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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1909)
DRY FARMING CONGRESS. Methods of Increasing Crop Output Will Be Discussed. The Dry Farming: congress is no organized, with some persistency and determination to be beard from in th matter of urging its claims upon the attention of the public. The faith that the promoters and operators of thii association have in their claims of drj farming methods, well carried out, cannot be questioned, says the editoi of the Twentieth Century Farmer. Th experiences and results of careful ant persistent work in crop growing effort) are the evidence that is offered in tes timony of the feasibility of dry farm ing methods and dry farming as an in dustry. It is not surprising that there art the doubtful, the skeptical, the unbe liever in converting the dry land of the arid West to agricultural purposes, tht growing of crops, the cultivation oJ orchards and forests, the- establishinf of homes and the building up of com mercial interests and industries ot 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 theae things had their period and have exert ed their 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 farming instructors and teachers, but it will be an exposition of dry farming products such as this or no other country has . ever witnessed. There are pledged al ready exhibits from thirteen Western states that are engaged in dry farming work. The organization by states, to show what each is doing and capable of doing in the raising of. grain and vegetable crops, without irrigation, is a feature never before undertaken in this distirct and promises some great surprises 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 a 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- Kress announces that there are 200, 000,000 acres of arable land awaiting aevelopment by the dry farming meth ods. Appropriate Dreed. "The aeronaut who is going to try that long flight will take his pet dog Hong." "What kind of a dog Is itr "A skye terrier, of course." Balti more American. Information Bureau. Caller I wish you would tell m II there has been any change In the uzt 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 as it used to be. T The Real Thins. "I must congratulate Jack on his golden wedding." "Golden wedding? Why, he's only ust married." "I know, hut the bride Is worth a million." Boston Transcript. 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(Continued.)' Saxton was walking hralrla Rarldan In the lower hall. He felt an impulse to express'gratitude for his rescue from the loneliness of the twilight; but Karidan, taiKing- incessantly, and with hands thrust easily into bis trousers' pockets, led the way Into the reading room. "Hello, Wheaton, I ddn't know you were at .home," he called to a man who at reading a newspaper, and who now rose on seeing a stranger with Rarldan. nis is Mr. Saxton, Mr. Wheaton." . "Oh, yes," said the man Introduced as Wheaton. . "I wondered whether I shouldn't see you here. Mr. Porter told me you had come." Wheaton seemed very serious, und had not much to say. He had just come home, from a terious trip to the western part of the State, he said, on an errand for his bank. He was tall, slim and dark. There was a suggestion of sleenv inaiaerence in his tiack eyes, though he had a well-established reputation for en ergy and industry. Mr. Porter told me you were Quar tered here. I hope they can make yon 1 comfortable. I'm personally relieved that you have come. Your Boston friends were getting very Impatient with us. We shall do all In our power to aid you : but of course Mr. Porter has said all that to you." His smile was by a movement of the Hps, and his eyes did not seem to participate In It. He did not refer again to possible business relations with Sax ton, but turned the conversation Into general channels. They sat together for an hour, Raridan, as was his way In any company, doing most of the talking. They seemed to have the club house to themselves. Now and then one of the negro servants came and looked In upon them sleepily. A clerk at the desk In the hall read In peace. A party of young people could be heard entering' by the side door set apart for women ; and muf fled echoes of their gaiety reached the trio In the reading room. "That's back in the incurables' ward," said Rarldan, In explanation to Saxton. 'It isn't nice of you to speak of the gentler sex In that way," admonished Wheaton. " "Ob, there are girls and girls," said Rarldan, wearily. "It does seem to me that Mabel Margrave is always hungry. Why can't she do her eating at home?" Hes simply jealous," Wheaton re marked to Saxton. "He always acts that way when he hears a girl In the ladies' dining room, and doesn't dare go back and break In on some other fellow's par ty." "When you show signs of mental decay, It's time for us to go home, Wheaton." Raridan held out his . hand to Saxton. "I'm glad you're here, and you may be sure we'll try to make you like us. Whea ton and I live in a barracks around the corner, with a few other homeless wan derers. I hope to see you there. Don't be afraid of the Chinaman at the door. My cell is np one flight and to the right" 'And don't overlook me there," Whea ton interposed. "I suppose we shall see you down town very often. Mr. Raridan Is the only man In Clarkson who has no visible means of support. The rest of us are pretty busy; but that doesn't mean that we shan't be glad to see you at the Clarkson National." the first time. He was taking the situa tion seriously, and was sincerely sorry for having startled her. "Father will be here very Boon, I think." She moved to ward the door with dignity, ignoring the fallen flowers, and Saxton stepped for ward and picked them up. "Allow me." The girl