Enters New York Hospital for Slieht Op deration and While Recover ing Pneumonia Sets In. New York, July 3. ConPT,.mn Francis W. Cushman, who has been ill Roosevelt hospital for 10 days, was a critical condition last night, and midnieht the anthnritioa nf k . , " VA ura uw pital held out little hope of his recov ery. They in fact said he was so low it was doubtful if he woudl survive the night. Mr. Cushman entprsH tti - - UWJJIMI Ui June 21 to undergo an operation for me removal oi an abcess in his neck. Ihe operation, which was a alio-ht one, was successful, but before he re covered from it nneumnnia rirlni4 The disease reached the critical stage jresieruay, ana, contrary to the expec tations of all, it took a rapid turn for the worse. Francis W. Cushman was born May t, 1867. at Brighton. Ia.. and was edu cated at the local high school and at rieasani view academy. In order to aid in pavine his tuition there. h vnrV. ed during the summer vacation as "water boy" on railroad construction work. On completing his education at the academy the future congressman worked for some time as section hand on local railroads, until at the age of 16 he moved to Wyoming. There he remained for five years, being a cow boy on a ranch, a "handy man" in a lumber camp, and also a school teacher. During this period he took up the study of law, reading by himself, with but little outside aid. At the close of this time ha mnvert to Nebraska, and was admitted to both we uistrici ana supreme bar. lie re mained there until 1 891, when he went WeBt again, settling in Tacoma, which has since been his permanent home. Prior to hiB election to congress he held no offices of any kind, and made his living entirely by his legal practice. In 1898 Mr. Cushman was nominated bv the Renublieans for con tress. Since that time he has been without opposi tion in his own party, and has been (tlected hv overwhelminr maiorities at each succeeding election, and is now serving nis sixtn term. Bret Harte Land Shaken. Downieville. Cal.. Julv 3. Almost every night for more than a week earthquake shocks have been experi nnced here, and their freauencv has caused considerable uneasiness. Since the rather severe tremblor of June 21 there have been frequent lighter shocks, most of them sufficiently per ceptible' to awaken people. People living at Poker flat say Mount Filmore is the seat of the disturbance, mat country has reported some of these quakes as being quite severe. Earth quakes are rare in Sierra county. Steamer Burns At Dock. Rtwlftnn. Cal.. Julv 3. The steam- r Talntnn. of the California Trans portation company, valued at $100,- 000, burned to tne water s eage at. ner dock here early today. The entire cargo had been removed before the fire started. There was no insurance on the vessel. The fire started in the of tr hnlrl. where it could not be got at, owing to its location and the dense smoke. The city Bremen savea huh containing 5,000 gallons oi cruoe on. Clergy Is Appealed To. Victoria, B. C, July 3. A. Canon of Westminster abbey, also rector of the British House of Com mons church, in a public address nere today, urged the clergy to preach sacn ouorvwhpre to secure immediately a needed army and navy fund. Hen- don declares England is unarmeu Aat AwiaolAOfi. and on the veree of a con- UVAUBVIVH test for her national existence. Johnson Favors Women. -t ur;h Jul a. Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, delivered an a . 1a. aa irt I address here lasi nigni. " -hope to see the time when women i wil .:. thai hoshands in Domical join wiiu - affairs. Where woman is, the atmos phere is better and politics would be better wnere renning umu r valent" Rescued After Ten Days. St Gall, Switzerland, July 8. A young woman who ten days ago was .- .in nf a railroad tun- caugm in -'" - , c. . nel was dug out alive today. She suffered agonies of cold and hungtr . . !u: .!v Kiit manaeed to during k" - - . sustoin life by sucking moisture from her clothing, on wora w- ally trickled n;..u.j RaHia in Street. Guayaquil, July 8.-At ceeb"t'.n yesterd7.; in honor of St Fr Paul a moo iwK r . Soops were called out but many of STsoldierT joined the mob and a Steh battle was fought in which ten p and SO wounded. persons we t"1 . ..... a.i i- r.mhe Ready. New r.i"v Calona sailed irom , 1,600 mile, of cable on h-Jf the Commercial u.i-j "N line between Newfoundland and New York. I 2ji Race ! . . Wife: I HAWLEY SMART :" i : .HT?B xXIl.