THE NEWS RECORD
(Twlce-a-Week.)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
wa'lowa Nw8, estab
lished March 3. 1899.
Published Weiinestfays and Satur
days at Enterprise. Oregon, by
THE ENTERPRISE PRESS
Office East side Court HouseJSquare
Entered in the Enterprise postoffice
as se'toud-elass mailer.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1903.
WALLOWA COUNTY LAND
VALUES.
People who complain of high land
values in the valley are influenced
to a great extent by remembering
bow cheap they could 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 valley land with abundance o!
water would sell some day at I30 ar
acre, was laughed at. The settlers
thought he was dreaming. Yet that
land la cheap today at twice $30, and
is going higher.
And why sho;:H It not go higher'.
Farmers In the vicinity of Enterpris
are reluctant to lease their land to
the sugar factory people at $10 an
acre cash rent, saying they make
more than that off It. This in spite
of tfie well known fact that the su
gar company would turn back the
land thoroughly cleaned and in bet
ter shape than It ever was. Finally
a few publlc-spiilted citizens turned
over some choice acres Just to en
"'irage the test.
When a man can got $10 an acre
cash rent for the lmd from the best
of tenants, it loiks to a man up a
tree the land Is worth a great deal
more than U be n? asked for It.
But If unequalled valley land with
perpetual, free and abundant water
Is dear at $75 (sells elsewhere for
$lriO to $2".0), then take your fill
of as fine wheat lend as Ilea out.
doors for $15 to $20 an acre. Just
as good and some say better than
the $75 Umatilla or Palouso 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 anl be glad to do It. '
THE 3ENATE IN A NOVEL.
The House was scheduled to vote
on the Pavne tariff bill Friday of
this week. It will then go to the
Senate where for three mouths a
grand bluff at discussing 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 "be passed In Its Btead.
This la no partisan statomont 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, etc, would be a waste of
space. They are only intended as
a blind to thio dust in the eyes
of the greenhorns out hero In the
W. B. APPLEGATE.
Notary PublU .
Collections made. Real Estate
bought and sold and all business
matters attended to. Call on or
write me.
PARADISE, OREGON.
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Harness, Saddles, Chapps, Spurs, and Leather
Goods of all descriptions.
I will fit you out with the best goods for the least
money. When in need of anything in my line, call and
inspet my'stock before purchasing.
ENTERPRISE, - - - . OREGON
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ENTERPRISE MEAT MARKET
HKS1 OF MKA18 ALWAYS ON HAND,
Highest Market
Price for
Felts and Hides
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backwoods who still 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
thing that will give a truer and bet
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,
x wonderfully thrilling tale of poll
ics, love and humanity, and the
publishers of thli paper have secured
he exclusive right to publish it here.
This story wi'l be started about
May 1, and its' serial publication and
the bluff put up by the Senate will
almost co'nclde in time. We want
jvery voting reader of this paper to
ead The Gentleman From Missis-
i
slppl and compare week by weok
.vith what the Senate is doing with
he taiiff bill.
However, It Is a story for every
jody, men, women, boys and girls
t is charmlnglx entertaining as well
is Instructive,
Watch for THE GENTLEMAN
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Seed time was never more proplt
)U8 In Wallowa county. The soil Is
ii fine condition and the ground Is
.veil dumpeieJ. Reports from all sec
tions of the county say fall sown
grain Is looking splendid with a good
stftnl,
Up Before the Bar.
N. II. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts
field, Vt, writes "We have used Dr.
King's New Life Pills for years and
una them such a good familv medl-
cine we wouldn't be without them.'
for Chills, Constipation, Biliousness
or Sick Headache they work wanders
23c. All druggists,
rilrlglblt Galloons.
The first attempt to steer a balloon
was made In Paris In 1784.
King of Blood Remedies.
Levy's Oregon Grape Compound.
Sold and guaranteed by Burnaugh &
.Mayfleld, Enterprise, Oregon,
The Grtyhound.
The greyhound seems to have been
developed In level, treeless and shrub
less countries, where a moving object
Is risible at a long distance, anil great
speed Is therefore necessary to enable
i predaceous animal to overtake Us
prey.
Used by the Multitude.
Levy's Oregon Grape Compound.
For general spring tonic. Sold and
guaranteed by Bumaugh & Mayfleld,
The Cork Center.
The town of Sau Fellu de Gulxols
Spain, Is the great cork manufacturing
center of the world. The nftv or irtv
factories employ 1,200 men and women
manufacturing corks.
Banish pimples, blotches and bolls
by taking Levy's Oregon Grape Com.
pound. Sold and guaranteed by Bur
naugh & Mayfleld, Enterprise, Ore.
Th Aim.
A professor of the University of Ber
tin believes that the Alps have been
inovea twenty miles south from tbelr
original location and carved Into their
present form by glaclu f.ction.
