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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 11 WHO SAID HARD TIMES? Look the following over, you may find just what you are looking for to complete your happiness and replenish your pocketbook. FOR SALE ONLV. Farms. A FINE suburban home, clone to two cities, at giveaway figures; 4 acres on Oregon City carllne, near Gladstone; has a fine 4-room house, good bam, chicken-house, Bummer kitchen, a number of fine fruit trees In full bearing, and berries of all kinds, rood water; woven-wlre fences; all In cultivation, Tou can buy this pretty place for only $2350, $250 cash will handle and easy terms on the balance. ' ACRES, lvt miles from Gladstone, on Ore. City Elec. ; 6 acres in cultivation, 4-room house and small bam, fruit trees and ber ries la full bearing: excellent soil, good roads. Price $3000, $1000 cash will handle, balance on easy terms. UK; I IT acres, close to electric station at Mlddleton. Or., 18 miles to Portland; has splendid 4-room house,- with 2d floor un finished room for 8 large rooms; has fine fireplace and built-in effects and modern in every way; fine barn, 24x40. and other outbuildings; buildings are all new and built in latest style; 0'4 acres In cultiva tion, 4 now in crop; 80 fruit trees, all kinds of berries, graveled roads all the way to Portland; $3500, 1500 cash will handle, balance on time. This place is worth $5000. i'.i ACRES, sear Creswell, Or.: 6 acres In 4-year-old apple trees, balance under the plow; with place goes a fine building site adjacent; (1200, on easy terms. 10 ACRES, 1 mile from Hillsboro, on fine macadamised road; telephone and It, F. I). ; w oven-wire fence, all kinds of fruit trees and small fruit; good water; no rock or gravel; 5 acres under cultivation; 1 room shack; two large chicken-houses. Price $2260. $1000 cash will handle, your terms on balance. TEN acres, !14 miles west of Gaston, Or., 1 miles from R, R. station; good roads, R. Y. D.. cream route, 2 fine springs and small crock, 200 bearing prune trees, plums and apples; 8 acres In cultivation; all under fence; $1200 cash; worti. $2000, 1.1 ACRES. Just outside Mlddleton. Or., on . electric line, on main county road, 11 Vj acres in cultivation, all fenced; fruit trees and all kinds of berrlesr good well; 4 room house, fine barn, new and painted; bargain at $3900, $20oo cash, terms on bftlance. 1614 ACRES, within 1 mile of Tlgard. Or.: 7 miles to Portland, on main rock road; fine soil, no rock or gravel; this place will make 8 flno 5-acre tracts; it can be pur . chased for $1000 on terms of 8250 down and your own terms on remainder. 20 ACRES, situated 114 miles from Gr.hr station, on electric out of Vancouver, Wash.; has fine house, barn and all out buildings; all kinds of fruit and berries, under fence aud cross-fence, good well, ail In high state of cultivation and a very pretty place; $7600, $2000 cash and terms on balance. 20 ACHES, 5 miles from Oregon City, Or.; on rock road; 7 acres In cultivation, 4 acres more ready to plow, balance slashed; 2 acres timber, all level, under fence; good 7-room house, barn, new chicken-house, with place goes Incubator, new hack, buggy, plow, harrow, cream separator, 2 cows, 1 horse. 25 chickens; on It. F, D., cream route: $4000 will buy, $2000 cash. 20 ACRES, 214 miles Gehr station, 8 miles from Vancouver, Wash.; 18 acres In cul tivation, 3 acres second-growth fir, balance bus been slashed and burned, easy to clear, fine fences, family orchard, 150 feet of green nouses, 4-room house and 3-room bungalow with fireplace, water sjBlem, barn and outbuildings, water piped to all buildings; this property will appeal to one experienced In green house work; the price has been $0000. but If taken at once $8800 will buy, with a payment of 12000. 20 ACRES, 3 miles south of Oregon City, Or; 20 acres tillable, 6 acres cleared, good soil, (-room house, good barn, all under fence; a bargain at $3200, $1700 will handle. 40 ACRES. 