took them from him, a little uncertainly and guardedly, then returned to the vase and placed the flowers in It. "Thank you very much,' she said. "I think I hear mf father now." She went to the outer door and opened. Inclining her head slightly as she passed John, who also heard Mr. Porter's voice out side. He was remonstrating with the gardener about the position of the sprink lers, which he wished reset in keeping with ideas of his own. "Well, Evelyn?" he said, as he came up the steps. Saxton could hear the young woman making an explanation in low tones to her father. Mr. Porter stood suddenly In the door. "Well, this beats me," he began, effu sively, coming forward and wringing Saxton's hand. "I'm not goilng to try to explain. I simply forgot, that's all." He took Saxton's arm and turned him toward the door where the girl still stood, smiling. "Evelyn, this is Mr.. Saxton. He's come to dine with us, but I forgot all about It. See here, Evelyn, you've got to square this for me," he concluded, and she came forward and shook hands with Saxton. "I don't know how it can be 'squared.' This is only one of father's lapses, Mr. Saxton. You may be sure he didn't mean to do it." "No, indeed," declared Porter, "but I'm ashamed of myself." He waved the youug people to seats and vanished Into the hall. Porter returned and launched Into sta- "rw.i in iii. i. iiMennJli'i'w wtw-l jtvt" tit' tl&r - i; ' I ? THE GIRL PASSED TO A LITTLE STAND. CHAPTER III. William Porter lived well, as became first citizen of Clarkson. His house stood at the summit of a hill near the end of Varney street, and the gradual slope leaping up to It was a pretty park, whose lawn and shrubbery showed the Intelligent care of a good gardener. The dry air was still hot as John Saxton climbed the cement walk which wound over the slope at tht proper degree to bring the greatest comfort to pedestrians. The green of the lawn was grateful to Saxton's eyes, whicn dwelt with relief on the fine spray of the rotary sprinklers that hissed coolly at the end of long lines of hose. Interspersed among the indigenous scrub-oaks were elms, maples snd cedars, and the mottled bark of white birches showed here and there. The lawn was broken by beds of cannas, and it was evident that the owner of tht place had a taste for landscape gardening and spent bis money generously In cultivating It. The house Itself was of red brick dating from those years in which a Man sard roof and a tower were thought In dispensable In serious domestic architec ture. There was a broad veranda on the river side, accessible through French windows of the same architectural period. A maid admitted Saxton and left him to find hie own way Into the drawing room, through which a breexe was blow ing pleasantly from across the valley. Saxton sat In a deep wicker chair, mop ping his forehead. He beard a light step crossing the hall, and a girl, still singing toftlr to herself, passed back of him to a little stand which stood by one of the drawing room windows. The back of the wicker cbair hid him; she was wholly unconscious that any one was there. The breath -f the sweet peas which she was distributing suddenly sweetened the cool air of the room. Seeing that the girl did not know of his presence In the bouse, and that she would certainly discover him when she turned to go, he rose and faced her. "I bee your pardon 1" "Ob 1" The sweet peas fell to the floor, and the girl looked anxiously toward the hall door. "I beg your pardon," Saxton repeated. "I think I fear I wasn't announced. Bat I believe Mr. Porter is expecting me." "Tear The girl looked at Job" for tlstlcs as to the number of t.ees that had been planted In the State by school chil dren during the. past year. The maid came to announce a.nner, and Portet talked on as he led the way to the din ing room. As they were taking their seats a boy of 12 took the place opposite Saxton. "This Is my brother Grant," said Miss Porter. The boy was shy and silent and looked frail. The efforts of his sister to bring him into the talk were fruitless. When his father or sister spoke to him it was with an accented kindness. H would not talk before a stranger, but his face brightened at the humor of the otli era. "You'd Better get Mr. Saxton to tell you how much fun ranching is," said Porter, turning to the boy, who at once became interested in Saxton. "I'm going to be a ranchman," the lad declared, "father's going to buy me the Poindexter ranch some day." That s one of Mr. Saxton's properties, Maybe he'd trade it to you for a tin whis tle." "Is It as bad as that?" asked Saxton Just wait until you see It. It's pretty bad." "The house must have been charming, said Miss Porter. "And that's about all It was," replied her father. It was warmer outside than In, but Porter pretended that it was pieasanter out of doors, and Insisted that there was always a breeze on the hill at night Raridan appeared at the step presently They all rose as he came up, and be said to Saxton as he shook hands with him "I see you've found the way to headquar ters. All roads lead up to this Alpine height and I fear I fear that all roads lead down again," he added, with a doleful slgb, and laughed. He began making himself greatly at home. He as sured Mr. Porter, with amiable insolence, that his veranda chairs were the most un comfortable ones he knew, and went to fetch himself a better seat from the hall, "Mr. Rarldan likes to be comfortable,' said Miss Porter in his absence. "But he finds pleasure In making oth ers comfortable, too, Saxton ventured. "Oh, he's the very kindest of men," Miss Porter affirmed. "What a nuisance you are, Warry," said Porter, as the young man fussed about to find a place for his chair. "W were all very easy here till you came. Even the breeze has died out." Baxton got up to go presently