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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. FOB SALE ONLY. Farms. A FINE suburban home, close to two cities, at giveaway figures; 4 acre on Oregon City carl In, near Gladstone; has a fine 4 room house, good tarn, chicken-house, Hummer kitchen, a number of fine fruit trees in full bearing, and berries of ail kinds, rood water; woven-wlre fences; all in cultivation. You can buy this pretty place for only $23oO, $250 cash wilt handle and easy trmson the balance, 9 ACRES. 1 miles from Gladstone, on Ore. City Elec; 5 acres in cultivation, 4 -room house and small barn, fruit trees and ber ries in full bearing;: excellent soil, good roads. Price $3000, $1000 cash will handle, balance on easy terms. EIGHT acre, close to electric station at Mlddleton. Or., 18 miles to Portland; has splendid 4-room house, with 2d floor un finished room for 3 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; 0H acres in cultiva tion, 4 now in crop; 30 fruit trees, all kinds of berries, graveled roads all the way to Portland; $3500, $1500 cash will handle, balance on time. Thia place Is worth 15000. ACRES, near Creswell, Or.; 8 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 Hlllsboro, on fine macadamized road; telephone and R. F. D.; woven-wire fence, all kinds of fruit trees and small fruit; good water; no rock or gravel; !j acres under cultivation; 1- room shark; two large chicken-houses. Price $2-50. $1000 cash will handle, your terms on balsnce. TKN acres, 2Vi mile west af Gaston, Or, 1 miles from R. R. station; good roads, R. F. D., ciam route, 3 fine springs and small creek, 200 bearing prune trees, plums and apples; 8 acres in cultivation - all under fence; $1200 cash; wortt. $2000. 13 ACRES, Just outside Mlddleton, Or., on electric line, on main county road, 11 acres In cultivation, all fenced; fruit trees and all kinds of berries; good well; 4 room houee, fine barn, new and painted; a bargain at $3000, $2000 cash, terms on balance. 15 ACRES, within 1 mile of Tigard, Or.; 7 miles to Portland, on main rock road; fine soli, no rock or gravel; this place will make 8 fine 5-acre tracts; It can be pur chased for $5000 on terms of $250 down and your own terms on remainder, 20 ACRES, situated 1 miles from Gehr station, on electric out of Vancouver, Wash.; has fine house, bam and all out 'bulldings; all kinds of fruit and berries, under fence and croes-fence, good well, ali in high state nf cultivation and a very pretty place; $7300, $2000 cash and terms un balance. 20 ACRES. H 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 R. F. D., cream route: $4000 win buy, $2000 cash. 20 ACRES, 3H milea Gehr station, 8 miles from Vancouver, Wash.; 18 acres in cul tivation, 3 acres second-growth fir. balance has been slashed and burned, easy to clear, fine fences, family orchard, 150 feet of green nouses. 4-room house and 8-room bungalow with fireplace, water system, bnrn and outbuildings, water piped to all bulldingo; this property will appeal to one experienced in green house work; the price has been $fi0O0. but If taken at once $3800 will buy, with a payment of $2000. 20 ACRES. 8 miles south of Oregon City, Or: 20 acres tillable, 6 acres cleared, good soil, 8-room house, good barn, all under fence; a bargain at $8200, $1700 will handle. 40 ACRES. B miles from Dayton, Or., 1 mile to Willamette River; good roads, R. F. D., woven-wlre fence; 24 acres In culti vation, all level; orchard, good bam, near school. This Is all fine river-bottom land; $3000. on easy terma TALK ABOUT BUTS! LOOK AT THIS. ANO THEN GET BITS' 40 to 60 acres, 8 miles ent of Carrol ton, Wash., 6 acres tn cultivation, 25 acres level, 10 acres In pasture, only 8 acres too steep to cultivate: at least 75,000 feet of cedar ord piling, fine spring at houee, also creek flows through the place, 8 acres now in crop; small house and barn, chicken -house and woodshed; IV miles to school; cream route; only 2 miles to rock roan. With the plnce goes 4-year-old colt, 2 brood sows, 1 boar, atl household goods, some onions, potatoes, hog feed, farm Im plements and tools to work the plare; on main county road and R. F, P. There Is about $200 worth cascara bark on the place; $1350 will buy, with a cash pay ment Of $750. 80 ACRES. 1H miles from Sandy, Or.; 55 acres In cultivation, balance In targe fir trees, elegant soil: good house, 7 rooms, with hot and cold water, splendid barn, flno spring, m)lk house and chicken-house, with yards, family orchard In full bearing. This la a going farm in a locality well known to all. It is priced at a close fig ure of $10,500, $3500 cash will handle. 