8 miles from Payton, Or., 1 mil to Willamette River; good roads, R. V. D wovcn-wlre fence; 24 acres In culti vation, all level; orchard good barn, near school This Is all fine river-bottom land; $"000. on easy terms TALK ABOUT BUYS! LOOK AT TH13. AN17 THEN GET BUSY 40 to 60 acres, 8 miles cat of Carrol ton Wash , 5 acres In cultivation, 25 acres level, 10 acres In pasture, only 8 acres too steep to cultivate: at least 75,000 feet of cedar ard piling, fine spring at house, also creek flows through the place, 8 acres now In crop; small house and barn, chicken house and woodshed; 1U mllos to school; . ream route: only 2 miles to rock roaa. With the place goes 4-year-old colt, i brood sows. 1 boar. n household goods, some onions, potatoes, hog feed, farm Im plements and tools to work the place; on main county road and R. F. D. There Is about $200 worth cascara bark on the place; $1350 will buy, with a cash pay ment of $750. SO ACRES, 1H miles from Sandy, Or.; 55 acres In cultivation, balance in large fir trees, elegant soil: good house, 7 rooms,' ' with hot and cola water, splendid barn, fine spring, mllkhouse and chicken-house, with yards, family orchard In full bearing. This Is a going farm In a locality wed known to nil. It Is priced at a close fig ure of $10,600, $3500 cash will handle. HO ACRES. 114 miles Junction City, Or.; fine black loam soil, good gravel roads, cream route, R. F. D woven wire fence, all In cultivation, 00 acres In crop, family orchard and berries, good house and barn and all outbuildings, well. This Is a com. pleto farm and Is worthy of attention; price 1111,000, $3000 will handle. John E. Howard, 309 Chamber of Commerce, 80 ACRES, 3 miles from Carrolton, Wash.; 3o acres cleared, 8 acres In oats and vetch, all fenced aud cross-fenced, good springs, family orchard, flno rock roads, a good houso, barn and outbuildings, 40 acres In pasture. The owner Is leaving the country and will give you a good bargain. His re duced price la $5000, $4000 cash. The soil Is fine; the barn Is 40x00, and a good one. 80 ACRES, 5 miles from Molalla, Or.; 18 acres has been cultivated, 10 more has been slashed and goat-pastured and with very little labor can be put In cultivation; the balance Is in fir, cedar and hemlock timber; a fine creek crosses the place; bas 8 beautiful springs, with wator piped to house; there Is a small house and other buildings: fenced and cross-fenced: Just think. $2400 will buy this place, with only a cash payment of $500, terms on balance, 6 per cent Interest 85 ACRES, lust beyond Troutdale, Or., Beaver Creek through the place, 83 acres In cultivation, balance easy to clear, 10 acres bottom to be Irrigated; small house and fine new barn; water piped to all buildings; with place goes 2 horses, 8 cows, 20 hogs, all Implements, Including wagon and buggy; this la a fine place, close to Portland and If a money-maker; price 112,000, $4000 cash will handle, balance 10 years at 6 per cent Interest. 100 ACRES, 14 mile to Mehama, Or, 1 mile to R. R. station, H mile to school and postoffico, cream route, good graveled road, 60 acres In cultivation, 86 acres In timber, 15 acres too billy to cultivate; family or chard, 8 acres in clover; has C-room house and barn 80x40; all kinds of outbuildings; fine water, gravity system; $5000 will buy this ranch and $3000 cash will handle It. 122V4 ACRES, 414 miles to Junction City, Or., 14 mile to school, R. F. D. ; gravel roads; 80 acres In cultivation and now In crop, 20 acres fine pasture, 20 acres in timber; has fine black loam soil; all fenced and cross-fenced, with panel and woven wire: ll-room house, 2 large, new barns, horse barn 80x40, cow barn 28x42; school 4 mile; watered by springs and creek: family orchard, and all kinds of berries. The price of this farm Is $105 per acre, on easy terms. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DAIRY RANCH, HOW IS THIS? 160 acres, 414 miles from Deer Island, Or., mile to school, good rock road, excellent rich soil and no rock or gravel; the farm lies fine, with good drainage;. 46 acres now In crop; oats and timothy; family orchard; It Is all under fence; 60 acres in pasture; the buildings are a good house and a fine barn and best of ail. the price is only $85 per acre: Just tnlnk. $3000 ill handle and your own terms on the balance. YOU CANNOT HELP MAKING MONEY ON THIS PLACE. 