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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1904)
WtMNÇjXPEN A WAGON BED. t'c e rn l Johnson & Co. Brick Livery, Feed and Sale Stable F o r C a r r y i n g S to c k O th e r K a ra t W o r k . and In Some of his neighbors built n wngon for carrying sheep and hogs which proved so convenient that a correspond ent gives Its dimensions and plan in New England Homestead: The frame for the bed Is 14 feet long and 3 feet 8 Inches wide. The sldcpleces are of 7 by 2 Inch stuff and the end pieces of See our ad. in the T. P. A. Guide. Drummers’ trade our specialty. Our ’Bus meets all trains. Carries U. S. mail. Baggage and freight called for and delivered. Finest Rigs. Best Horses. Good Drivers. Comer Main and Pacific Ave., Forest Grove, Or. SAELENS & CO. Proprietors of .. City M eat M a rk e t.. . We handle all kinds of meat and fresh fish. F ro n t S tre e t, F o re s t Grove The Iron House is closed, but H in e s ’ D ru g S to re Is open and has the best line of Drugs, Cigars and Stationery in town. Sole agent for the M o n te l/o A ten cent cigar for M ain S t F o r e s t G ro v e 6 by 2 Inch, allowing nn Inch differ ence for tongue and groove flooring. There should be four crosspieces to se cure the bottom of the bod. Take nn old buggy tire and have straps uinde with n hole In each end. Five of these should bo bolted on ench side and two on each end. as shown In cut. Stand ards which are to slip into these are made of lVa by 2 Inch stuff 40 Inches long. For slats get poplur four Inches wide by three-quarters inch thick. Bolt these to the standards four Inches apart. The top railing is made extra strong by putting on an extra strip which has n quarter Inch groove. A tenon should be cut In the top of each upright to lit Into this. The corners at the top should he fixed with ordinary strap door fasten ings bent around the corner, fastened at one end and with a staple over which to slip the other. These can ho held In place by small wooden wedges j to fit the staple. By means of this ! strap fastener at the corner the sides and ends can be quickly unfastened and taken off. and the bottom can then he removed with ease. The wagon will carry twenty sheep or hogs at a load. I have also found It most useful in farm work. Taking off the sides, I have a good bed for holding fodder, to bacco and other things. Aside from your own labor it Is very Inexpensive. water table, destroying the capillary connection between the underground water and the surface und in remov ing In solution large quantities of al kali salts, has already been demonstrat ed not only by artltlclnl drainage sys tems, but In nature as well. The ques tion of the cost of a system of artificial drainage is, however, the determining factor In its utility for the purpooe. In the lower Arkansas valley there are many small tributary valleys or draws extending Into plains and trav ersing In many cases the alkali lands. It frequently happens that these local drainage channels are not continuous, though with but slight expense they could be made so by cutting open drain age ditches along their axes. The con struction of such ditches would In It self remove a large quantity of seepage water and greatly Improve the condi tion of neighboring lands. For the complete reclamation of the lands, how ever, a system of lateral drains having their outlet Into the main drainage channel could be constructed. Open lateral drains are somewhat less expensive than tile drains, eorsld- erlng first cost, but the former not only Interfere with cultivation, but In tho lower Arkausas valley require frequent cleaning ami constant attention, ns they All up rapidly with tumbleweeds, which are blown about In great num bers by the winds and so nr»» more ex pensive In tlio end.—M. II. Lnphatn. G e t t in g G rcnten t V n ln r F r o m — The H. J. GOFF Severnl methods for the reclamation and utilization of alkali lands have l>cen tried. Prominent among these arc the removal of alkali crusts by scrap- j lug. the washing away of the surface concentrations by heavy flooding, the utilization of partly unproductive lands by special cultivation of alkuli resist ant crops and the application of gyp sum to the lands. All of these may. under certain conditions, be of value In aiding the removal of the alkali salts and in rendering the fields capable of cultivation, hut in the reclamation of lands containing considerable quanti ties of alkali they are all Inefficient. W. W. GOFF The application of gypsum Is bone- tteinl, particularly In the presence of black alkuli or sodium carbonate. By chemical reaction the loss Injurious white alkali or sodium sulphate re DEALERS IN places the enrl>onate. This, however, still leaves an excess of the sulphates in the soil. Where there Is practically no black alknll In the soil, this menus Shelf Studebaker Wagons of Improving the condition of the al- Goods, and Buggies, Logging knli lands docs not apply. Where there 1s also nn abundance of gypsum In the Stoves Goods, Guns and Am soils it Is unlikely that the black al and munitions. Reasona kali will ever give any trouble. The onl 3 * method for the reclamation Ranges ble prices.................... of alkali lands which effects a perma F o re st Grove, Ore. nent restoration Is thorough drainage. Its absolute success In lowering the Goff Bros. H ardw are and implements John Deere Plows and Harrows, Moline Wa gons, Benicia Disc Plows. Call and see our complete lines. . . IVi£iin S treet, * P a ll. S h e p a s s e d a lo n g th© s t r e e t A m id th© h u r r y a n d w h irl. S m a ll, e x q u is ite a n d s w e e t, A li t t l e slip o f a g irl. A s m o o th b a n a n a p e e l R ig h t In h e r w a y d id c u r l. A n d It c a u s e d , w h e n It to u c h e d h a s h eel, A lit tle s lip o f a g irl. —N ew O r le a n s T im e s - D e m o c r a t ALKALI LANDS. M e t h o d * o f I t e o l n n m t l o n —C o n d i t i o n * In th e L o n e r A r k n n n n * V a lle y . C rop*. Various farm products will represent a cash value greater than current mar ket price for the same if foil to live stock and marketed in th*> form of meat. This assertion is bns«'»l by the Montana experiment station on tho fact that during tho winter of 18t)l) and 1000, while clover was being sohl In the stack at $.1 per ton, $7.03 wns se cured by tho station by f<»odlng clov»>r to «hoop. It required 11.8 pounds of clover to maintain a lamb and produce a pound of grain. One ton of clover produced 100.5 pounds of mutton, which at $4.08 per hundrcdw»»lght gave the above result. D a ily ( ¿ u ld e . When a man usks you how old yoo think he Is, guess at least fifteen years younger than you are absolutely posi tive he can’t help being, and you have gained a friend for life.—llultlmur* American. e O ptical. T h e r e w e r e tw o m e n In o u r to w n , A n d o n e w a s v e ry w is e ; H e lo o k e d f o r g o ld till h e w n s old. A n d h e w o re o u t b o th h is ey e s. T h e o th e r w a s a fo o lish m a n ; F o r g o ld h e d id n o t h u n g e r . H e lo o k e d fo r g o o d , an a ll m e n s h o u ld . A n d h is e y e s k e p t g e t t i n g y o u n g e r. —N e w a r k E v e n in g N ew s. The E xtrem e of K le x a n re . “Quite an elegant wedding, wasn’t itr “Elegant! I’ll bet it will tnkc her fa ther a year or more to squaro up for It”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. W an ted . T h a t p o e ts o f te n n e e d fo o d a n d c lo th e * I s s o m e th in g e v e r y b o d y k n o w s, R u t w h a t th e y n e e d a ll e ls e n b o e « l a a few m o re w o rd s t h a t r h y m a wM*t "love.” - P h i l a d e l p h i a B u lle tin . It* P e c u lia rity . “There’s one queer thing about mon ey”— “Identify this one.” “Why, whenever you chip In j x j have to shell out.”—Judge.