80 ACRES, 1H mile. Junction City, OV.; fine black loam sol, good gravel roads, cream route, R. F. D., woven wire fence, all In cultivation, CO acres in crop, family orchard and berries, good house and barn and all outbuildings, well. This Is a com. plete farm and Is worthy of attention; price $10,000, $5000 will handle. John E. Howard, 309 Chamber of Commerce, 0 ACRES, 3 miles from Carrolton, Wash.; JO acres cleared, 8 acres in oata and vetch, all fenced and cross-fenced good springs, family orchard, fine rock roads, a good house, barn and outbuildings, 40 acres In pasture. The otfner is leaving the country and will give you a good bargain. His re duced price Is $5000, $4000 cash. The soil is fint; the barn is 40x60, and a good one. ACRES, D miles from Molalla, Or. J IS acres has been cultivated, 13 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; has 3 beautiful springs, with water piped to house; there la a small house and other buildings; fenced and cross-fenced; Juat think. $1400 will buy this place, with onl a cash payment of $500, terms on balance, 0 per cent Interest. 85 ACRES, lust bevond Troutdale, Or., Beaver Creek through the place, 88 acres in cultivation, balance easy to clear, 10 acres bottom to be irrigated; email house and fine new barn; water piped to all buildings; with place goes 2 bones, B cows 20 hogs, all Implements, Including wagon and buggy; this is a fine place, close to Portland and is a money-maker; price $12,000, $4000 cash will handle, balance 10 years at 6 per cent Interest, 10O ACRES, mile to M eh a ma. Or,, 1 mile to R. K. station, H mile to school and post of flee, cream route, good graveled road 50 acres In cultivation, 35 acres In Umber, 15 acres too hilly to cultivate; family or chard, 8 acres in clover; has 5-room house and barn 36x40; all kinds of outbuildings; fine water, gravity system; $5000 will buy this ranch and $3000 cash will handle it. 12214 ACRES, 4tt miles to Junction City, Or., mile to school, R. p. i. ; gravel roads; 80 acres tn cultivation and now in crop, 20 acres fine pasture, 20 acres In timber; has fine black loam eoil; all fenced and cross-fenced, with panel and woven wire: 9 -room house. 2 large, new barns, horse barn 30x40. cow barn 28x42: school mile; watered by springs and creok; family orchard, and all kinds of berries. The price of this farm is $103 per acre, on easy terms. IF YOU ARB LOOKING FOR A DAIRY RANCH, HOW IS THIS? 160 acres, 4 miles from Deer Island Or., 4 mile to school, good rock road, 1 xcellcru rich soil and no rock or gravel; the farm lies tine, with good drainage; 45 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 all. the price is only $65 per acre; just think, $.1000 will handle and your own terms on the balance. YOU CANNOT HELP MAKING MONET ON THIS PLACE. 270 acres of the choicest Willamette River bottom land, only 12 miles from Klem, Or., 88 miles to Portland and only 3 miles to Oregon Electric. It lies right on the river with boat landing on the place; the building are two good houses on concrete foundations; a dandy big bam of 3 stories, stanchions for 30 cows, horse stalls, calf and hogpens; the second floor will hold 800 head of sheep or all the farm Implements; hay loft will hold many tons. There Is also a fine dipping tank; It is ell under woven-wlre fence and erosa fence; there Is also an old family or&b&rd; 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 hard to beat; thia ranch belongs to an old man, who la too old and feeble to run It and be has decided to put a price of 812,000 In order to move It; bis price has been $18,- 000 and It is a shame to sell It for any less. The Improvements could not be duplicated for $30u0. Just think, this makes It leas than $35 ner acre for the land and where can you pick up river bottom land at that price? $5000 will handle and the balance payable in 10 years at 6 per cent tntemt, THIS LAND IS WORTH $40 PER ACRE. 400 acres, Wasco Co., Or., 8 milea from Friend P. O., R. R. station, and 7 milea southwest of Dufur the roads avre good; fine creek through the place; It Is all rich, black soil; 820 acres tillable, the balance Is fine pajture land; has 120 ecree of Vary nice timber; the price Is only $15 per acre and you can buy It for $500 down and easy terms on remainder. ONB OF THE FINEST STOCK FAJU1S XH EASTERN OREGON. 