270 acres of the choicest Willamette River bottom land, only 12 miles from Salem, Or., 38 miles to Portland and only 3 miles to Oregon Electric It lies right on the river with boat landing on the place; the buildings are two good houses on concrete foundations; a dandy big barn of 3 stories, stanchions for 80 oows, horse stalls, calf and hogpens; the second floor will hold ttoo head of sheep or all the farm Implements; bay loft will hold many tons. There Is also a fine dipping tank; it Is all under woven-wlre fence and cross fence; there Is also an old family orchard: this soli will Yield In great abundance and corn, alfalfa and onions yield heavily. It Is one big pasture of fine grass outside of cultivated land and one wishing to keep cows and hogs will find this place bard to beat; this ranch belongs to an old man, who Is too old and feeble to run It and he has decided to put a price of $12,000 In order to move It; his price has been $18,- , 000 and It Is a shame to sell It for any less. The Improvements eould not be duplicated for $.".000. Just think, this makes It less than $35 tier acre tor the land and where con you pick up river bottom land at that price? $5000 will handle and the balance payable in 10 years at a per cent Interest. THIS LAND IS WORTH $40 PEP. ACRE. 400 acres, Wasco Co., Or., 8 miles from Friend P. O., R. R. station, and 7 miles southwest of Dufur: the roads are good; flue creek through the place; It Is all rich, black soli; 820 acres tillable, the balance is fine pasture land; has 120 acres of very nice timber; the price Is only $15 per acre and you can buy It for $500 down and easy terms on remainder. ONE OF THE FINEST STOCK FARMS IN EASTERN OREGON. 2040 acres. 10 miles from Union and 15 miles from La Grande, Or. 250 acres In cultivation, 2 acres In fins orchard and all kinds of berries; a good 5-room house, new barn, 50x60, and old barn 20x80; blacksmith shop, granary, chicken-house, root cellar, good well and spring water, wht-h can be piped to house; with place go three wagons, 6 sets harness, 1 buggy, 1 spring wagon, all tools, farming Imple ments and machinery; plenty of timber on place for firewood and fine building posts; close to school; 000 acres can be plowed at any time and at least 80 per cent Is good, tillable ground; tkere Is no alkali and no miry places; the bottom land of 250 acres and Improvements Is worth the .price my client Is asking for the whole place; I can make a price of $13 per acre with $12,000 cash payment and give good time on the balance. Perhaps You Wish to Retire From the Farm? If So, You May Find Something in the Following List to Trade for Your Ranch. HOUSES TO TRADE. 4-ROOM houso and 9 lots in Woodstock addition, Portland, Or., valued at $3000: also 5-room house with one lot valued at I20'0; also shack and one lot valued at $500; total, $5500; no Incumbrance. Will trade for 20 to 40 acres with Improvements up tc amount. Will not assume. 8-ROOM cottage near Shaver st., on 13th, hard-surface streets, bath and toilet; price 12000. Will trade for email farm up to $3000. ' 8-ROOM house, a dandy; modern in every way, 2 toilets, fireplace, lot 60x100, located on Alnsworth ave., east side of Portland. Will trade for a farm up to 15000. 8-ROOM, two-story house, corner of Ivan and East 12th St., one block from Ford auto factory; has bath and toilet. The price Is only J5000 and Is a bargain; will trade for a good farm up to $7000. THESE PLACES ARE LOCATED IN THE FINE LITTLE TOWN OF BLAINE, WASH., ON PUfiET SOUND, KOliTH OF SEATTLE. AND CLOSE TO BELLINC.HAM, 8-ROOM house and 3 lots, rented at $7.50 per month, price $800; also 10 lots with fruit trees, valued at 81100; also 10-rooin 2-story bouse with batli and toilet, valued at $3500; total, $5500. Will trade for a farm of 20 to 30 acres in good locality THIS PROPEP.TY IS LOCATED IN TUB WELL-KNOWN CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA. WASH. 8-STORY apartment house; located on the main business street, being the corner of Main and Eighth, 3 blocks from business center; It Is all furnished and modern In every way. Rents for $120 per month. Will trade for farm In the Willamette Valley up to the amount of Its value, Whic'l Is $12.000. YAKIMA PROPERTY TO TRADE1 FOR A WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 1 LOT 75x150, with modern 8-room house, toilet, bath, barn, 12 assorted fruit trees in full bearing, Price $:ri00; also one lot 60x140, $1100, which is a corner; also lox 50x140 at $1000; total, $..000. will trade for Willamette Vailey farm and assume. FARM EXCHANGES. 25 ACRES JUBt outside of Mlddleton, Or., 18 miles from Portland, on S. P. Electric, 22 u acres In cultivation, '2y2 acres in pas tura. It Is all fenced and cross-fenced, no rocks or gravel, is on Pacific Highway. 