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electric surveyors go $1,000 ON THE FARM TO POWER SITE ' ha# beenolnrrvrd li th,i ,ub. , ’ man a «in <. » tn„| Is to Make Survey* for De velopment of Water P«»w*r on McKeaxle. sirk wh#n hia bow«U *• " - v‘,r w#n C*n I G o to a Farm Wilh pated. For con«tip,ll## *’ Answer» to a City M an’s Querv: nothlng quii# ,o „UU(, ¡ * *«. Smàll Capital sitai and Makr Good ?” Tablvta J. M. O S K IS O N in C o llie r» ______ Four civil engineers In the employ of bowela bui |„M r„v# (||^ 7 the Oregon Electric Ketlwey left Eu a lre n g th e n u „. d i|tW l M od tana ia ca lling for the right »ort Fencing, »78; wagon, plows, ami gene last wssk for the railway com tools, 176......... ............... 180 of city man with a small capital, aay* psny's water power site on the head Stock : mule $100. cow »40. brood a man in Misaoula. He tella of one watera of the McKanile « !*•» . The • o r , »16: 16 chickens. 17.60 farm company which owns 30,000 acre*, site ta located aome dlalanca above Cutting 26 acres of lend with a anil this company ia looking for those Belknap Springs, end the engineers heavy disc harrow................ 60 with small capital to develop it. On will either ride horseback or walk there this particular tract no cash rent 1 » Uroeerie», feed for stock, accd. 887.60 from MoKenai# Hridge. the present pump, and Incidentals.. .. demanded, and work at good wages i* This farm, the Georgia man writes, trrmlnua of the stage line. offered for those who want to use their W IS I M H The trip of these engineers at this can supply all ‘ he |>osta needed for spare time in earning extra money. In Montana, according to the figures fencing, wood for fuel, and other Inci lime is good Indication that the ra il of the man in Miaaoula,*the 11,000 i f dental uses. The twenly-flva acres he way company Intends to Immediately the city refugee should be distributed puts Into crops, which he can tend develop the power upon which It haa without help, should yield this return. Hied. The engineers had little to aay in this way. while in Eugene, hut It la presumed A fter renting 80 or 100 acres, on s 16 acres ot corn, pindara t pea that they go to make surveys prepara third-of-tho-cropa-to-the-owner baais, nuts). ami peas ............. tory to the beginning . of . actual con- buy as follows: 8 acres of sea island cotton. 8,000 . ..................Ito strili-1ion operations in the near future. CNMNMI t l 0 M n , h * i :t good milch cows, at $0<> each... .8180 Purpose •uhi by all d»al«r> Phone ** Yes, our new wagon ’s a Studebaker — the only kind w e K N O W * * “The Studebaker idea has been in ouf family for sixty years. We have never thought of buying any other kind of a wagon.” “ It's true, we're continually being offered other wagons costing a little less, with lots of promises as to what they will do. But we know in our family what a Studebaker will do. A few dollars difference in price doesn't mean much. It’s the service a wagon gives that we consider most." ‘ ‘Long service for a fair price means more every time than short service for a few dollars less." j hcee engineers are under Ci. 8. Ed 2 good brood sows, ut »25 each. . . . 6t> H alf an acre of cane sugar, for { 3 dozen chickens, at »0 a dozer. . . . 27 ................................... 130 Bunaton. hydraulic engineer, who haa made several tripe to the aite since the Two good horses................................ 300 H alf an acre of sweet potatoes. 150 bushela.................................. V6 Hill interests obtained control of it a | Wagon, second-hand.......................... So year ago. i Harness, second-hand...................... 26 Seven-eighths of au acre of rye. millet and chicken corn.. . »0 Plow, »20; harrow, »16; small It will be remembered that the illll tools, »20..................................... 60 An eighth of an acre of vegetables 26 people filed on this sit# In the name of Household furnishings and supplies 260 the McKensle Irrigation ami Total Income...............................IWO company The irrigation part of the T o ta l............................................. 8938 Deduct: fertilizer. »*>; and taxes, "That"» why we (tick to Studebaker—and “Stick to Stude enterprise has already been started ami baker' is a pretty good motto for a man who uses wagons." For his immediate needs, the tenant, ................................... it is a large area of farming land )ost “ Studebaker wagons are built of good stuff. They're made if he follows this schedule of expendi Here ia a net return of »686, figuring right by people who've had years and years o f experience in above Springfield. tures, will have in cash »62; if there is that the farmer will sell everything he making them right—people who are trusted the world over." The Southern I'aelfir Company also unbroken land on the rented place, he raise«. Aa a matter of fact, he will “ Studebaker wagons last, because they're made to last." “ Look out for the dealer who tells you his wagon is just as can get »3 an acre for turning over the keep for hia own use snd for feeding has a splendid power site on the heed- good as a Studebaker. That’s my advice after a good deal of aod ; and he and his team ought to find his stock half of the aweet potatoes, waters of the McKensle N iv rr, not far experience — and the experience or all of m vpeople. You get a lime to earn 83.50 a day for at least two-thirds of his corn, pimlera and from that of the H ill |ieople, ami the Studebaker and you’ ve got a safe investment' sixty days in the year. His invest peas and what he raiaea in the garden. fact that this company last fall sur See o a r D e a le r er w rite i ments ought to yield these amounts: This will cut his net cash return down veyed a line of railway from the N a t Butter fst from the cows, »26 a to »370 and, out of that about all he ron extension above Springfield to a m o n th ........................................... »800 would need to supply for the following point 80 miles up the river, indicates CHICAGO DALLAS KANSAS CITY WtNVKR NSW YORK SALT LAKX CITY SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND, ORE. Eggs and chickens, »7.50 a month. 90 year would be necessary clothes, rice, that It ia the intention to utilise this Hogs, two litters from each sow flour, coffee and sugar. At the end of power in the not distant future. It le 20 a year- at »20 each when I the year he will have a farm which he known thet the H ill Interests heve bail surveyors in the valley, and It may be year old........................................ 400 can sell for 8800 if he wants to. There is only one way to get all the news of the Grove country “ Hough clothes" states the Crorgia that a fight ami a race like that In the T o ta l........................................... 879o That is in The Sentinel. man. “ few dollar* of cash and fare Deschutes ranyon several years ago “ The farmer should grow all of his which la baaed on two staples, bread will lie waged between the two rival own vegetables," the man in Missoula and potatoes these are the portions corporations.—Guard. I says, “ and from those he haa to sell he of many of the farming folks I know, should derive an income of »100 a year. and the man must be prepared to ac “ He should be able to cultivate cept them all for the time it takes thirty acres of land without assistance, him to nse above the level of the in choosing among wheat, oats, barley, K t m r .N K K K G W T K U Within a 15 mile circle around IM P E R IA L competent. flax, hay ami potatoes. From that there are now several hundred prosperous "Are these things understood, and Too much stress cannot be placed acreage, after he has turned over to farmers raising enormous crops o f wheat, is the wife willing to go and take the upon the Importance of lhe industrial the owner a third for rent, he should rye, barley, oats, potatoes, vegetables, etc. children? If Mr. Cityman can answer exhibits that are being pre|>areri by have at least »200 worth of grain for Poultry raising is also highly successful. yea tu this question, I would advise the school children of Oregon fur the sale. Three large stock ranches, owning several him to go when he hss capital of state fair and the various county and “ Now, what ia the total of the year's thousand horses and cattle are also in this 81000.“ district fairs particularly thoee e x income? From the live stock, $790; circle. hibits that relate to agricultural In from labor of the man and hia team, IM P E R IA L is now the trading point and dustry. The eyes of all true Ore »200; irom the garden, »100; and from will soon be the shipping point (the rail gonian# are turned to the future. We that portion of the crop sold, »200—it roads are now building) for the products A ll of are all ex|iectlng development foots up to »1,290. Out of this, the from thousands o f acres surrounding it. W ill at and a great advance in the stale’s tna- family ought to be able to live very P "*p u rity. Thu children of to well, and save at leaat $300 the first day will be the men of tomorrow, and year. The earning power of the man To take stock of the last year’s pro- U|ion their shoulders will rest the task and his equipment will increase from year to year, as well as the sum which gress of the state of Oregon, to point of realizing the state's greatest oppur- may