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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1909)
THE NEWS RECORD (Twice-a-Week.) A ISDEPWDEUT SIWirAFER ,:,e Wa'lowa Naws, estab lished March 3. 1899. Published Wednesdays day at Enterprise. Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS OrflceJstjiUo 7red In the Enterprise potoffice as stcond-clasj matter. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1939. Oregon, WashinSton, California, Idaho and the other western state i are getting pretty shabby treatment in the new tariff bill in return for the big Republican majority thsy rolled up. Practically all the cuts In protection that protected are ma:le on northwest rrouct9 w001- hlj33 and lumber. And. we are given noth lng in return. New England, New York and Philadelphia demanded fre? hides, free co'l and low duties on wool. They get everything the;, asked. The Prairie states axked for free lumber and they are give.i t'ic next thing to It the duty is cut in two. The Northwe3t is asking fJ compensatory lower duties on aiti cles consumed but not raised oi manufactured tere, and like O'.ive Twist we can take it out in asking No wonder the Atlintlc coaH papers Ihlnk It la a good tariff bill. O'BRIEN ON WALLOWA COUNTY In a recent number of the Chamber of Commerce Bulletin, Mr. J. P O'Brien, vice president and general manager of the O. H. & N., toward whom the peopl3 of this county feel very kindly because of his active Interest in securing the completion of the ra'lroid into Wallowa valley, had an article on the relation of railroads an! development In which lie gave the following about our resources: "'n the valley thore are 120,000 acrea ' of land susceptible of cultivation and In addition pro-1 bably D0.O00 a: re3 of higher bench lands which are 1 1 able. Respecting this section be says: "It is safe to say when fully developed there will be from 40,000 to 50,000 acre3 annu ally in wheat, .some of which are capable of producing that cereal in Its highest state of perfection. "Practically 40 per cent of the county is well timbered and needi only the means of transportation facilities to develop that Industry. "The completion of the railroad will serve to give opportunity for the immediate and continued development oi tn thesa la'.ent resources, and the population which now averages hardly more tliai one family of five people f r each 1400 acres in the . , will have a stealy growth." Woodlark pohonod wheat. It kills the squirrels. Buy it at Burnaugh & Mayfield's. During the spring every one would lb benefitted by taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy. It furnishes a needed tonle to the kidneys after the extra strain of winter, and it purifies the blood by stimulating the kidneys, and ca .slug them to e'lmlnate the impur ities from it. Fo ey's Kidney Rom dy imparts new ll'e aid vigor. Pleasant to take. Burna-igu & May field. W. B. APPLEGATE. Notary Publii . Collections made. Real Estate bought and sold and all business matters attended to. Call on or write me. PARADISE, OltEGO.V. Dealer in JJ Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs, and Leather 3 Goods of all descriptions. I will fit you out with the best goods for the least h t money. When in need of anything in my line, call and 8 inspet my stock before purchasing. 5 ENTERPRISE, - - OREGON 9 ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET BESl OF MEATS Highest Market Price for Pells and Hides T PROPRIETORS I'd Rather Die, Dostor, than have my feat cut off," laid If. L. Bingham, of Prlnceville, 111., "tut you'll die from gangrene (which, fcal eaten away eight toes) If you don't,' said all dortora. Instead he usel Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly curel. Its curei of Eczema, Fever Sores, Coils, Burns and Piles as tound the World. 25c. at all' drug gists. Feats That Never Happened. A grotesque and foolish view of the west lends many who are not ac quainted with that part of the country to perpetrute amusing blunders re garding the possibilities of the typlcr.l western weapons, the rifle and the sis shooter. To shoot an animal's eye out at a hundred paces is a common tent iu wild west llteratnre, Sometimes it is done with a six shooter iu type, not anywhere else. Of. course, no nmn can see the eye of an animal that far. I hare had a good rifleman tell me he could cut off a robin's head at a hun dred steps. The truth Is that he could not see the head clearly that far. You read that the desperado Slade could with a six shooter at fifty or sixty steps hit a man in any button of his coat that he chose, but you may bo sure that neither Slade nor any on. else could do anything f the ki--.fi liven trick nnd fancy slnctlng tit ita best could ever cover feats ascribed as matters of course to the average fron tiersman by those devotees of frenzied fiction who never saw the frontier. Outing Magazine. Eluding the Officers. Here is n nmusing description of one of Balzac's periods of lmpeeunlos ity. Mery, the poet, a great friend of P.alzac, was an Inveterate gambler mid rarely left the card table before daybreak. Ills way lay past the Cafe Aa par3i nn(j for four consecutive mornings he had met Balzac strolling leisurely up and down dressed in n pantalon a pieds (trousers not terml nntlng below the ankle, but with feet in them like stockings) and frock coat with velvet facings. The second