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LEXINGTON, OREGON
s. A. THOMAS,
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 1905.
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Editor The Wheatfield:
Thinking a few words might be of
interest to the readers of The Wheat
field, and to show a disposition to help
if possible the town to support a paper,
I will send you a few impressions of
the section of country I have lately
passed through for the first time for
thirty years, Gilliam, Wasco and
Sherman counties. They were at that
time settled only by a few stock men,
though very different now. The road
now leads through lanes with well im
proved farms on either side, from Lex
ington to The Dalles, with one excep
tion, from lone to the John Day river.
It is a deplorable sight to see how the
land has been allowed -to be taken by
the Russian thistle, the worst weed we
lave to contend with in Eastern Ore
jon. This should, by all means, be
stopped. The spread of the Russian
thistle is alarming, and In my opinion
is the worst weed that has ever start
ed, the worst to spread, the hardest to
rid the place of, and there is a law
compelling the farmer or land owner
to rid their places of these dreadful
weeds, and should have been put in
force to the Ml extent. This thing of
enforcing the law is of vital Import
ance and has been shamefully neglect
ed in Morrow county. There' is no
nse to build an $80,000. court house
then elect a-set of officers who will not
enforce the law. I made application
to the County Judge several years ago,
when the Russian thistle f irst appear
ed in my section of the county, to have
fiie Road Supervisor compel! a") neigh
bor to rid his place, though could not
1 get action taken, this weed Is going
to decrease the land values, and soon
be aO oyer the county to the detriment
and serious injury of all. Now if there
b any lav, enforce it. Now I do not
wish to be understood to say that we
have no officers that will enforce the
law, for I believe we have as has been
shown by Sheriff Shut!. . Now . It re
mains to be seen if the people will
stand by and endorse one who has the
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stamina and courage to enforce the
law, which he has taken oath to do.
Roosevelt has endeared himself to the
people, not only of the United States,
but of all nations on the globe, by his
determination to enforce the law, and
this Is what the better class of citizens
fully endorse, ,
I have seen the settlement of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho. Seen
the changes and the lands increase in
productiveness and values, and now
see land In our adjoining county, Uma
tilla, selling from $100. to $150. per
acre. This has required one third of
a century owing to the disadvantages
which the settlers were compelled to
contend with. We are destined to
see the same results here in Morrow
county and it will come very soon now.
The advantages of the railroad and the
opening of the Columbia river md the
emigration that will naturally follow the
Lewis & Clark exposition. This emi
gration will astonish the people of Or
egon in the near future.
I spent almost a month at the Fair
and had time to see about one half of
the exhibits. The live stock exhibit
surpassed all expectations In every
way. Its equal- will never be seen a-
gain by the present generation on this
coast and tnose who missed seeing It
surely missed the best jiart of the en
tire exposition. Much of the fine
stock was purchased by the stock men
and farmers of Oregon. It Is a cer
tainty that Oregon can produce as fine
stock as any state In the union and
they are right In buying the best, the
best is not too good for Oregon stock
raisers. I purchased Milwaukee, that
won the Blue Ribbon In the thoroughr
bred stallion show, a Jack and two
Jennies from Kentucky, also some
Berkshire hogs and will cut the num
ber of stock and breed a highef . class
In every line.
B. F. Swagart.
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The following names have been ad
ded to pur subscription list since, the
last Issue: "
Chas. VanWinkle. .. . . .. . ,
Chas. H. Breshears v
F.M.Parker'
' C. K. Tooley
, C. A. Johnson
J. A. Phillips
J. T. McMillan '
D. E. Leach
A. K. Fuller
B. M. Booher
B. F. Swagart
All of Lexington.
Mrs. Nettle Crow, Dog Pound, Alta,
Canada, N. W. T.'
Mrs. Effie Parkins, Palouse, Wash.
Frank J. Habelt, Sparta, Oregon.
John C. Boothby, Centralla, Wash.
Grant Boothby, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Mrs. N. P. Christenson, New Eliza
beth, Wis.
C. A. Christenson, Big Flats, Wis.
J. J. McGee, Heppner.
R. A Nichols, Dayton, Wash.
Helms, Blalock, Ore.
Helms, Prineville, Ore.
Leach, Harrisburg, Ore.
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From The Gazette:
ITEMS
Voen Steameri for SmiKraiiclniio 1hv
Portland at 8 P. M. evei-jr fifth day.
TlekU to and rrom all points of the Unit
ed State! aud Kiu'ope,
Trains teave Lexington, Daily, ex
cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M.
Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex
cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M.
Trains Connect at Heppner Junction
with Main Line trains for all ,
points East and West.
A. L. CRAIG, G. P. A.
Willard Herren was down from his
Blue mountain ranch Friday. He
brought down a shipment of , mutton
sheep. Mr. Herred reports that there
was two inches of snow up on Ditch
creek Wednesday of last week. It soon
disappeared. This was the first snow
fall of the season in the mountains.
From The Times:
S. E. Lee, a prominent wheatgrower
of the Lexington country, was in town
Monday. He and wife have just re
turned from a trip to San Francisco.
J. A. Gaultof Lewiston, Idaho.came
up from Portland last Friday with Mr.
A. Andrews and will visit for some time
with the Andrew family. He Is a bro
ther of Mrs. Andrews.
M. S. Maxwell, who was In the c.ty
Saturday, Informed The Times that he
has traded his lone Drug store for a
ranch In North Dakota. He expects to
go back there soon to dispose of his
ranch. ... , .
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Les Langley of Lexington, and
R. C. Warren, an old time friend of
his from Minnesota.were visitors in the
city the latter part of the week. Mr.
Warren who has been visiting at Lex
ington and the Portland fair, the past
three months, left Friday morning for
his home in Minnesota.
Chas. H. Beymer departed last Sat
urday for Louisiana for a short ' visit
with his sister.
Pat's Barber shop has changed
hands, J. E. Gentry purchased from
A. Patterson, last Saturday.' Mr.
Gentry takes charge this week.
D. A. Porter and W. E. Leach left
Tuesday for Portland to see that all
arrangements are made for the Fair
to close properly. When last heard
from Uncle Dave was ahead.
Having been called to the bedside
of my little daughter, In Missouri, I
have left my books and accounts with
Leach Bros., for collection.
John B. White.
The Wheatfield has just completed
arrangements with the Oregon' Journal
whereby we are able to . furnish the
Oregon Dally Journal, Including the
Sunday Issue, and The Wheatfield,
one year $7. The Daily Journal and
Wheatfield one year $5. The Semi
Weekly Journal and The Wheatfield
one year $1.75.
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