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VOL. VIII.
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CALL AND BEE MX
A report which may be of no small
significance to the Inland Empire cornea
from the national cepital. After a aerie
of experiment covering a period of two
years, the department of agriculture
Announce that durun wheat is in every
way a superior wheat for bread raising,
and that the former prejudice against it
is entirely ill founded.
Durum is the new name for macaroni
wheat. The department says the old
name is misleading and inaenrate, for
the particular kind of wheat to which
the term is applied is as suitable for
making bread as for making macaroni.
A Boon for the west.
The first establishment of durum
wheat on a commercial basis is expected
l.!o prove a gra boon for the West, aays
report from Washington, D. C. For
merly the northwestern millers were
pretty generally of the opinion that the
so called macaroni (durum) wheat was
not suitable for making bread flour, and
f irmers were not advised to raise it, In
View of the recent experiments all this
is changed. Durum wheat last year
commanded a high price, and hundreds
of millers and bakers have reached the
conclusion that it is one of the most
valuable kind of wheat on the market.
A prediction of the profitable crop oi
1904 ha been made. Fifteen or twenty
millions of bushels npon the regular
production of other kinds is large
quantity to be added to the general pro
duction of the United States. The rais
i ii of durum wheat is, strangely enough
a ort of substitute for irrigation, for It
is admirably adapted to semi-arid, and
even certain arid lands, where almost
nothing else will grow.
Can Crow In Arid Country.
The estimate for 15,000,000 to 20,000,-
000 bushels for this year leaves out of
consideration entirely the enormous
area of the semi-arid and even arid dis
tricts admirably adapted to this grain
which have not been touched by the
farmer. The officials of the deparment,
who conducted the experiments, say
the possibilities in reach oi the farmers
and commercial men in the production
of and trade in this new grain are not
yet suspected by the people in general.
Even under irrigation durum wheat
succeeds very well, but over the larger
portions oi the dry districts irrigation
will he unnecessary, and this can be
Mark a. Carle ton, and Dr. Joeepb 8.
Chamberlain, physiological chemist,
both of the department of agriculture.
A good deal of work was carried on at
the fiouth Dakota experimental station,
bat the researcher coveted many states
and territories. Millers and bakers
were interviewed by the scores, and
many co-operated with the representa
tives oi the government in making the
the experiments.
Many Macaroni Pactorlee
The use of durum wheat for making
macaroni furnishes material for a long
discussion in the report on the wheat
recently made to the department, but
the main object was to determonstrate
the suitability of this grain for making
bread flour. There are large number
of macaroni factories in the United
States, big and little, although a large
portion of the macaroni consumed in
this country is imported from Europe,
Of these factorias two are located in St.
Paul, one in Minneapolis, one in Mon
tana, two in Portland, one in Seattle,
and one in Tacoma.
EIGHT MILE
Keithlya have built a new barn on the
Evans place.
C. E. Jones has fenced 250 acres hog
tight with six barbed wires.
M. C. Fnqua lost a valuable horse last
week from some unknown cause.
Hobble and Jessie Young were out
visiting Eight Mile friends the latter
part of last week.
Chas. Huston is patting in about one
thousand acres of wheat this fall;
mostly on summer fallow.
Moee Ashbaugh went to Heppner yes- apeculative element at work admits
If V.r i i :j L 1U
Belief is That Combination
Trying to Corner Market.
HICHER PRICES EXPECTED
There Is a General Boom In the
Market and Contracts at
Fancy Prices Made.
It seems likely that the woolgrowers
will receive high price for their clips
next spring, says the Idaho Statesman.
There is a general boom in the market,
tie country being covered with buyers
offering to contract clips at prices tar
above those that prevailed a month ago.
In all the Western states contracts are
being made at these fancy prices. In
Utah wool has been contracted at nine
teen cents and in Oregon and Idaho the
clips are being sought.
This movement is not confined to our
Western states, not yet to this country.
American buyers are operating in all
the principal wool-growinsr parts of the
world. Everything in sight is being
taken, and it seems probable the entire
wool supply will be in American hands.
Whether the movement is on the
merits of the market or is speculative
isnotknon. That there is a strong
of
terday with a load of turkeys that he
purchased of Jim Kunamaker for the
Thanksgiving market.
Last week was remarkable for wind ;
let this week be remarkable for rain, so
that the fall wheat may get np high
enough to break the wind.
Ad Inskeep is building a new house
on the Hall place below J. S. Young's
He will move there when he gets the
house completed. Clark of Heppner is
doing the work.
no doubt, but that would be natural if
dealers had become convinced that con
ditions called for high prices during the
coming year.
There is a rumor current, however, in
some circles, to the effect that, beneath
this upward movement is a combination
organized for the purpose of cornering
the market. Men claiming to be some
what familiar with the plans of the
combination, predict wool will go to
twenty-five cents. Whether the alleged
wtmiiinatinH will Kz bV,1 ts. 1. 1 . 1 . 1 a
rail sowing is nearly com Dieted and a L. L . i ,
' wu.jz.oicv. uu RgnrM Kl hmh nnna nn oar hnt it ia
In Heppner the first week in each
month at Heppner Drug Co.
DR. SENNETT
GRADUATE OPTICIAN
lome of the grain la np nicely. The
ground is getting loo dry to eproat grain
now and the grain that is np may be
damaged if it don't rain soon.
Rev. Mr. Sewall has been preaching
at the Eight Mile Center schoolhouse
the past week. He is a very interesting
talker and has had a good house each
evening. There has been one joiner so
far and a good prospect for others to
claimed enormous capital is enlisted in
the great game.
