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
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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.
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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
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Tin RESULTS OV AS INDIVIDUAL AB
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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.
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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
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AT LOWEST RATES. ON EASIEST TERMS.
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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
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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.
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