2040 acres 10 miles from Union and 18 miles from La Grande, Or.; 250 acre fa cultivation, 2 acres in fine orchard and all kinds of berries; a good 5-room house, new barn, 50x00, ana old bam 20x30; blacksmith shop, granary, chlcken-homm, root cellar, good well and spring water, which can be piped to house; with place go three wagons, 5 sets harness, 1 boggy, 1 spring wagon, all tools, farming Imple ments and machinery; plpntv of timber on place for firewood and fine building posts; cloje to school; 600 acres can be plowed at any time and at least SO per cent Is good, tillable ground; there 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 piece; I can make a price of $18 per acre, with $12,000 rash payment and giva 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 house and 3 lots In Woodstock addition, Portland, Or., valued at $3000: also 5-room house with one lot valued at 12000; also shack and one lot rained at $500; total, $5500; no Incumbrance. Will trade for 20 to 40 acres with improvements up tc amount. Will not assume. 5- ROOM cottage near Shaver St., an bard surface streets, bath and toilet; price $2000. Will trade for small farm up to $3000. y 6- ROOM house, a dandy; modern in every way, 2 toilets, fireplace, lot 50x100, located on Ains worth ave., east aide of Portland. Will trade for a rarm up to $5000. 8-ROOM. two-story house, corner of Ivan and East Uth at., one block from Ford auto factory; has bath and toilet. The price Is only $5000 and is a bargain; will trade for a good farm up to $7000. THESE PLACES ARE LOCATED IN THE FI NE LITTLE TOWN OF B L A INE, AVASH., OX Pt'GET SOUND, NORTH OF SEATTLE, AND CLOSE TO BELL1NUHAM. . 5-ROOM house and 3 lots, rented at $7.50 per month, price $S00: also 10 lots with fruit trees, valued at $1100; also 10-room 2-story house with bath and toilet, valued at $3500; total. $55tK. Will trade for a farm of 20 to 3') acres In good locality. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE WELL-KNOWN CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA, WASH. 3-STOP.Y 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. Henti for $120 per month. Will trade fur farm In the Willamette Valley up to the amount of its value, vhie'i Is $12.t00. YAKIMA PROPERTY TO TRADE FOR A WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 1 LOT "5x150, with modern 8-room house, toilet, bail), barn. 12 assorted fruit trees In full beaiing. Price $11300; also one lot 50x110. $1H)0. which Is a corner; also lot '.Oxl-lii ai siooo; total, $:.00. Will trade for Willamette Valley farm and assume. FARM EXCHANGES. 25 ACRES just outside of Mlddleton. Or. 18 miles from Portland, on S. P. Electric, 22U. acres in cultivation, 2 acres in pas ture. It is all fenced and cross-fenced, no rocks or gravel, is on Pacific Highway, M mile to school, R. F. D. and cream route; nice G-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 helfera, one team horses. 300 Leghorn hens, wagon, buggy, mower, rake, plow, harrow, disc, fan mill, crenm separator. All household furniture, enough cord wood for 3 years, also adjoining 7 V? acres rented and seeded. This cues with the place. Now the price. It Is not a misprint, but ?7.ni) takes it or will trade for a larger place In the Willamette Valley up to $!000. THIS MAN Is looking for a farm in Wash ington or Oregon, west of the mountains, and will trade the following two places: 1st 30 acres 1 mile north of Ncwberg, Or.; has i;ond 7-room plastered house with bath and toilet, city water furnished free as pipe Une crosses the place. Qood barn 56x36, 4 acres in prunes, 2 acres pears. 2 acres 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, 135 acres broken, balance In prairie. All good land with best of soil, wheat runs 40 bushels to the acre. New 7-room house, fine new barn with concrete floor, icehouse, granary; all under fence, 300 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 soli for which Beaverton is noted; 5 acres In full bearing orchard, Spltzenberg and Northern Spies, ? years old; alkinds of berries. Good 5-room house, excellent barn 40x44, and all out buildings. Good well and gasoline engine. City water piped in front of place. 1 acre of this farm sold this last Fall for $1000. Will trade tor a dairy farm up to $25,700, which Is the price of the farm. 65 ACRES 25 miles s. e. of Spokane, on electric line, 5 minutes' walk from the station; fine macadamized roads, 6 acres In G-year-old apples, 5 acres in 3-year-old apples, 5 acres In pears, apricots and peaches 5 years old, 6 acres in old orchard hearing heavy ; balance la open land tn cultivation : new, modern 6-room house with fireplace, built-in effects, fine bam and chlckcn-houses. prico $16,250. Will require J 1500 cash and will take 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 SO acres 4 miles west of Sal cm, Or., all In cultivation, 15 acres In prunes, la acres In loganberries. 5 acres in Royal Anne cherries, ft acres In plums and pears. All in full bearing, balance in cultivation; has fine well, gasoline engine, good 7-room house, barn 34x31, and all outbuildings In the bept of repair. TIiIh 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, SO ACRES near Molalla, Or., miles to R. R. station on main Co. road, R. F, D., telephone, 5-room house, good barn, young orcharv lots of small fruit, 25 acres in cultivation, good soil, no rock or gravel, all tillable. Price $8000. Will trade for 5 to 30 acres with improvements up to $0000. 