This story is of especial interest to
wool growers, since, in such a move
ment backed by great capital, the staple
might easily be lifted much higher than
it is now.
REAL FARM AT FAIR.
join. The meetings will continue
time.
for a I
LEX1NQTON ITEMS
E. D. McMillan's
nearing completion.
J. M. White is doing
Heppner this week.
Visitors to Centennial Will See
Crops Being Raised.
A large experimental farm, in actual
operation nnder the direction of skilled
new residence is I agriculturalists, will be one of the many
novel spectacles at the Lewis and Clark
jnry duty at 1 Centennial. The farm will be located
on the western side of the Fair grounds,
There good prospects for a newspaper nd the work ol preparing the soil and
for Lexington in the near future.
There was a Thanksgiving entertain.
ment and social at the Congregational
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Has added a number of First Class horses and New Bigs, both
Bilk-inn ami Hacks, and o(Tri yon first class service, and you will
receive courteous treatment. A share of your patronage till
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Heppner
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Do a general Dray and
Transfer business. All
kinds of heavy hauling.
Household goods moved
and handled with care.
Prompt attention
given to all work
Hop
Agent for
Gold
Beer
Cantwell & Mitchell
said of only a tew ol the drought resist- courch Wendesday evening,
ant crops. All the while new districts
are being developed and new trade cen
ters established. This wheat will be
sold during the coming year at Kansas
City, Omaha and Galveston, a well as
at Minneapolis and Duluth. Durum
wheat is, considering the excellence oi
the flour produced from it, a product of
the greatest significance to farmers and
the trade, the department officials say.
was Considered Inferior
Prior to 1901 durum wheat could rare
ly be sold at the elevator or mills, and
ass considered an inferior article, and
was grown in small quantities only and
then it waa generally fed to stock.
Since iti commerciitl value has been
leinonetrated, the production has in
creased from 100,000 bushels, the largest
estimate in 1U01, to at least 6,000,000
bushels in 1903 an increase of 60 fold
in two years. On March 19, of this
year durum wheat sold at Buffalo for
$103 per bushel. Since May 20, of this
year $1 a bushel ha been offered for
No'. 2 durum wheat, to arrive at the
opening of navigation.
It is a striking fact that 6,000.000
bushels of a grain formerly rejected
should be sold at a fancy figure towaid
the close of the winter, long before the
new season opens. Most important of
all, much the larger portion was sold to
the mills for making bread flour. "Ik
should properly be considered as the
wheat of the highest class," says the
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The frame work of J. B. Carmichael's
new residence i up He is building
one of the finest residences in town.
J. M. bite baa removed a portion
of his residence, preparatory to con
structing a larger and better building.
There are several thousand sacks of
wheat stacked on the ground outside
the warehouse waiting for car to be
shipped.
M. L. Leach, who is working on the
new railroad grade between Arlington
and Condon, visited a day or to last
week with his parent here.
A. K. Fuller's children, who have
been tick with diphtheria, are conva
lescent and will be relieved from quar
antine the latter part of the week.
Notice.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
era of The Thompson Creek Coal Com
pany will be held at the office of Q. W.
Phelpa on Monday, December 5, 1904 I
at 7 p. m., for the purpose of electing
directors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such business a may
come before the meeting.
nl7-dl R. F. Htkd, Secy.
Thousands Cured.
DeWitt'i Witch Hazel Salve has cured
thousands of cases of piles. "I bought a
box of DeWitt's Witch Ifaael Salve on
the recommendation of our druggist," so
laying out the farm is already well nnder
way.
The site allotted to the farm was for
merly a truck garden which was con
ducted by Chinamen. It is an ideal
spot with rich, alluvial earth capable of
producing the most prolific crops. None
of the great world expositions ever held
before have given such an object lesson
to the people. While there have been
corn stocks of an enormous size, tied
ith blue ribbons, and fruits on a China
plate, the opportunity of studying a
marvelous crop, while actually growing,
will be an entirely new and original
feature of the 1905 Exposition.
GOOSEBERRY.
After four days of wind we have had a
light shower of rain.
Mrs. I. R. Esteb and ton Fred at.
tended the services at Eight Mile on
Thursday night.
Lee Jones from Monument, it in onr
midst seeking wheat hauling.
Wm. Barlow and family spent two
days in the Eight Mile country this
week digging their winter potatoes.
I. R. Esteb's new barn it going np
very rapidly with Chas. E. Rice at car
penter.
Mrs. T. W. Morgan ia the mother of a
bright baby daughter.
All ot the school children are study
ing very diligently thit week, preparing
for the midniuht term examination. We
wish them all success.
rllm P If T..r!rn!-r nf 7oalU To.
department of agriculture, in reporting d ugcd , fof
tt.A an .Inn aftae nnn ami Aw ruin. I
u.. iu .u. j.. a..o. . .v 1 1, r,l mB r,ritianntl. Rnl,l
long and
sive lerlt't of experiment!, "ranking
with the hard spring and winter, but
should be graded on it own merit and
kept absolutely distinct from either of
these."
Method of Investigation
The experiments were conducted by
Heppner Drug Co.
by
Wood and Posts.
I have a large number of tamarack
posts and lots of fir and tamarark cord
wood tor sale at my ranch near the coal
miLes. WiLiAJU) Usaama.
Herb W. Edward Injured,
Herb W, Edwards of DesMoiue, Iowa,
got a fall on an icy walk last winter,
prai.ilng hi wriat and bruising hi knee
"The next day," he says, "they were ao
sore and stiff I was afraid I would have
to stay In bed, but I rubbed them well
with Chamberlain's pail balm and after
a few appticationi all soreness nad dis
appeared." For sale by Slocum Drug Co