and Raridon rose with him. He and Saxton went down the walk together. "They seem to have struck up an ac quaintance, observed Mr. Porter. . "Mr. Saxton is very nice," said Evelyn, "Oh, he's all right," said her father, easily. CHAPTER IV. John Saxton trotted bis pony through a broken gate Into a great yard that had once been sown in blue grass, sod at the center of which lay the crumbled ruins of a fountain. Before he could make hi presence known, a frowsy man In cor duroy emerged from the great front door and came toward blm. "My name's Saxton, and yon must be Sitfdcr." "Correct," said the man, and they shook hands. "Walk In and help your self. He led the pony toward the out buildings, while Saxton viewed the vile before him with Interest. He had been making a careful inspection of all the properties that had fallen to his care. This had necessitated a good deal of traveling. He bad begun In .Colorado and worked eastward, going slowly, and getting the best advice obtainable as to the value of his principals' holdings. Iuch of their property was practically worthless. Title had been gained under foreclosure to vast areas which had no value. A waterworks plant stood in the prairie where there had once been ? a Kansas town. The place was depopu lated and the smokestack stood as a mon ument to blighted hopes. Ranch houses were inhabited by squatters, who had not been on his books at all, and who paid no tribute to Boston. He was viewed with suspicion by these tenants, and on inquiry at the county seats, he found that they were lawless men, and that It would be better for ulm to let them alone. It was patent that they would not pay rent, and to eject them merely In the maintenance of a principle Involved use less expense and violence. This certainly beats them all," Sax ton muttered aloud. He had reached In his itinerary what his papers called the Poindexter proper ty. He had found that the place was famous throughout this part of the coun try for the Idloaynchasles of Its some time owners, three young men who had come out of the East to show how the cattle business should be managed. They had secured an immense acreage and built a stone ranch house whose curious architecture imparted to the Platte Val ley a touch of medievalism that was lit tle appreciated by the neighboring cattle men. One of the owners, a Philadelphian named Poindexter, who had a weakness for architecture, contributed the build ings and his two associates bought the cattle. There were one thousand acres of rolling pasture here, much of it lying along the river, and a 'practical man could hardly have failed to succeed; but theft, disease In the herd and Inexperience In buying and selling, had wrought the ranchmen's destruction. Before their money was exhausted, Poindexter and his associates lived in considerable state, and entertained the friends who came to see them according to the best usages of Eastern country life within, and their own mild approximation of Western life without. Tom Poindexter s preceptor in architecture, an elderly gentleman with a sense of humor, bad found a pleasure which he hardly dared to express in the medieval tone of the house and buildings, There's a remnant of the Poindexter herd out there somewhere," Wheaton had said to Sexton. "The fellow Snyder, that I put In as a caretaker, ought to have gathered up the loose cattle by this time ; that's what I told him to do when I put him there." Saxton turned and looked out over the rolling plain. A few rods away lay the river, and where it curved nearest the house stood a group of cottonwoods, like sentinels drawn together for colloquy Scattered here and there over the plain were straggling herds. There was much in the place to appeal to Saxton's quiet humor. The house was two stories high and there was a great hall, with an Immense fireplace at one end. The sleeping rooms opened on a gallery above the hall. An effort had been made to give the bouse the appear ance of Western wlldness by introducing a great abundance of skins of wild beasts a highly dishonest bit of decorating, for they had been bought in Chicago, Under one wing of the stairway, which divided to left and right at the center of the hall, was the dining room; under the other was the ranch office. "Those fellows thought a good deal of their stomachs," said Snyder, as Saxton opened and shut the empty drawers of the sideboard. I suppose our mortgage covers the sunset, too," Saxton said. Nearly every portable thing of value had been removed, and evidently In haste; but the heavy oak chairs and the table remained. Sny der did his own modest cooking in the kitchen, which was in great disorder. The floor of the office was Uttered with scraps of paper. Vhe original tenants had evidently made a quick settlement ot their business affairs before leaving. Sny der did his own modest cooking in the on the long bench that was built into one side of the room, and a battered vails otherwise marked It as his lodging place Saxton viewed the room with disgust? it was more like a kennel than a bedroom. "My ranching wasn't so bad after all,1 he muttered. "If you have a pony we'l take a ride around the fences." (To be continued.) No More "White Bread I" "White bread is abolished In the United States," it Is stated In tele graphic dispatches, referring to the ruling of the Secretary of Agriculture that millers must not bleach flour. The ruling went Into effect this week, but millers have until June 3 to dispose of the bleached flour still in stock.' It Is declared that there will be as much difference between bread made from unbleached flour as there Is between angel cake and sponge cake. The flour will be of a creamy color Instead of white, and the bread will be light golden in color. 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