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= = = = = HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON W A L L O W A COUNTY STOCK. m e caay l e w ru riy incom e w iu kud to • 150 , 000 . Fatten Inc Poultry. It is natural that the poultryman- farmer turns to corn for fattening pur pose, for be has more of that than o f other grains, but the man who would make the most from a select trade in M ilk In s Stool. / Any one who has tried milking bal anced on a stool with one leg w ill ap preciate the convenient stool shown in the illustration, particularly as It may be made at a small cost and by any one bandy with tools. Take a piece o f board o f convenient width and Salem— When the Eddy corporation tax law was passed it was estimated that it would produce a revenue of $100,000 a year. The act has been in force scarcely mare than six months and there has been paid into the state treasury $90 868 . F . T. Wrightman, corporation clerk in the offioe of the secretary of state, estimates that (he annual revenue willoggregate $126,000 to $160,000, with the latter sum not improbable. As a revenue measure, it is evident that the Eddy law w ill not be a disappointment. I t has been frequently charged by promoters of wildcat mining companies that the .Eddy law would keep out for eign corporations and prevent the orga nisation of new concerns. I t is true that the law has put a very noticeable check upon the organization of corpora tions with enormous capital stocky but without any considerable assets. Cor porations are now formed upon a more busineaslike basis. Stand« Third In tha List Sheep Producers. of O Heavy S Enterprise— The county assessor has just completed his statement of the number of sheep and cattle in W allop* n io n a c in g county for 1908. H e shows the num ber of sheep to be 180,000. Thus Wal lowa stands third on the list among the counties of eastern Oregon. I t is lead only by Morrow and Um atilla. The sheep in each of those counties num bered about 183,000. The average price of sheep tLis fall is placed at $2.30. This makes the value of the TIME SCHEDULES ABM VS D ST A B T sheep of W allowa county $414,000. FerUaad. Or. There is little increase this year over Chicago Salt Lake. Denver, t t N p n the number raised in 1902. Ft. Worth,Omaha, Portlan4 Special Eaaaaa City, Si. The number of cattle is placed at Lo u ie.Chicago and • :»a . m. 16,936, me as ▼la East. Wallowa county Bantin (ton. is w ell down the list in the number of St. Paul Fast Mail. 1040 a.m. At’entlo cattle, outclassing only Morrow county. Expreas • :IS p.m. The average price of cattle this year is via placed by the buyers at $26 each. This Huntington. would make the total value of the cat- Atlantic Express. TRÜBE» •t Paal The value of the cattle and sheep Fest Mall 4 , combined would be $1,037,400. The ■pokana value of the sheep and cattle of Uma tilla, Baker, Harney, Grant, Union-and Morrow amounts to $6,187,447. Thus OCEAN AND RIVER SC H ED U LE the value of the cattle and the sheep of F BOM POKTLAXD. eastern Oregon is $7,224,847. * «> » U P TIREE TRAINS to tht EAST DULY Eras PorUaid. , MO ».Me All sailing dates •abject to change 1 Fer San Francises Sell every 6 days dniiul Roads Artesian W ell Company O r ganized and Officers Elected. La Grande— A meeting was held at 5:00 p.m. Dally Alicel last week by the Grande Ronde Ex. Sunday Ex.Sunday citizens for the purpose of organizing a • :00 p.m. Saturday To Astoria and Way company to teqt thoroughly the digging Landings 10:00 p. m. of the artesian well. The meeting was largely attended. J. M. Church was S:S0 p. m. •:46 a.m. elected ehairman of the meeting and J. lion., Tues., Thu.. Wed. Sat. Salem, Indepen D. Smutz secretary. and Fri. dence, Corvallis I t was decided to organise a capital and way landing* stook of $4,000, divided into shares of $10 each, to be known as the Grand Ronde Valley Artesian W ell company. Yaw hill liver. 7:00a.m. 4:BpbSk- Mon., Wag On adjournment of the general meet Tuet.. I'hur. and Sat. Oregon City, Dayton and Fri. ing the directors met and elected F. B. ' and way landing« Bramwell president, 8 . 1. Brooks vice- president, Peter McDonald secretary and J. M. Church treasurer. Lv. I/Sfritto» Snake Eher. A well w ill be dug a depth of at least Lv. Riparla •:00 a.m. 2r,000 feet unless water is struck before Daily exoept Eiparia ta La wie ton Dally exoept Fridgy. Saturday digging this far, and the experiment w ill be made on this sand ridge, near EASY MILKING STOOL. length and shape It as shown. Cut out .a circle in front and then attach a por tion o f a . barrel hoop so that when th e stool is in o n n s p *n used w m rest on the floor and have but little apace between its circumference near the top and the hoop. The legs are placed at the angle shown and a hole Is cut In the back end o f the board so that the device m ay be hung up out o f the way when not in use. Any one with a few tools and a little lumber can make several •of these milking stools in a day, so that each milker w ill have his own. B y the use o f such a stool the milker Is comfortable and there Is no hanger o f the pall slipping from