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? ' 1 ! I s 1 -I EA N T TP xLvjtJLjJej VOLUME j, NO. 10 RICHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918 $1.50 A YEAR ' VALLEY NEWS i $2.05 for 1918 Wheat Every citizen of our country now appreciates fully Mint our present supply of wlicut In lowor Minn over beforo in our history; under present war conditions Mils Is n serious situation because whcnt'ctinstitutcs about one-third 6t' the food of the modem soldier. A bountiful supply of wheat Is hoec'ssury to win tins war quickly and farmers are urged to plant every acre possible. The price of wheat has been iot at $2.05 per bushel at Port land, oo all who can grow spring wheat Bhould plant the limit fcr they can do nothing that will be safer for thomselvcs or serve their country bettor. MUTUAL CREAMERY CO. IIUYBItS OK Cream, Milk and Eggs U. M. Kirk, Resident Manager RICHLAND - OREGON W. H. STRAYER 'Attorney at Law fourth Floor prnmers Building V Bakcjr, Oregon :.IfWnVLoageo:"8& Knights of Pythias Moot every Wednesday nlht at their CubIIu Hall In KlchUml, Oregon. Vlslt liiK Hrollmrn mado welromo. c. it. couer.g. a W. ( ItAJ.KY, K.ol It. & 8. W. E. BAIRD FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSED EMUALMER Co.kttt tint Bliroudl nl All Sliet AluHjt In Ktock RICHLAND, ( 0RKG0N Phono : Two short, One lonn W. R. USHER Notary Public Conveyancer Olllco, Second and Vnlnit St. Opposite Chrl'atlnn Church C. E,. (THORP Notary Public All kinds of l'egftl blanks on hand Your patronage solicited FREDERICK R, WILSOH Physician and Surgeon WANTED-AMERICANS! There are 90,000,000 of us in the United States all in the family of our own Uncle Sam. And Uncle Sam needs money your money everybody's money. He doesn't ask you to give it to him; he wants to borrow and pay you interest for it Maybe you didn't have $50 or $100 to lend him in Liberty Bo0rids, but surely you have 25 cents. If we, all of us, buy one thrift stamp just one stamp apiece that is $22,500,000, and if everyone of us buys $4.12 worth 25 cents worth from time to time for sixteen timesthat's $370,800,000. Your pin money does help. Doesn't it? We don't know how'much money you have how much how little. It doesn't matter, anyway. For it is getting to, a point that every man fivery woman every boy every girl ihus make the business of helping win this war s the most important thing on earth. Like the Liberty Bonds, the war savings' certificates beaf ts 4 interest On January 1, 1923 each certificate will be worth $5; These stamps are exchangeable at face value plus accumulated Interest at any time between now and January 1, 1923. You can buy from your mail carrier or at the Post jOfnca, fcuy your first one today.' TH Advrtl$tmnt Pald'for and DonetidZ? - . Eagle Lodge No. 123 I.--0. O. F. Kicniunu, Oregon , 1. 9 f ' Niffht 'phono, ono long ring on all lines. ' A Soldier's Strenuous Life. Tracy Mutthows, who is sta tioned at Ft. Wordcn, tolls in a letter to his folks of a trip he and Roy Campbell made to Taco ma and Camp Lewis where they visited Alfred Barber, Walter Jones and Ira Bradford. On re turn to the Fort, and after being two nights practically without sleep, Tracy found he had been detailed for guard duty. He sayB "It was sure tough; I went on at G:30, was on 2 hours then off 4, then on again for 2 hours and off 4, and so on for 2-1 hours. The hours off we had to stay at the guard house and sleep with all our clothes on, even our coats and our side arms which iB a big belt about G inches wide with a bayo net attached so you can imagine how much i rested. 1 was the tircdest guy you ever saw when I camo off guard. Tho next time I go 'on pass' I'll find out before, hand whether or not I'm up for .guard as soon as I get back." He slates that each man served uti "kitchen police" ono day at a time unless he. does something to get "extra" then it may bo two Weeks; that everybody is anxious to go to France; that he has got moro knitted articles than he needs' and has never worn any .of them yet; also that ho is attend ing fluto Bchool and expects learn all about a car. , ' LET! PHOM Fl OIDA &y 'phono call central office. Now is the time to.btly.4U(rrel PolsoW'a't RlchM'ff Drugf Stotev Now Port Richey, Florida. Dear Editor: In answer to the questions asked concerning Flor ida Will say that tho only alliga tors that I have seen or heard of are those on exhibition in Tampa and other cities. Flies are not as bad here as in Oregon; along the swamps and low lands the mos quito is right on the war path as bad as the Germans. The worst pest I have run across is the fleas but by keeping cedar boughs around they will not bother. For farming you have to have the mock or hamock fand; good land will raise anything, but the best crops are sugar cane, castor beans and natal hay; in fruits thd orange, tangerine and grapefruit; peaches look fine but am told they don't do well. One man here has five, acres of northern grapes and has his crop contracted for 10c a pound. Parties claim they Rave raised 106 bushels of corn1 to the acre but I'll have to bd showrii The land in New Port Riche is1 nothing but sand for about 40 feet, as shown by the wells which are1 mostly that depth. Tho cli mate, is worth tit least $20,0 per" acre" while moat df tho land is not worth much for farming but the fruit business i$ good and most of the higtf land Will raise tha citrus fruits to perfection. Tha wefyher1 1b' warm' buV man can work every day as far as the hsat is concerned. X dug 26 post holes and set the posts in one day when the thermometer registered 80, but the cool breezes from the gulf always makes it pleasant es pecially in the shade. NigHts are fine fof sleeping. Some may want to know the price of lumber. Fine dimension laid down for 120, Clear for $28; shinples are out of sight $7.50 per M, but 3 or 4 ply roofing is mostly used. There are lots of quail and rab bits, some' squirrels, deer and turkey, and occasionally a bear, but fishing is. my sport. I can sit in a boat and have all the sport I want; cfttch refcd fish, cat, Salmon trout, bass, convicts and mackerel, a little later" will get the tarpon a big fish Weighing as much as 800 pounds. Tho Port;Richey Co. wll build 5.0". houses this s'epsijh to reflt or sell Tho town is new as ye but I think It will mak'd good. Most of the people aro f rdm the north, some from Washington I'm the only one frorri Oregon that I know of. There are no negroes in the town. Regards to all P. F. MeLain. LATEST HAPPENINGS Senator Chamberlain is back at his desk again. j The Richland pool room quit business last night. It is believed that the German drive against Paris has been abandoned. Miles Lee of Baker has con tributed $5000 to Bob Stahfield's- campaign expenses, Sixty-five I.YV.WVs in custody at St Maries, Idaho, are getting but one meal a. day for creating a disturbance in the prison. The Huns are more than match ed on the west battle front and Americans on Toul sector are giving the enemy very little rest. A summary of the 750 question naires received by County Agent Tweed shows that the 1918 wheat acreage in Baker county will, be 50 per cent more than in 1917. A bunch of Eastern Oregon hayV fattened steers sold for $11.80 on Monday's market at Portland-the highest price. eve,r paid in open market for the same class of cattle. J. C. Bowe'n informs us that there is very'litHe chance of se curing air Outslde'market for the1 enormous stock? o. potaCoesrin; thifljsection; . Thte means, that Kpuiiafeds of phs iwfll "rotMh the pits. Fred Werner, the L W. W. ar- rested at Cornucopia a few weeks ago for threatening to burn the mine buildings, has been given his freedom. Still the authorities wonder why the pro-German ele ment cannot be subdued. The Pneumonia Season Thocold.dsmp woatherof March Begins Id be tho most favorable (or the pnqu nionla Rqrni. Now is tho time to bo care ful. Pneumonia ofton roBuIts from a cold. The Mllcker a cold iB gotten rid of tho less tho dattcer. As Boon as tho lirat indica tion of it cold appears take Chamberlain's Uouru, Komouy... .as to tuo vaiuo,Mma preJwratlODi aak nnyone frho lma used it, S6e Rog'ers Baker's Popular Hotel NEW MODERN CLEAN Under Direct Supervision of The Owner POPULAR PRICES Special Rates to Permanent Guests American Restaurant 0. H. FONC AND BROTHER, Props. Cleanest and Most Up-to-Date Restaurant in Eastern Oregon WE CONTRACT BANQUETS Telephone No, 287 1827 First Stt BAKER, OREGON O. T. 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