be saved toward the purchase of out where the state ia achieving sue- tunitlea. cess and where its efforts need Agriculture is Oregon's greatest in the right kind of a fa rm ." strengthening. are among the purposes du«try now, am) its importance w ill In- In the West. of the annual Commonwealth Day crease as the years go by. l-umbcr Throughout Montana, Iadho and Washington, reports the man in M is which will be held at the University of and mining arc great resources, but In time they must dwindle, as they have soula, exceptional opportunities exist Oregon May 16 and 17. D. STERLING, M AN AG ER “ We don’t know where we are going, dwindled elsewhere. Agriculture w ill for the man with a small capital and a determination to go to the farm and but we’re on the way” is the spirit of increase from year to year, every sere W heat, Oats, Grain, Hay, FLOUR— Hard Wheat Brands : make a success of it. They exist be the commonwealth conferences were that the timberman cuts over Increas Mill Feed — Shorts, Bran, Olympic and Pure White cause most chambers of commerce and designed to change into a spirit of aelf- ing the opportunities for the farmer. what i t 1 The preparation of agricultural e i- Vetch Seed, Chopped Oats, most real estate dealers in that region confident progress, sure Every sack Guaranteed. become, hibita to be shown at the fa in stim u are absorbed in the attempt to secure wants the state of Oregon Oil Meal. Grass Seed— all and sure of the means working lates the interest of the children in settlers with a good deal of money kinds constantly on hand. FLOUR— Soil Wheat Brand: toward it. | fsrming. ami their interest, ones it ia who can develop the country rapidly. Poultry Feeds and Supplies. On these days leaders in all lines of I aroused will hold. W hite Star. Farming ia no The little chances are overlooked, and the man with $1,000 won't have to Oregon life will gkther In Eugene, longer a humdrum pursuit. It offers — ...... ....................... P H O N E 1711 pay inflated pricea for hia modest patch Questions of economic progress, cooper- opportunities that are just as great of ground. «live production ami distribution ami as In any other line of buaineas, and Now comes a word of caution from Icgialative, administrative ami edura- the application of scientific methods Texas— from a lawyer of Stephenville Gonal efficiency will be diacuaaed by tends a new fascination to it. who haa “ sold farma to some hundreds e*Pert* in the different subjects. If the children of Lane county w i'l of people, built some hundreds of Officeholders, labor leaders, social make the effort, they ran carry away houses, and improved many farms.” workers, grange masters, scientists, the first prize at the state fa ir thia in Texas, he says, the man with a »tudenta, editors ami buainean men will fall. They have the greatest agricul- capital of 11,000 ami a family will need each contribute their quota to the study tural county in the state thus having to move cautiously, and to spend some of the problem of making Oregon a an advantage from the very start. time in learning exactly what kind of richer and better state. Enterprise and well directed Industry The more strictly economic ami will win, ami the knowledge they will farming he is heat fitted for, and where he can get the best farm bargain. cocialogical conferences will occupy all gain will be werth the effort. The The fact that Texas is being boomed day Friday and Saturday morning. Sat honor they will bring to their county systematically will increase the ten urday afternoon will see one of the will be clear “ profit." derfoot’s obligstion to look out for the most significant meetings of Oregon One ami one-thin* fares for the round sharpers and keep a light grip on his women ever held addressed by leading women from all over the state. At trip are offered by the railroads to money until he learns farm values. — ~ — -------------------- ■ " “ The idea that anybody can farm ia the tame time there will be a cheap those who attend the Conference on as absurd as to suppose that anybody rale excursion which la expected to the Conservation of Human Life at can practice law or medicine without bring 600 engineer! and others from Heed College, Portland, May 9-11. training,” observes the Texas lawyer. Portland, and a meeting of the editor* Tickets will be good for return up to “ Successful farming requires intelli of Oregon newspapers, who will discuss May 13. If you don’t read The Sentinel you don’t get more than half gence and the application of accurate the place of the presa in the communi ty. A fter thia will be an out-of-doors knowledge of business. the news. “ But even if he is not