morn ing Mery felt surprised at the coinci dence; the third he was puzzled; the fourth he could hold out no longer nnd nsked Balzac the reason of these noc turnal perambulations roundabout the some spot. Balzac put his band in his pocket and produced an almanac showing that the huh did not rise before 3:50. "I nm being tracked by the officers of the tribunal de commerce and obliged to hide myself during the day, but at this hour I am free and can take a walk, for as long as the sun is not up they cannot arrest me." Milk on a 8tiok. In winter time milk goes to the buy er in a chunk instead of a quart, says a Glasgow paper. The people in Sibe ria buy their milk frozen, and for con venience It is allowed to freeze about a stick, which comes as a handle to carry it by. The milkman leaves one chunk or two chunks, as the case may be. nt the houses of his customers. The children in Irkutsk, instead of cry ing for a drink of milk, cry for a bite of milk. The people in winter time do not say, "Bo careful not to spill the milk," but "Bo careful not to break the milk." Broken milk Is better than pplllcd milk, though, because there is nn opportunity to save the pieces. A quart of frozen milk on a stick is n very formidable weapon in the hand of an angry man or boy, as it is possible to knock n person down with it. Ir kutsl; people hang their milk on hooks Instead of putting It In pans, though, of course, when warm spring weather conies on Uiey have to use the pans or palls as the milk begins to melt and drop dowu the hooks.. AVe often wonder how any person can be porsualej into taking any thing but Fo'ey's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung trouble. Do not be footed Into accepting "own make" or other substitutes. The genuine contains no harmful drugs and Is in a yellow package. Bur naugh & Mayfleld. WESLEY DUNCAN, Stock Iupjioctor for Wallowa County. JOSEPH, OREQON ALWAYS ON HAND. I i UVJli.ll INDEPENDENT PHONE 20 TV ome M)urse In Modern Agriculture VIII. Corn Growing By C. V, GREGORY. Agricultural "DlDiiion. Iotva Slate Collect Copyright. 1909. by American Press Association UJCE corn is the principal crop grown over so large a section of the United States it la lm. portnnt that we learn as much as possible regarding the best meth ods of producing it. The average yield of corn in the United States in 1907 was only 23.7 bushels per acre. Many of the best farmers are able to obtain an average yield of sixty to seventy bushels per acre year after year. There is no secret In their methods. They ure simple enough to be applied to every farm in the corn belt. There is no reason why the average yield per acre should not be lUty bushels or more Instead of less preparius to raise maximum crop m" corn mere are two main lac tors to be considered the soil and the seed. Of these two the first la prob- FICl. XV ONE OF THK LEST WAYS TO HANG VP KliKD COltK. ably the more Important. We have already learned how the plant obtains food and water from the soil. The first step In preparing tins soli for a corn crop, then. Is to see that there Is a plentiful supply of plant food on hand. This we can do by using barn yard manure liberally and by follow ing a consistent system of rotation that will equalize the demands made on the soil and keep up the supply of nitrogen and humus. The next point is to see that the soil Is In such couditlon that the roots will have little difficulty In branching out to secure the needed plant food and water. Thorough plowing, disk ing and harrowing will make the soil fine and . mellow, so that the roots will have little trouble In obtaining nil the plant food they can use, pro vided It is there at all. The water supply can be regulated to a considerable extent by tile drain age and by keeping the surface loose to check evaporation. The tempera ture of the soil Is also an Important factor in hastening germination and j early growth. Drainage, cultivation j and the maintenance of a plentiful I supply of humus will aid greatly in ! securing a warm seed bed by planting time. I With a warm, well prepared soil containing sufficient quantities of plant food and water the next ques tion that comes up Is regarding the kind of seed to put into that soil. Al most any kind of seed will grow and produce a fair crop under favorable : conditions. What we are after, how- ever, is not a fair crop, but an extra ' good one. i The seed of different strains of corn varies greatly in its ability to produce yields. In the spring of 1005 the Iowa experiment station gathered seed from nearly a hundred different sources and planted it on the station grounds. Un der conditions that were as nearly alike as it was possible to make them the yields from the different strains varied from thirty-one to eighty bush els per ocre. This variation shows that a large share of the Improvement In corn production must come through the breeding of high yielding strains. It is not safe to ship In seed corn from a distance. Corn is very sensi tive to changes In climate and sell. To obtain the best results the work of breeding must bo done for each local ity and to some extent for each farm. A method of improving seed corn that will surely result In some im provement nnd one that tins simplicity to recommend It Is that of selecting a number of the best enrs each year and planting them tn a field by themselves or in one corner