between the knees, as it often does In the old w ay o f milking-— Indianapolis N A . L . Ç R A IQ F a r M a n ila « attacked Corn. Washington Pierce, o f Marshall County, Kan., senda Iow a Homestead m sketch and description o f a rig for hauling shocked corn that has been In use for the last ten years for hauling to a shredder and for feeding. I t la made, he says, with the side sills from 4 x 4 hardwood sixteen feet long, with a 2 x 4 through the middle to stiffen the Inch boards nailed crosswise. The axle which la long enough to leave the wheels outside the frame is one foot In front o f the center o f the frame and oh top o f It unless the wheels are less than thirty Inches. I t needs good wheels from thirty to thirty-six Inches In diameter. When the driver is on it w ill nearly balance. Use a drop tongue extra long. ■ P r n n i a a F r a i l Trees. Apple and pear trees may be pruned to advantage during the summer, even os late as the latter part o f July, pro vided the pruning is not too severe. A s s rule most orchardlsts prune too severely at all seasota, but during the summer 13» work should be but a little more than “ pinching back," unless the trees are half-grown or older, when the cutting back may be a little more se vere. There Is no danger o f the growth which is made after summer pruning being so tender that it will winter kill, for tbe cut will heal rapid ly, and tbe growth w ill not be very great. This plan o f summer pruning checks the tall upward growth, and does much to form the desirable head on the tree. T ry it on a fe w trees this summer and note the growth next sea son. 7 Hom e-M ade W in d m ills, A short illustrated article in the Cos mopolitan shows what the poorest farmers can accomplish when driven to the last ditch. Home-made wind mills constructed o f box boards, bar rel staves, scrap Iron and odds and ends o f discarded threshing machines and farm Implements, costing in cash about 80 cants, have been made In the prairie States to Irrigate farms, pump water for thousands^ o f cattle and Sheep, shell corn and relieve tbe farm er o f what used to be the hardest manual labor. - ¿"¿iiwR to the Coal forward so that the pigs can reach all the slop In bottom o f trough. F ix«. I have raised thoroughbred Chester Whites for the last fifteen years. I have a little o f eight line pigs tw o weeks old from a Chester W hite sow bred to a Berkshire boar and expect to have them eating ont o f the trough when they are three weeks old. I al ways keep a trough outside the pen, where the pigs have free access to I t so they can eat at their leisure and not be worrying the flesh all off the sow. A t six weeks old they want about three pallfnls o f good swill a day. I f you want them to gain a pound a day after weaning them give them good feed and all they want and a dry nest to sleep in.— Correspond ence American Agriculturist F a rm N o t«*. HANDY WAGON. r eg o n h o r t L in e Shredding is fast becoming fashion- 'able. W e are learning how to manage It and save It so as to get the most good from I t In the vicinity o f Santa Anna, Cal., 2,200 acres o f the peat lands have been set to celery this season. The 1903 crop Is placed at over 1,800 car loads. In promoting progress in agriculture it is desirable that practical farmers keep a careful record of facts which relate to tbe culture o f tbe soli on their farms. The inference that the flavor of eggs is materially affected by the kind of food given the hens during the laying period seems to have no foundation in fact. Such la the conclusion reached after a thorough test made at the West Virginia experiment station. Irrigationists do not depend on un certain summer showers, but build a dam, to be filled wltb water during the winter months, so that crops w ill be supplied with the water they will need. I f a man Is more than a horse he needs more than horse sense. I f he lg a business man he w ill need business sense, and If he Is an up-to-date farm er he w ill need all the sense he can get In any direction that may be o f use In bis business. I f It Is desired to raise s calf, give It milk fresh from the cow, and warm, the vessels to be scrupulously clean. I f scours occur give a tablespoonful of ground dried blood once a day. Lin seed meal jelly Is also wholesome, but let the calf depend mostly upon the warm, fresh milk. • Prairie C ity-—There Is a big rush through this place to the John Day coal fields, which have recently been discovered. Men are coming into the and domestic corporations are $36,802 country to inveetlgate, and orach of the untaken land is being located. The coal is said to be superior to that pro Northwest fruitgrowers’ association, duced by the Heppner coal fields, and T im e C a rd N o . 2 4 thsre are indications that large depos Portland, January 11-13. . its w ill be opened. Croppings have National livestock convention,- No. 2 for Yaquins: been discovered in many places. Sev land, January 12-16. Leaves Albany. , ............ 12:46 p. m. National woolgrowers’ association, eral, thousand acres of the supposed “ Corvallis.............. 