0 ACRES. miles from Eugene, Or., all In cultivation, 70 acres level, balance roll ing; fine creak and well, mostly all tn crop. 4 acre tn old orchard, 6 acres in young orchard, apples, grapes, cherries, loganberries, D-room house, barn for IS head of stock, granary, chicken-house, brick cellar, 1 mile to 2 schools, mile to R. R. station; good fences. Price $18,500. Will trade for good prop erty up to $0500: some cash and a mort gage back for balance. HERB IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 88 ACRES, 9 miles east of Oregon City and 21 miles from Portland, 40 acres tn culti vation ; balance In pasture, all easily cleared, hounded on 2 aides 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. mile to schools, churches within 3 miles, telephone, cream route and R. F. D. Good team harness and wagon, mower, hack, seeder, cultivator, cider preiis, cow and brood sow. Price $8800. 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; 35 acres In cultivation, 2 small houses with bath and toilet, large barn, modern hoghouses, blacksmith shop, fine 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 beaverdam land In cultivation. The price is l!,000. will take a smaller place up to $7000 and a mortgage back at 6 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, 24 miles to Bchool land, lies fine, with good soil; 145 acres under the plow. Price $3500. Will consider a farm In the Will amette Valley up to $550o. FINE ALFALFA FARM. 100 ACRES, 4 miles south of Hermiston, Or., consisting of OS acres in bottom land, mostly in alfalfa, Ralance is low bench land lying along the irrigation ditch, with 15 acres in alfalla. 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 $30,000. Will trade for a good farm west of the mountains up to $32,000. KANSAS LAND FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 100 ACRES miles from Nekoma, Rush Co. Good roads. 150 acres tillable, bal ance pasture, all under fence and cross fence; fine spring and well. No buildings. This land is now In hay and is excellent soil; 34 mile to school. Price $4&0O. ALSO 320 acres H mile from Dumas P. O., Garfield Co,, Nebraska, now In bluestera grass. Best of Foil no buildings or fences. Price $10,000. Will trade one or both for Willamette Valley farm, MODEL DAIRY FARM. 181 ACRES, near Cody, W10.; 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 barn, 31x150, for 62 cows; concrete alleys. Calf barn, 33x125; stanchion stalls for 38 head, box Btalls for eight head; large horse barn. All barns have electric lights and running water. Power also in large bara 15 hoghouses, chicken-house, dairy-house with rjnnlng water, all having electric light, concrete root cellar; modern tenant house for men; also one for women. Each containing bedrooms, living-rooms and bathroom. Fine garage. Beautiful 60-acre lake stocked with bass and lake trout Fine climate; sunshine 325 days In year. No Buch thing as sleighing. Also creamery turning out 15,000 lbs. monthly and three 130-ton silos. Price is $50,000; no incum brance. Will exchango for a dairy farm close in In Eastern Washington or Oregon. This Is one of the finest places In the West. Full particulars will be riven on request 312 ACRES, 9 miles from Battleford, Saslc, Canada, 150 acres level, balance rolling; 35 acres In cultivation, 80 acres timber, 140 acres pasture, spring and well; can raise all kinds of vegetables. Corn grows fine. Small house, 2 barns, and other buildings. Price $4500. Will trade for farm In Will- amette Valley to amount. FINE- WHEAT RANCH TO TRADE FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARM. 2080 ACRES 6 miles 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 $30 an acre, or $'12,400; mortgage $13,200, long time at 6 per cent. Will trad for a Valley farm to the full amount. A FINE IITOCK RANCH 640 acres, 8 miles from t'arrollton. Wash. Very accessible. 00 per cent good, tillable land. Land is rolling vlth some fine bottom land. Fine creek through center and many springs. Prlca $SK0; will take a small ranch in the Willamette Valley or Southwestern Washington in exchange. Will not assume. A FINE IDAHO RANCH TO TRADE FOR WILLAMKTTi: VALLEY FARM. 320 ACRES, 6 miles from MUlvale, Idaho, 1H miles to schocj, 2 SO acres in cultiva tion, 140 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 24x40, 2 granaries, other outbuildings, fine well and good roads; fine black loam soil. Has a dandy creek through the place. Price $2S,ooo. Wlli trade for a farm up to $24,000. Portland, Or.