really suc presentation o f scenes from Peer Gynt cessful, the city-bred man will find that and Midaummer N ight’s Dream and the farm is the best place to be poor folk dances by students and the Junior The beat noae and throat aperialiata —he haa only to remember that with League of Portland. # in the war Id advise their patients to out knowledge and the application of breathe Eucalyptus to destroy Catarrh business principles to farming he will germs ami heal the sore, raw spots. be poor.” Booth’s flvomei ia Australian Euca A Farm in Georgia. Safe robbers, possessing apparently lyptus combined with Thymol, and some There is a farm in Georgia, two miles a fondness for bizarre and unusual Rolled Barley, 7 5 lb. Sack, $1.15 Materian antlarptica. Hreathe it from a railroad atation and twenty methods, broke into the Springfield through the little pocket Inhaler, and mile* from a town of 16,000, which Wine company’» establishment early Shorts, 9 0 lb. Sack - - 1.45 in vapor form aa directed, and thia is described as suitable for the man Friday morning, tumbled the safe out antiseptic balsam will surely destroy with a capital of $1,000—it is told Shorts, 8 0 lb. Sack - * 1.30 :: about in a letter from one who was into the back alley, loaded It coolly • II germ life and all Catarrh misery. with nitro-glycerine and blew it In I t ’s guaranteed for Catarrh, coughs, raised on a farm, taught school, be cidentally they rifled the cash regi.ter Bran, 6 0 lb. Sack - - .80 cold and croup; it relieves stuffed-up came county superintendent of schools, iu the wine company’s office, securing head m 6 minutes ami refreshes the en and ia now a lawyer. altogether about »70. Then they drew Feed Grinding a Specialty, 5 Cents per Sack tire naaal tract. Complete outfit with The farm ia one of thirty acres, un their revolvers, fired a half dozen shots directions for use »1.0«. I f you 0wn fenced, and it can be bought fur $150. m the air and departed. All thia was • Hyomei inhaler get a bottle of The buyer's remaining »850 shsuld be done while several people were hurry- extended in this way: Booth’« llyomei for 50 rente at The mg around seeking the police. Modern Pharmacy ami druggists every Lumber, for putting up the where. Just breath it - n o stomach sheila of house and stab le..$150 Legal Blanks— The Sentinel. doalng. mg-16 STUDEBAKER »ONttXAPC! rs Industrial Exhibits at Fairs TAKE STOCK OF PROGRESS Leaders in Lines Industry Gather University Commonwealth Day. I S TE R LIN G ALL C IT Y D E L IV E R E D Furniture-Hardware 1 great F E E D CO. ORDERS ! j P IC T U R E F R A M IN G A S P E C IA L T Y f KNOWLES & QRABER CATARRH GOES SNUFFLES AND HAWKING CEASE Get Prices on Mill Feed at the Flour Mill Before Buying Elsewhere COTTAGE GROVE FLOUR MILLS I se ri Glint) SP» a lp io Dele G iv o Power South Bend, Ind. Robber» Carry Safe to Alley and Blow It. 35 US d For the W c k and K m * Tlred -o u t, * r « k , (*?*«* ^ 1 women would f#. full of Ilf* (ml appetite, If III*- f tiling for hr«IG. Nothing lirtter or kulnryi. amblim*; alwayi h*m **' . '! ilo tl* ■ U ir Klvrlrv' f. r Ihr - ThooasiM» My (te their llvva to 'hia »orxfetfg remedy. Mrs. (I Hhirwmkff f eitler, N Y , (By* “|| trie llltlora u um ul m ) g ifle , I can never forgat «M ( done for me,” Get a batik end sec what a differeme Its! in your health. Only SAr MS Krrommendeil by all deelan. Before calling on tour bastiti In ami let me put the A m to y o u rd re n * A riaaayal FRED LIZER, M N«a«f«Hc» âllltO * 4 SU LUI ter Foley Kidney ITIla repay I* dence in thalr healing and qualitiea. Any kidnay or hi ease not beyond the n-arkaf will yield U> their Mft ( Copeland, Ardcola, Mo., Mya kidney ami bladder trouble year ami 5 bottle« of 1'olff Pills cured me " It is tea from every one who uaai if aey, “ they cured me." Fur dealera averywhare. Taylor 4 I T CONTRACTORS rete Work a Com- COTI AGI (»ROVI J. THE E. Black C IT Y T R AI A ll K in d s of H a u lin g & Dray D o n e o n Short N o t ic e Office at Saltzman's Ci$» . Beat I’ HONK S* Medicine for Col* When a druggist reco»»* remedy for cokla. throat trouble«, you can le *1 *ur* knows what he 1« ,WI Lower, druggist of Mar»", writes of Dr. King • New •“1 know Dr. King’* New l»*®"17 the beat throat «"*• lun* aell. I t cured mv of *. bronchial cold after all “th*r failed.” It will Jo the asm* 1 ' you are auffering with * f0 r bronchial, throat or lung a bottle on hand all the ‘ '"j* one in the family to uae. I » doctor. Price 60e and »I.«'- teed by till tlruggiate- We w ant ttie name ot every young man who Is ambitious to BE A LAWK u 4 w * w a n t lo *» * - mm >Mk . ’l U U " j j a I Lw M h M m . n a tee.«, ule* .,,.„0)^2 STUDY LAW AT I. a If raa mm-