1 mile to school. R. F. D. and cream route; nice 6-room house, good barn and chicken houses; is now seeded for Spring: has fine family orchard and all kinds of berries. With place goes 4 cows, 3 heifers, one team horses, 800 Leghorn hens, wagon, buggy, mower, rake, plow, harrow, disc, fan mill, cream separator. All household furniture, enough coruwnnd for 3 years, also adjoining 7H acres rented and seeded. This goes wub the place. Now the price. Tt is not a misprint, but $7500 takes it or will trade for a larger place in the Willamette Valley up to $0000. THIS MAN Is looking for a farm In Wash ington or Oregon, west of the mountains, and wlli trade the fallowing two places: 1st 30 acres 1 mile north of Newherg, Or.: has good 7-room plastered house with bath and toilet, city water furnished free as pipe line crosses the piece, Good barn. 60x30, 4 acres in prunes, 2 acres pears, 2 seres apples, 5 acres in black caps, 1 acre In blackberries; also cherry and. peach trees. Large quantities of loganberries, red raspberries, currants and gooseberries; 2 acres In clover, balance in cultivation. All fruit in full bearing. Price $12,000. 2d 320 acres in Alberta In Red River district, 133 acres broken, balance In prairie. All good land with best of soil, wheat runs 40 bushels to the acre. New 7-rooui house, fine new barn with concrete floor, Icehouse, granary; all under fence, 800 rods of hog-tight fencing. Price $30 per acre. Total, two places. $21,000; will trade for a ranch up to $10,000, or will trade either one for a place to $8000. 41 ACRES at Beaverton, Or., Just outside city limits, with soil for which Beaverton Is noted: 6 acres in full bearing orchard, Spltsenberg and Northern Spies, 7 years old: all kinds of berries. Good 8-room house, excellent barn 40x44, and ail out buildings. Good well and gaBollne engine. City water piped in front of place. 1 acre ef this farm sold this last Fall for $1000. Will trade for a dairy farm up to $25,700, which Is the price of the farm. 05 ACRES 85 miles s. e. of Spokane, on electric 1-lne, 5 minutes' walk from the station: fine macadamised roada, 6 acres in 6-year-old apples, 5 acres In 3-year-old apples, 3 acres In pears, apricots and peaches 3 years old, 0 acres In old orehard bearing heavy; balunce Is open land in cultivation; new, modern d-room house with fireplace, built-in effects, fine bam and chicken-houses. Price $16,250. Will require $1500 cash and will tako a nice farm In the Willamette Valley or a hard ware stock for the remainder. Will not assume. THIS MAN IS LOOKING FOR A DAIRY RANCH. AND has 80 seres 4 miles west of Salem, Or all in cultivation, 16. acres in prunes, 13 acres in loganberries, 5 acres In Royal Anne cherries, 0 acres In plums and pears. All In full bearing, balance In cultivation; has fine well gasoline engine, good 7-room house, barn 31x34, and all outbuildings In the best of repair. Tills Is a beautiful place and would make a fine home. The price Is $25,000. Will trade for a dairy farm to full value or will trade 40 acres with Improvements at $10,000 and assume to $20,000. 80 ACRES near Molalla, Or., 1H miles to R. 11. station on main Co. road. R. F. D telephone, 5-room house, good barn, young orchard, lots of small fruit, 25 acres In cultivation, good soil, no rock or gravel, all tillable. Price $8000. Will trade for 5 to 80 acres with Improvements up to $0000. 80 ACRES, 31? niiies from Eugene, Or., all in cultivation, 7 acres level, balance roll ing; fine creek and well, mostly all In crop, 4 acres in old orchard, ( acres la young orchard, - apples, grapes, cherries, loganberries, 0-room house, barn for 18 head of stock, granary, chicken-house, brick cellar, 1 mile to 2 schools, 14 mile to R. R. station; good fences. Price $13,500. Will trade for good prop, erty up to $ii500; some cash and a mort gage back for balance. HERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 88 ACRES, !) miles east of Oregon City and 21 miles from Portland, 40 acres In culti vation; balance In pasture, all easily cleared, bounded on 2 sides by Clear creek, 2 living springs, can be piped to house, good 7-room house, large barn, chicken and hog houses, family orchard, all kinds of berries, store on adjoining place, 14 mile to schools, churches within 8 miles, telephone, cream route and R. F. D, Good team harness and wagon, mower, hack, seeder, cultivator, cider press, cow and brood sow. Price $ssoo. Will trade for a place east of the mountains In Oregon up to $5500. 