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VOLUME j, NO. 10
RICHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR '
VALLEY NEWS
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$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.
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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
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' 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,
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