of the main field. By selecting the liest ears from this breed ing plot each year to plant next year's breeding plot and uslnj the rest of the good ears to plant In the main field some improvement can be effect ed. The weak point in this plan, how ever, is that the yielding power of an ear cannot be told from its appear ance. Neither Is it possible to prevent Inbreeding by such a method. To avoid these difficulties the "indi vidual ear" plot has been devised. TbU should preferably be at least forty rods from the nearest cornfield. Wher this is impossible a strip along tb south side of a field of the same vari ety may be used.' As the prevailing July and August winds tre from the south, very little pollen from the mam field will blow over on the breeding plot. Each row in the Individual ear plot is to be planted with the kernels from a siugle ear. As any fair slsed eat will plant a row forty rods long, this is a convenient length for the plot Select' from SO to 100 of the best ear you can .find among your seed corn and plant them in as many rowi across the plot The work can b done with a planter If care is taker to clean the seed boxes out thorough ly each time across. The cultlvatiot given to the plot should be the uon w as tnat whlcn tae mam.ne: reee. The time for special treatwt . comes when the tassels begin to ap pear. We have already learned that Inbreeding is weakening and that cross fertilization develops strength and vitality. In order to prevent in breeding iu the individual ear plot the tassels on every alternate row should be pulled out as soon as they appear. In order that these may be removed before they shed any pollen It will be necessary to go over the field every other day for a week after the first tassels start At the same time any tassels from weak, barren or spindling stalks In the other rows should be removed. In this way only pollen from healthy, vigorous stalks is allowed to mature. Thus the ears on the detasseled rows, being cross fertilized and having only strong, healthy male parents, hove a much better chance of producing large yields when planted than would ears picked from the general field. The most Important point, however, Is the selection of hlii yielding strains that is made possible by hav ing the ears planted In Individual rows. When harvesting time comes the produce of each row should be husked separately and weighed. It will be found that there Is a great difference in yield. The highest yield ing rows, provided the corn Is of good quality, should furnish seed for next year's breeding plot. The rest of the good seed ears from the detas seled rows should be planted In a small field, known as the "multiplying plot." The best of the seed from this multiplying! plot can be used to plant the general fields and for sale. Ry continuing this breeding process from year to year a strain of corn may be built up that will far outyield the ordinary corn of the neighborhood. In addition to the increase In yield which will result on your own farm, a trade In seed corn may be built up that will add materially to the year's profits. There are many variations in the plan of breeding here outlined, but the essential point iu all of them is to select the best yielding individual ears and to prevent cross pollination as much as possible. After the seed corn has been picked It should be stored, in such a manner that It will pass through the winter uninjured. The hints in regard to seed storage as given in article No. 6 should be followed. Some time toward the close of win ter the corn should be tested. For a 1 preliminary test a hundred kernels may be taken from as many ears In , different parts of the room. If the i corn has exceptionally strong vitality the kernels may all germinate. In case some of the kernels faU to grow or any considerable number show weak sprouts each car should be test ed separately In order that the weak ones may be discarded. The method of ranging this test has been described so many times in agricultural papers and bulletins that It will be unneces sary to give It in detaU here. It slm ply consists in placing several kernels from each ear tn a 'corresponding square in the germinating box. In this way the vitality of each ear may be readily determined. Shortly before planting time the ears Bhould be shelled and run through a seed corn grader to take out the butt nnd tip kernels and divide the rest Into even grades. The next step Is to block up the planter and run through a cample of each grade, changing p!atos uutll a set Is found that will C.-op the required numbor of kernels practically every time. If this is done and well tested seed used a good stand will almost certainly result Avoid too deep planting. All that is necessary is to have the seed well eov ered with moist soil. If this can be done without putting it down more FIO. XVI A G RUMINATION BOX SROWINO Tin RESULTS OV AS INDIVIDUAL AB TXST. than an inch or two, so much the hot ter. Since the plant cannot begin to digest and use the plant food of the soli and air until it has unfolded its Waves it is plain that the less soli It has to push through before it can spread out its leaves and get to work the sooner It will commence to grow, Deep planted seeds often so nearly exhaust the plant food In the endo sperm before they reach the surface that they are never able to develop Into strong, healthy plants. After planting the aim should be to keep the soil in the same fine tilth it was in at planting time in order to provide large feeding ground for the roots and prevent the escape of capil lary moisture. 