2:00 p. m. coal lands have been secured by pro Portland, January 12-16. Arrives Yaquins................ 6:20 p. m. Poultry show, Albany, January moters, who ore trying to get more. No. 1 returning: . • "' ~ 12-16. Leaves Yaquins..... .........6:46 a. m. Angora goat show, Dallas, January PORTLAND MARKETS. " C o r v a llis .............. 11:30 a. m. 14-16. 1 Whitmsn-Oregon debate, Eugene, Arrive A lb a n y .................112:15 p. m. Wheat— Walla W alla. 71672c; bine- January 16. ' K'*1' No. 3 for Detroit: stem, 77c; valley, 78c. Oregon Christian Endeavor conven Leaves A lb a n y .........................7:00 a. m. Barley— Feed, $20 per ton ; brewing, tion, Pendleton, February 19-22. Arrives D e tro it..................12:20 a. m, $20*20.60; rolled, $ 21 . No. 4 from Detroit: Flour— Valley, $3.7663.85 per bar Leaves Detroit................... 1:00 p. os. rel; hard wheat straights, $89.064.10; Athens— I t is estimated by the wheat clours, $8.6668.75; hard wheat pat Arrives A lban y..... .......... 6 :66 p. m. buyers of this place that there are about ents, $4.2064.60; graham, $8.75; 76,000 bushels of wheat in this district Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in tim e that have not been sold. John B ell A whole wheat, $5; rye flonr, $4.506 to connect with tbe 8 . P. sooth bound Oats— No. 1 white, $1 .0 7 )*6 80 ns have just disposed of 28,000 bash- 47.5. 1 . 10 ; gray, $1.05 per cental. train, as well as givin g two or three els at about 62 cents per bushel. Mr. M illstaffs— Bran, $18'per ton; mid hours in Albany before tbe departnre Bell raised about 30,000 bushels this dlings, $23; shorts, $19; chop, $18; year, this being among the largest of the S. P. north bound train. yields for one ranch. I t has been linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay— Timothy, $16 per ton; clover, Train No. 2 connects'with the 8 . P. learned from some of the bankers of the $ 12 ; grain, $ 12 ; cheat, $ 12 . trains at Corvallis and Albany giving a district that the depoists in the institu Vegetables— Turnips, 65 per sack; direct service to Newport and adjacent tions this season are not as largess had been expected, because the farmers are carrots, 76c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 766 beaches. 90c; cabbage, 1 6 U i c per pound; pars not selling their wheat. Train No. 8 for Detroit, Breltenbush ley, per dozen, 26c; tomatoee, $161.50 J - - - and other mountain reeorts leaves A l per crate; cauliflower, 76c®$1 per doz Plenty of Peed Is the dread Roads. en; celery, 75c; pumpkins, lc per bany at 7 :00 a. m., reaching Detroit at La Grande— Prospects for hay feed noon, giving ample tims to reach the this winter were never better. Up to pound! onions, Yellow Danvers, 80c6 Springs the same day. $1 per sack, growers’ prices. this time the stock in the Grand Ronde Honey— $363.50 per caee. valley have had to have very little feed For further information apply tm Potatoes— Oregon, choice and fancy, ing, although there is plenty of forage. E d w in S tonb , The range along the foothills is very 65675c per sack; common, 60600c; ' Manager. good and should there be little snowfall sweet potatoes, sacks, 2 c; boxes, 23tfc T h o s . C o c k r e l l , Agent, Albany. per pound. the cattlemen w ill pull through the H . H . C ronise , Agent, Corvallis. Fruits— Apples, 76c6$2 per box; winter in fine shape. Cattle and sheep pears, $161*00 per boxT are commanding fair prices. Batter— Fancy creamery, 2 7 ^ 6 3 0 c Cotton Is Agricsftnral Regent. per peund; dairy, 2 0 6 2 2 )fc ; store, BO Y E A R 8 * Salem— Governor Chamberlain has 1 5 @ li> ic . EX PE R IE N C E Choose F all cream, twins, 14® 16c; appointed W . W . Cotton, of Portland, to succeed Benton K illin , whose term Young America, 16® 16c. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 9c per has expired, as a member of the board of regents of the Oregon agricultural pound; spring, 9c; hens, 9c; turkeys, dneks, $ 6®7 college. John D. 01 well, of Jackson live, 16c; dressed, county, and J. M. Church, of Union per dozen; geese, 8 c per pound. Eggs— Oregon ranch, 32H e; Eastern, county, were reappointed to snoceed DCSIQNS 25630 H . themselves on the skfne board. C opyrights A c . Hops — Choice, 24c per pound; Anyone sending 1 sketch end description nay Dong lax Has Cloaa Bill of Health. quickly eeoertetn oor oplnton-iree whether ea prime, 22c; medium, 19c! common, Invention I* prob «hl y putenteble. Communie*. Roes burg— The local health officer, 16c. Wool— Valley, 17618c; Eastern Dr. E. Du Gas, reports that not a Oregon, 12616c; mohair, 32636c. Patents taken through Mann A Co. receive apeetel notle*, without chante, la the single case of quarantine for contagious Beef— Dressed, 5®6?^c per pound. diseases now exists in Douglas county. Veal — Dressed, small, 8 6 8 H c ; This is the first time in several months large, 566c per pound. A handsomely lllnatrated weekly. Lernest rtr. that he has been able to rapert an abso Mutton — Dressed, 6 6 ficc; lambs, lutely clean b ill of health* although no dressed. 6 H e per ponnd. epidemic has existed at any time. Pork— Dressed, 6 6 6 per pound. CORVALLIS 6 EASTERN RAILROAD. Scientific American. N h u s k ïâ »