(CounuM.) ... , ?. vh ba,ine Gren. vtry. I'm afraid," b. replied at length. "Nobody r..,,ooner ive hw ta. provldint aba's willlnf to take you." My dear nncle, Mande and I " Toon ! Ton needn't f o on about that I never doubted that yon and Maade had settled It all befora you did m tha honor to consult me. But what are yon to lira on? Tonr f400 a year wont keep a Grfn' tBd 1 "' Id yon-" "No, but we can wait a bit; we are both-young, and I shall be making two or three hundred a year at my profeulon very soon." "Nonsenae, bey; I know tha law. I thoroughly believe yon to be clever and have no doubt the money will coma in course of time, but It's alow work very. Long engagements are not judicious." . "But thia ia not to be so very longj and Maude ia good to wait a couple of yeara or so for me." "A couple of yeara," smiled the squire. "What did the fee-book say last year. Fifty pounds." "Not quite; very near It, though." "I'm afraid you'll find It will take all two yeara to double It. I don't doubt your doing well at last, but It takes tlma, it takea time. Still, Gren, I'll not gain say the match, and if at tha and of next year you can see your way into something like 300 a year, exclusive of what you hare, make a wedding of It, if you Ilka." "Ten thousand thanks, uncle. This case of youra will find ma practice, sea If It don't. I lavs no Intention ot hid ing my light nnder a bushel. I'll take very good care, through my friends, the case is well talked of. Only wait till the Two Thousand la over, and see what doraila the sporting papers shall have of Itl Good-by. I will just run up and see my aunt and Maude, and then I'm off." Grenville dashed Into tha drawing room, where he found Mrs. Denison and hla cousin. "I'm just off to town, aunt, and have come to wish you good-by, and to tell you I'm to be your aon-in-law, after all." "Don't believe him, my mother," laugh ed Maude, her eyes dancing with fun. "We know better than that don't wa? We mustn't detain him, or he'll be too late for hie dinner. You greedy thing; you wont live If you gourmandise so" "Come here, Gren," aaid Mrs. Denison ; "has my husband consented to your mar rying Maude?" "Vet. aunt, as soon as I've got bread and cheese enough to feed her on." "My dear boy, I'm so glad I I was obliged to be your enemy once, Gren I couldn't help myself; but I'd rather you took her than anyone!" "Oh you, mother!" cried Maude; "and he sajs he'll feed me on bread and chee, and I like, I like atrawberrles and cream." 'Sad thing, aunt, but I suppose 1 d better break off the match at once. Bet ter that than come to a separate mainte nance, you know. Bread and cheese 's a good lusting dish, but bow aha s to get through the wlntera I don't know, on Whnt she proposes." "Ah, well, never mind," laughed Maude ; "she's yours now, and won't have a sep arnte maintenance. Tou'll have to feed her aome way and you can't gueas how she eats. When are you going, Gren?" "In a very few minutes. I'm going to walk ; will you come with me? Good by. aunt. Don't be afraid. I won't run way with ber, at all events till straw berries are well In, and thre pence a pot tle." "Maten : were lovera like that In yoar da, mother? I used to dream, a little while back, that when you had a lover, It was all you could do to keep him from running way with you. Now I'm getting qu'te clerer about it, and know that Gren would always much prefer to leave me behind thaa bis portmanteau." "Come away, Maude, and let's sea if wa can shut it; you know we always have a deal of trouble about that." "Oh, yea, I always found you and Thomas despairing ovar It, and K takea all my ingenuity to make those last three or four packages Bt in. Don t you tnin he's making a wife of me, mother, a little before he's entitled tor "Co away, you foolish children. Too can quarrel and make up all the way to tha station." The refractory portmanteau was soon reduced to aubjection under Maude's clever auspices, and then the two cousins walked across the fields to the station. "Tour father's given you to me, Maude, as soon as I can get together as Income that we can live upon." She might be coquettish before her mother, but she was meek enough to her lover when they were aione togeuer. "I hope I shall be a good wife to you, Gren. You know I'm not extravagant, however I may laugh about It" "No, my darling, I know you better; and If we have to begin with a little, I hope you'll be able to spend lots of money tiWnre lonff." "I never had any money to spend," aaid the girl, gravely. "I've often had to want a five-pound note, both for myself and my poor people in tha village." "And will have again, pet. Wanting -n Is the normal condition of ninety hundredths of civilized humanity, vnu must turn back now, you have come far enough. Good-by, and God bless you," said Kose, as ne ciaapeu u . m ...m, "Mine now, forever, bra t It?" "Tes, Gren. Tours or no one's," she replied, as she lilteo ner lips anyiy w TlaaA u-ritp" "Every day, dearest. Good-by;" and, with one more kias, Grenville Rose tore himself away. Ifow he traveled up to town In the same carrioge with Pearman we have al realv seen. On his arrival at Waterloo Station he jumped Into a cab, and pro ceeded at once to the Temple. On enter taf his rooms the first I thing that caught bin ye