For dyspepsia, Indigestion and loss
of appetite take Levy's Oregon Orape
Compound. Sold and guaranteed by
Burnaugh & Mayfleld, Enterprise,
Oregon.
WESLEY DUNCAN,
Stock ItiPjiector for Wallowa
County.
JOSEPH, OREQON
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IX. Weeds and How to Combat Them
By C. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural TH-Oision. loiaa State College
CopyrUht. 1909. by American Pre Association
SN attempting to . produce large
crops the farmer fiuds that he
has many enemies working
against him. Among the worst
of these are weeds. One of the great
est problems that confront the farm
er Is that of keeping his crops free
from these pests. After a field has
been so handled and prepared that a
large amount of plant food Is In availa
ble form, with plenty of moisture to
dissolve It, It Is poor policy to allow
weeds to t"; this food and moisture
and convert thera Into a worthless
pro'vlnct.
Weeds may be divided Into three
general classes annuals, biennials and
gated entirely by seeds and live but
one year. An exception to this Is
found 111 the winter annuals, which
come up in the fall, live through the
winter as small plants and produce
seed the following spring.
Among the most troublesome annual
weeds are the foxtails. These are
grasslike plants that are too common
to need any special description. The
fact that makes them so dia.lcu.lt to
flfl, VJI A BCBSIAN THISTLB.
combat Is their great seed producing
capacity. It Is not difficult to kill one
formal plant, but no sooner Is that
done than another springs up to take
Its place.
Early juU plowing gets rid of many
of these weeds by turning them un.
der before the seed is ripe. Some ot
the seed which Is ripe will grow up,
and the plants will be killed by the
first freezes of winter. If the field Is
harrowed early In the spring many of
the remaining seed can be Induced to
start. The more weeds that come up
at this time the better, since tnoy will
be killed lu the subsequent prepara
tion of the laud for planting.
There Is no better Implement for
killing weeds before corn comes up
than the harrow. Harrowing Is a
cheap operation, since so many acres
can be gone over l u diiy. The more
times a cornfield can be gone over
with the burrow before the corn comes
up the better, in harrowing to kill
weeds care should be taken not to do
the work when the weather Is cloudy
or the ground too wet, or the weeds
will be transplanted rather than killed.
In regard to the value of harrowing
growing corn opinions differ greatly.
It Is almost Impossible, however, to
harrow corn without destroying some
of It. It Is a waste of time to test
the seed and planter with the Idea of
getting a good stand and then harrow
part of it out. Unless the weeds are
very bud the harrow had better be
put away In the machine shed as soon
as the corn begins to appear above
the surface of the ground.
Thorough cultivation from the time
the corn Is two or three Inches high
until It Is ready to "luy by" will do
much to keep the weeds In check. The
doep early cultivations will bring up
the seeds that have byen lying dor
mant at the bottom of the furrow
slice. These will germinate and be
killed by the later cultivations. Fox
tall may grow up and go to seed after
the crop gets too large to cultivate.
It Is often a good plan to sow rape In
corn at the lust cultivation. This will
come up quickly and shade the ground
so completely that It will prevent the
growth of annual weeds almost en
tirely. .
Annual weeds seldom do much dam
age lu small grain. If the grain Is
drilled In on a properly prepared seed
bed It will get such a start that most
of the weeds will be smothered out
and die for lack of plant food and
light One annual that Is sometimes
troublesome In gralnflelds Is mustard.
Since this .weed Is easily killed by
cultivation It seldom goes to seed
in , cornfields. Consequently when
mall grain follows corn there Is little
mustard seed In the soil except that
which Is sown with the oats.
There Is another annual, or rather
winter annual, that Is much harder to
eradicate than those mentioned so far.
This Is squirrel tall grass, so called be
cause of Its fuszy heads. The seeds
are Tery light and are attached to
long beards, which cause them to be
carried for considerable distances by
the wind.
SqulrreltaU grass Is not troublesome
In cultivated fields, but often In
fests meadows and pastures to such
an extent as to make them almost
worthies. Mowing aa soon at the
Agriculture
noads appear will not kill the plant,
but If kept up throughout the season
will prevent it from producing seed.
In bad cases about the only remedy is
to plow up the field and put it in to
some cultivated crop. Whore a regu
lar rotation which Includes the mead
ows and pastures is followed this
weed can be readily kept In check. A
point that must be carefully attended
to In preventing the spread of this as
well as of any other weed Is to keep
the roadsides and fence corners from
raising weed seed enough each year
to keep the entire farm seeded.
Another troublesome annual In some
sections of the country Is the Russian
thistle, a form of tumblewred. By
rolling across the fields after it ripens
it scatters Its numerous weds very
widely. These weeds are usually not
so plentiful but that they can be easily
destroyed by pulling before they fonii
seed. By doing this they n:ny be kept
from becoming thick enough to do auy
serious damage.