1 A Healing Salve for Burns, Chapped Hands and Sore Nipples. As a healing salve for burns, sores. sore nipples and cnapped nanas Chamberlains Salve is most excel lent. It allays the pain of a burn al most ' instantly, and unless the in- iary I3 very sevete, heals the parts without a scar. Price, 25 cents. For sale by Burnaugh & Mayfleld. The Ball Players. - Martin, the little brother of Pitcher Ed Walsh, will be given a chance to display his Idea of the national pas time with the Chicago Americans next spring. Mr. Mendez, the Cuban pitcher, re ported signed with Cincinnati. Is snld to La as black as a coal scuttle. Now some one will rise up and insist on drawing the color line. Cleveland's Eastern lengue capures don't look to amount to much. Burger won thirteen and lost thirteen for Roch ester, and Stanley won eleven and lost twenty-one for Montreal. Manager Joe Cantlllon of the Wash ington Americans says that when the Nationals meet the- Delrolts in a two game series at San Antonio, Tex.,he will send Burns and Johnson against the league champions. Cincinnati's new college pitcher, Tom Cantwell, halls from Winchester, Va.. and will not be of age untU next year. lie weighs 200 pounds and is six and a half feet high. He is now taking a postgraduate course at Georgetown university. Words to Fresze. the Soul. "Your son haj Consumption. His case is hope'.ess." These appalling words were spoken to Geo. E. Blev- ens, a leading merchant of Spring field, N. C., by two expert doctors one a lung specialist. Then was shown the wonferlul power of Dr. King's New Discovery. "After three weeks use," writes Mr. Blevens, "he was as we 1 as ever. I would not take all the 'money In the world for what it did for my boy." Infallible fo- Coughs and Colds, its the safest, 3urest cure of de3perate Lung dis eases on earth. 50c and J1.00. Guar antee satisfaction. Trial bottle free. All druggists. MILLIONS OF O AT LOWEST RATES. ON EASIEST TERMS. Wm. Miller & Brother, SUITE 204, Wallowa National BanK Building, Enterprise, Oregon, Red Front Livery and Feed Stable First Class Accommodations Best of Hay and Grain & ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF HOTEL ENTERPRISE Did It Ever Occur To You Telephone in Your Home Provides safet, convenience, economjr and pleasure, and makes your home life com plete? Its cost is little, its benefits are manifold. Home Independent Telephone Co. a Coverine Union and 4 " General BlacKsmithing Jtorseshoeing a Specialty II you wish to buy a Hack, Buggy, Plow or Hairow remerube handle a complete Block in thi. line and you will save m ney by pu.cliaMn? of me. S. E. Combes, Enterprise, Oregon. MAIL AND PASSENGER STAGE LINE Wallowa. Appleton. Flora lo Paradise, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS; and . Fron Paradise, Flora md Appleton to Wallowa, TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS. Good accommodations courteous treatment and reasonable rates. Leaves Wallowa at 6 a. m. E. W. SOUTHWICK, Proprietor. j NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of .the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande Ore- Bon, february 15, 1909. - vniina is hi hv ?lven that Exekiel P. Sargeant, of Enterprise, Oregon, who on October 2 th 1903, made Homestead Entry No. 13322 Serial, No. 03269, for the North-east quarter or section s Township 1 N., Kange 46. East, Wit. M riHinn hia fi I no:le of Intention to make final five year proof, to establish claim to the land above aescriDea, oeiore D. W. Sheahan, U. 8. Commissioner, at his office in Enterprise, Oregon, on the 6th day of April. lo. Claimant names as witnesses: Harry v VRiiu-hnn. Elmer J. Jewell, Delmar Sargeant and Lora E. Alien, all of Enterprise, Oregon F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. (J. S, Land Office at La Grande, Or egon, March 16, 1909. Notice Is hereby given that Henry W. Downs, of Lostine, Oregon, who on July 28, 1903, made Homestead Entry No. 13161-Serial, No. 03999, for m SW. NE.SWU, NW SB A, Section 10, Township 2 South, Range 43 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make Mnal Five Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before D. W. Sheihan; U. S. Com missioner, at Enterprise, Oregon, on the 26.h day of April, 1909. Claimant names as witnesses: Lo is Uisen. Charles E. Van Pelt, Paul A. Harris, Floyd W. Ham- mack, of Lostine, Oregon. 58t$ F. C. Bramwell, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Demrtment of the Interior. U. S. Land O.'lioe at La Grande, Ore gon, Febriary 15, 1909. Notice-Is heieby given that Charles Horner, of Lightning, Oregon, who, on Jily 21, 1 04, male Homestead Entry No. 13723-Serial, No. 01200, for Lots ar.d 2, SW NB4, NW14 SEfc, Sec ijn ., Township 3 North, Range 49 East Wll'anette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final fiva year Proof, to establish claim to the land abo.e de3cri':el, before V. W. h ahen, U. S. Commissioner, at En terpilse, Crejon, on the 6th day: of April, 1938. C.aimant names as witnesses: Charles G. Holmes, Colonel F. Graves, Guy C, Horner, Wi liam P. Rankin, all of Light ning, Oregon. F. C. Bramwell, Register. S 1 BOSWELL & SON PROPRIETORS. That A Wallowa Counties t