104 ACRES at Rooster Rock, on Columbia River, close to Portland, Or.; station on the place; 33 acres lo cultivation, 2 small houses with bath and toilet, large barn, modern hughouses, blacksmith shop, tine water supply from spring on highest point of property, 40 acres is fine view property and can be subdivided Into acre tracts and sold for Summer homes. There are 8 acres of beaver-dam land In cultivation. The price is $19,oo0. will take a smaller place op to $7000 and a mortgage back at 8 per cent interest for 10 years. 150 ACRES. 5 miles east of Cecils, 10 miles north of lone, Eastern Oregon; 6-room house and root cellar, chicken-house, shed barn for 0 horses and hay, good well, 214 miles to school land, lies fine, with good Eotl; 145 acres under the plow. Price $.1500. Will consider a farm in the Will amette Valley up to $5500. FINE ALFALFA FARM. 100 ACRES, 4 miles south of Hennision, Or., consisting of 6S acres in bottom land, mostly In alfalfa. Balance is low bench land lying along the irrigation ditch, with 15 ecres in alfalfa. Every bit Is good land and all Is under the ditch with $8000 water right paid up. There is a new house and all outbuildings and is all un der fence and cross fence. Price $35,000. Will trade for a good farm west of the mountains up to $32,000. KANSAS LAND FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 100 ACRES, 2 "4 miles from Nekoma, Rush Co. Good roads, 150 acres tillable, bal ance pasture, all under fence and cross fence: fine, spring aud well. No buildings. This land is now in hay and is excellent aollj mile to school. Price $1800. ALSO 320 acres 14 mile from Dumas P. O., Gurfieid Co., Nebraska, now in biuestem grass. Best of soil no buildings or fences. Price $10,000. will trade one or both for WillameUo Valley farm. MODEL DAIRY FARM. 151 ACRES, near Cody, wyo. ; 175 acres In cultivation under Irrigation In alfalfa; un der hog-tight fence, and cross fenced. No rock or gravel. Beautiful modern home with electric light and heating plant. Cow bam, 30x150, for 02 cows; concrete alleys, Calf barn, 39x125; stanchion stalls for 28 head, box stalls for eight head; large horse barn. All barns have electric lights and running water. Power also in large barn. 15 hoghouses, chicken-house, dairy-house with running water, all having clectrlo light, concrete root cellar; modern tenant house for men; also one for women. Each containing bedrooms, living-rooms and bathroom. Fine garage. Beautiful 80-acre lake stocked with bass and lake trout Fine climate; sunshine 325 days In year. No such thing as sleighing. Also creamery turning out 15,000 lbs. monthly and three 130-ton silos. Price is $50,000; no Incum brance, will exchange for a dairy farm close In in Eastern Washington or Oregon, This Is one of the finest placet In the West. Full particulars will bo given on request. 312 ACRES, 9 miles from Battleford, Bask., Canada, 150 acres level, balance rolling; 35 acres In cultivation, 80 acres timber, lift acres pasture, spring and well; can raise all kinds of vegetables. Corn grows fine. Small house, 2 barns, and other buildings. Price $1500. Will trade for farm in Will amette Valley to amount. FINE! WHEAT RANCH TO TRADE FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 2080 ACHES 0 mllea Echo, Umatilla County, Oregon. Just think! 1000 acres In wheat now; land all tillable, all fenced and Im proved; plenty of water. With place goes 20 horses, a combined harvester, drills, harrows. In fact everything needed on a farm. Crop goes with the place. Price only $.'i0 tn acre, or $02,400; mortgage $13,200, long time at 6 per cent. Will trade for a Valley farm to the full amount. A FINE STOCK RANCH 640 acres, 8 miles from Carrollton. Wash. Very accessible. 00 per cent good, tillable land. Land Is rolling wilJi some flue bottom land. Fine creek ill rough center and many springs. Prhe JS0O0; will take a small ranch In the Willamette Valley or Southwestern ' Washington In exchange, will not assume. A FINE IDAHO RANCH TO TRADB FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 320 ACRES, 0 miles from Midvale, Idaho, W miles to school, 280 acres In cultiva tion, 110 acres in alfalfa, 100 acres In wheat. 40 acres in barley, 20 acres pas. ture, 10 acres too steep to cultivate; some fruit trees; good 4-room house, barn 21x40, 2 granaries, other outbuildings, fine well and good roads; fine black loam soil. Has a dandy creek through the plane. Price t2S.0()O. Will trado for a farm up to $24,000. Portland, Or.