was tue ngure vi who, comfortably ensconced la the eaaieet chair In the room, was making, apparent ly, some abatrnae calculations on a niece of paper, and referring frequently for guidance to a gaily bound betting book. "All right, old fellow." he aaid. In re turn to Granville's greeting. "Wanted to have a talk to you: knew you would come up by that train ; told the old party to get food for fwo at half-past seven wants just tan minutes. Go and wash your hands, while I finish what I am about." After the "bit of fish and beefsteak" that constitute an ordinary bachelor din ner In chambers, the two began to smoke. '.Now," said Dalllaon. "'shall be back to dinner' of course meant, as we agreed It ahould, that Pearman had yielded to your terms. I was off to Flyait directly I got your message, and we have had a buay afternoon of It. We rather woke up the Subscription Room at Knlghtabrldge, I flatter myself. From being an outsider W the betting, we brought Coriander back to 7 to 2, and made him once more first favorite. I told you we had Pearman in a hole, and we had. I suppose you got a lot of money out of him?' 'lee, indeed; we made him ear 110.- 000 to let off our claim." And tJhen Grenville recounted his Interview with Pearman. 'Very good; then he's now absolute master of the horse again. Ot course, exactly what I expected from your tele gram. Now I'll tell you what I've done. In the first place, I laid, between us, or rather Plyart did for os, 3,300 to 21,200 against Coriander; that was before he was driven back In the betting ; of course that left ua to win 1,200 If he was beat or didn't start After getting your tele gram I went down to TattaraaU's, and, with Plyart's assistance, got that whole 1,200 on the horse at long odds. We now 'stand to win, between us 10,170 If Coriander, wins the Two Thousand, and just quits if he loses. Not a bad book, Grenville?" "By Jove ! no ; and he's a good chance. hasn't her "Yes, on previous running, wonderful. Wa know Pearman has backed him to win him a lot of money. It's not likely he would have paid you 10,000 to-day un less he was very confident about his chance. To wind up with, his own oom- miasionar backed him to-day for a good bit of money, although ha had to take shortish odds, owing to our having ap propriated all the long prices against tha colt" Granville's eyes sparkled, though he said nothing, but smoked on In silence for a minute or two. Tea, If that should come off, ha might marry Maude at once 1 Dallison bad regarded him intently. Suddenly he broke silence: "I saw your eye flash up, and then you plunged into a reverie. I had for gotten the stake yon told me you had on this, when you first spoke to dm about It. Whether it's been any good to go so far, of course I don't know; but you stand as fair a chance as a man can do of winning 8,080 next week. If that will help yon at all. There's no certainly about anything la this world about how long it's been a world, or about how long we've been preying on each otter In it Practically, mind, we are as much canni bals as ever, and eat each other up with as much alacrity as the Feejee Islanders. A good heavy city swindle gulps us down much as a whale takea herrings) but there's plenty of pike about, who do their cannibalism one at a time, and not by the shoal. Old Pearman was a pike of renown; In fact, he might have aspired to the dignity of a shark, if be hadn't been of a retiring disposition, and ever anxious to hide bis light under a bushel. Young Pearman has a fair daab of the pike about blm, too. Which way he can make most money out of Coriander I don't know; but I should think, by winning; and if I'm right in my conjecture, bar accidents, we shall win our money, Gren." "And If It la the other wayr "Shan't lose It thank goodness t But I'm afraid If his book makes up a few hundreds better on the- lose. Coriander will not ran up to hla previous perform ances. We've done pretty well; win or lose, we stand a big stake to nothing. Good-night." Granville mused far Into the night Yes, ha had been playing for high stakes late ly, and winning game after game. Let this only come off, and be should nave fairly won bis sweet cousin. Then the thought came into his head that be must aee It and then It flashed across blm that Maude must be with him. How be was to manage H, he didn't knpw. As inspira tions flash across mankind, so do supersti tions. Coriander's ' winning the Two Thousand depended upon Mande and him being there to see. "Ridiculous!" you'll say. There is pretty well as much romance and super stition going about the world as hereto fore; but our nineteenth century training teaches us, above all things, not to lay ourselves open to ridicule. We may In wardly admit such things we don't ac knowledge them. . (To be continued.) Cssle Haak'i Iaaa. 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