Biennial weeds live through the first
winter and produce seed the second
year of their life. They die ns soon as
the seed is ripe. The common bull and
prairie thistle and burdock are con
spicuous examples of this class of
weeds. Biennials are not difficult to
subdue. In cultivated fields they sel
dom live long enough to produce seed.
They seed so late that they hardly
ever ripen seed In meadows. Iu per
manent pastures they may be con
trolled by cutting off below the sur
face of the ground Just at the begin
ning of blossoming time. Sheep and
goats will rid a pasture of these and
all other troublesome weeds.
The hardest class of weed3 to com
bat are the perennials. These do not
depend entirely upon seed production
to spread themselves, but are propa
gated by menus of underground
stems. These stems extend along be
neath the surface of the ground, send
ing up stalks at short distances. They
live In the soil from year to year, send
ing up fresh shoots every spring.
Some of the most common and trou
blesome perennials are the Canada
thistle, morning glory, wild artichoke,
milkweed and quack grass. These
weeds are found qn all parts of. the
furm-ln cultivated fields, In small
grain and in meadows and pastures.
The only way to kill them is to de
stroy the roots or starve them by pre
venting leaf growth. This is much
more easily said than done. Where
the weeds occur only In small patches
the desired result may be accomplished
by covering them with a thick layer
of straw. Iu a dry season thorough
cultivation will discourage them,
though It will seldom exterminate
them entirely. When the ground Is
wet cultivation will do more to spread
perennial weeds than to kill them.
The pieces of the underground stems
which stick to the shovels will grow
wherever they happen to fall and thus
start a new center of trouble.
Of all the means of getting rid of
perennial weeds that have been tried
none is so effective as turning the tlehl
Into a hog pasture. If the fields are
fenced hog tight and the rotation In
cludes the hog pasture the hogs will
get a chance at all parts of the farm
Flo. XVIIl-rJUACK GIUSS.
every four years or so. They are very
fond of the roots nud stems of peren
nial weeds, especially (Lose of quack
grass and morning glory, aud they
will continue to root until the last
piece Is brought to light and eateu.
Where all the fields are not fenced
hog tight a temporary pen may be
used. This can be moved about over
the patches of quack grass and morn
ing glory until they are destroyed.
The weed problem Is imt nearly so
difficult ns many people believe. The
remedy for woods Is good farming,
and when good farming becomes the
rule weeds will largely disappear. In
a way weeds are more of a benefit
than an Injury. If it were not for
them we would often be tempted to
let the cornacld go a few days longer
before cultivating and thus full to ri
aa large a orop as we might otherwise
have dore. It Is the cultivation that
the presence of the weeds forces npon
m that tvnkcs plant food available
and prevents the escape of capillary
raa'sture and o enables the plants to
put their best efforts Into producing a
maximum yield.
For Constipation.
Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent
druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says:
"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are certainly the best thing
on the market for constipation."
Give these tablets a trial. You are
ce tain to find them agreeable and
pleasant In e.fe:t. Price 25 cents.
Samples free. For sale by Burnaugh
& Mayfleld.
Horseback Riding.
Horseback exercise possesses, accord
ing to some physicians, the faculty of
both Increasing and reducing weight.
If meals are taken Immediately after
riding additional flesh is gained: oth
erwise a decrease of flesh results.
People past middle life usually
have some kidney or bladder disor
der that saps 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 so they will strain
out the uric acid that settles In the
muscles and joints causing rheuma
tism. Burnaugh & Mayfleld.
Norway Hay.
Iu Norway hay Is largely cured by
hanging It on wooden and wire racks,
much as a woman hangs out her wash.
Vladivostok.
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.
SAept Ovor Niagara.
This terrible ca'amlty often hap
pens because a caraleas boatman Ig
nores the river's warnings growing
ripples aud fastar current. Nature's
wprnings are kind. That dull pain
or ache In the back warns you the
kidneys need attention If you would
escape fatal maladies Dropsy, Dia
iete3 or BrlgUt's disease. Take Elec
tric Eitters at once and see 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.
Blankenshlp, of Belk, Tenn. Only
50c at a!l druggists.
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"Your son has Consumption. His
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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
... Downs, of Lostine, Oregon, who
on July 28, 1903, made Homestead
Entry No. 13161-Serlal, No. 03999, for
W2 SV, NEtt SvVH, NW i S3
, idction 10, Township 2 South,
Range 43 East, Willamette Meridian,
has li ed notice of Intention to make
1 al Five Year Proof, to establish
cam t) the land above described,
before D. W. Sheahan, u. S. Com
misjloner, at Enterprise, Oregon, on
the 26 h day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
o is U3jn. Charles E. Van Pelt,
Paul A. Harris, Floyd W. Ham
mack, of Lostine, Oregon. 68t6
F. C. Bramwell, Register.
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