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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1905)
THEWHEATIELD Published Every Thursday at LEXINGTON, OREGON S. A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor. OFFICIAL PAPER TOWN OF LEXIMTON Subscription, per year, - $1.00 Advertising rates on Application ' Entered as second-class matter October 6, 1905, at the post office at Lexington, Or egon, under the Act cf Congress of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY DECEMBER 28, 1905. The Hindoo priests in India have remarkabP memories, and it is said to be easy to find one who can repeat the 300,000 lines of the mahbharata without a mistake. i Bishop Mora, of Hidalgo, Mexico, recently celebrated mass 1,500 feet below the earth's surface, at the : bot tom of a silver mine which has been worked for centuries. The' Milan exposition of 1906 to celebrate the opening of the Simplon tunnel will be in reality a world's fair. The exhibition will be on grand scale and will last from April to November. The tallest soldier in the German army, who was enlisted recently, is seven feet ten inches in height and his ;weight is 225 pounds. He adorns the ranks of the First Regiment of Foot Guards. Several schools in Nevada have beem compelled to close because the trustees have' found it impossible to secure teachers. Almost as soon as they arrive and take charge the resign and marry. Along the central . part c'f the Congo river there are a number of salt mar shes..',. The Africans dig shallow holes in these, whence issue- streams of hot water which, on being Evaporated, leaves a residee "of salt. '. The Boer families coming into this country' from Mexico will fall into American ways much quicker than the Immigrants of some other nation alities. Moreover, they will stay here and add to the national wealth and stability Instead of going horn when they have amassed enough to live In Idlenss. New York experts, after testing the so-called wines, whiskies and brandies sold In that city, declare that 75 per cent of them are fraudulent , adult erations. The alleged wines have never touched a grape and the whiskies know nothing of the corn and rye from which they are supposed to be produc ed. The ingredients In these vile con coctions are mostly harmful and many of them absolutely poisonous. A cow has been made to give enough milk to make 1 ,000 pounds of -TO- Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, St- Louis, New York. Ocean Staameri for Sanrranclieo ! Portland at 8 P. M. wry fifth day. Tlokti to and from all point of tka Unit ed Statoi and JKuropo. Trains Leave Lexington, Dally, ex cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M Trains Arrive at Lexington, Dally, ex cept Sunday - 5:10 r. M Trains Connect at Heppner Junction with Main Line trains for all points East and West. butter in a year, and a hen has been made to lay 250 eggs In one. These records mark the limit of productivenes. Under natural conditions the cow would give just enough milk to raise her calf, while the hen. would lay but one setting of eggs. The difference marks what man has been able to do with the cow and the hen. . EQUAL SUFFRAGE. Arrangements have been made with the State Association to publish rhelr communications on this' subject Ed. In Mark Twain's "Following the Equator" Is a couple of pages .devoted to woman suffrage in Nlew Zealand in which he gives the official figures show ing that women vote in that country in as great a proportion as do the men. In the official Report he also found this statement:" A feature of the election was the orderliness and sobriety of the people. Women were in no way mo lested." In commenting upon this he says: " At home a standing argument a gainst woman suffrage has always been that woman could not go to the polls without being insulted. The prophets have been prophesying ever since the woman's rights movement began in 1848 and in 47 years they never scored a hit. "Men ought to begin to feel a sort cf respect for their mothers and wives and sisters by this time. The women deserve a chance of attitude like that, for they wrought well. In forty-seven years they have swept an . imposingly large number of unfair from the statute books of America. In that brief, time these serfs have set themselves free essentially. Men could not have done so much for themselves in that time without bloodshed at least they never have. The women have accomplished a peaceful revolution' and a very bene fecient. one; and yet that has not con vinced the average man that they are intelligent and have courage and ener gy and perseverance and fortitude. It takes much to convince the average man anything; and perhaps ncth'rg can ever make him realize that he Is the average woman's-Interior yet in several Important details the evidences seems to show that that Is what he is. Man has ruled the human race ' from the beginlng but he should remember that up to the middle of the present century it was a dull world, and ignor ant and stu Id.' This Is woman's op portunity she has none before. I wonder where man will be In another forty-seven years?" SOUTH SPRING S. J. Ritchie is digging a well on his ranch. If all the farmers would do likewise they would save time and money Nat Gray has some seeding yet td do. -. " ' C. E. Musgrave made a flying visit to Echo the other day. He says that Echo is growing very fast, good water works, no lights, no newspaper as yet, but they told him they were looking for an $8000 plant on every train. A ICZS PATTEKH aWrwtisrv'. taSCflJLL'S, A LADIES' MAGAZINE. rk, bFW3ktti Anton, M f frtt -, , m4 kf Uaa oo. stTiuh, mnbi, simpta, Vr-. data, EeoaonUal tod AbMlouly Fwfect-FlttUf papor r altera. MSCALLtfiiN fK5WS THE HoOALL CO., 11M1S-1I7 Wrt SMIt, RCWVOtK. 01 TOO If W. F. P LEXINGTON, W. 2. JLr s . LAND ATTORNEY ; Have made a specialty of land con ; tests and contest defences before U '. S. Land Office and Department of the Interior for ten years. " DRCSSttAKINGn-.M "'1 " I am now located in the C, C. Boon proprty and am prepared tp do all kinds of f needle work" and Dress making at reasonable char ges. Will also call at your house and sew by the day. Mrs. Elisa totzauer , Lexington, Oregon, , Christenson Brothers .,' CONTRACTORS&BUILDERS , i, ' , . Plant and Estimates furnished ' ' " jt ', : . Sea ua before building tEXINOrON. OREGON. .-.-1 THE WHEATFIELD BUSY NOW To prepare an ad for this issue. , But' we have time to show you our bar gains in all lines. BARN ETT ' ' il" .. MM I X L SALOON J. H. CHAPMAN & CO., Props. WINES, LIQUOR J;:.-' AND CIGARS v ; , FRESH BEER ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT .' o. GOOD POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION i ' : LEXINGTON, OREGON l JOHN B; WHITE $ ? GENERAL BLACKSMITHING .' HUKoaoHOING A SPECIALTY J Work Neatly Executed LEXINGTON, ' OREGON. 1 XXXlXXXXUXXl'iV 30 o M k CO. D o OREGON " a Charges Reasonable 4 A 4 i. , PRINTS THE NEWS A. L. CRAIG, G. P. A. V ja.