THEWHEATIELD
Published Every Thursday
at
LEXINGTON, OREGON
3. A. THOMAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
OFFICIAL PAPER TOWN OF LEXINGTON
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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 JANUARY 18, 19C6.
SUCCESS IN DRY LAND FARMING.
An Interesting story was that told in
Saturday's Journal of a Umatilla county
farmer named Smith who has
gradually acquired about 4,000 acres
of wheat land in what is known locally
as the Juniper Flat country in northern
Umatilla county.
He, as others had done and were
doing; went there a quarter of a
century ago or so and took up a
claim, and they tried wheat-raising
with very poor or at least indifferent
success. Drouth and hot winds and
sometimes frosts prevented the raising
of profitable crops, so one by one his
neighbors became discouraged and left,
Mr. Smith, who still had faith in the
region, or else had a strain of obstinacy
that in this case was a valuable asset,
buying their lands, until he has one of
the largest farms In the state. This
is the least important part of the story,
which is that gradually the land became
productive, yielding on the average
larger crops year by year until now
wheat-raising thereon good-sized farms
is profitable, and on a great farm like
'Mr Smith's the net returns are many
thousands of dollars a year.
This result, it may be presumed,
and is indeed stated, is due in part to
better and more careful methods of
farming thorough plowing and harrow
ing, best method of seeding, selection
of the best seed for that kind of land,
and care in harvesting. But all this
would not produce 20 bushels or more
of wheat per acre on a desert; the land
itself became more productive with
cultivation which attracted and pre
served needed moisture. The more
' Mr. Smith and his neighbors cultivated
their lands, the longer they stuck to
them, the greater their faith in them
and work on them, the greater became
the crops.
This is not a new or strange
phenomenon. It has been observed In
another section of the same county, in
Gilliam and Morrow and Wasco and
Baker and other counties, and the ex
planation of it Is simple and the lesson
it teaches is plain. What a few years
ago would have seemed to be a miracle
has been wrought in dry land farming,
simply by faith and work.
- The "Force of Life" bunco artists
have by their work proved themselves
past masters in the art of gulling the
public, says the Oregonlan. Some
illiterate but expressive philosopher
once put into circulation the coarse
but truthful proverb that "there is a
sucker born every minute." The
anglers for this class of "fish" are not
so plentiful as the "suckers," but when
they angle, they make wholesale
catches, "I stop the rush with which
Father Time hurries you to the grave,"
said Professor Hadley, in an adver
tisement of his elixir of life, The
cruel Government employes who in
vestigated the matter concluded, how
ever, that he only stopped the rush
long enough to enable him to go
through the pockets of the "rushers."
The science of healing, no matter what
form it takes, has been one of the most
prolific sources of revenue for fakirs of
both sexes. "Doctor" Hadley differs
from some of the others in that he put
out a fake medicine instead of a
prayer- book and a treatise denyjng the
existence of disease. He got the
money, and so do the other "healers."
Harry Mason, , Manager of
"Mason's Trip to Africa," that put on
an alleged show in Lexington a short
time ago has bumped up against a
hard proposition. Two of the little
boys of the show ran away at Hood
River and went to Portland, where
they were picked up by the police and
taken Into the ' juvenile court. Mr.
Mason followed them and attempted
to regain possession of them, the boys
told the judge that they ran away be
cause they were poorly fed and clothed
and were compelled to sleep on seats
and benches in opera houses where
they "played. Mr. Mason hearing of
this produced two new suits as evidence
to the Judge that they were properly
clothed and said that they always had
plenty to eat and beds to sleep in.
While they were in Lexington they ate
lunches in the hall and slept there the
remainder of the night after the per
formance'. Hotel bills don't seem to
bother the manager very much.
AHQlMOEiEiClHG
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Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas
City, Chicago, St Louis,
New York.
Ocean Stennmra for SanKriiiiclnco leave
Portland at 8 P. M. every 11 fill day.
TlckU to and from all point of the Unit
ed State anil Kuiope.
Trains Leave 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 (or all
points East and West
A.L. CRAIG, 0, P. A.
The Oregon Editors were in session
in Portlond last week and transacted a
large amount of routine business.
Among other good things done by the
association was the passing of the
following resolutions, "in the matter
of political advertising, we recommend
that space be sold to candidate on the
same basis that it Is sold to commer
cial advertisers, no contract for ad
vertising carrying with it an express or
implied obligation binding the paper to
the support of such candidate." We
believe this to be one of the very best
things that could have been done. Al
most every office seeker seems to
think that if he pays the printer for
publishing an announcement of his
candidacy that the editor is not doing
his duty if he does not get in and pull
for him in every issue of the paper.
Let the good work go on.
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The Three o'clock Club, at La
Fayette, Ind., debated the question.
"Resolved, that club life is beneficial
to the home," which was decided tor
the negative. The three ladles that
had the negative side of the debate
made their point so strong that the
Club disbanded.
All the candidates who have an
nounced themselves have declared
that their platform would be "A Square
deal to all " This, we believe has
been the platform all men have an
nounced, before election of course, for
many years.
An Electric line from Lexington to
Irrigon is a much talked subject among
our people at present. It is proposed
to organize a stbek company among
the farmers and build and equip the
road.
A Movement Is on foot to connect
all the counties of Oregon by telephone.
The rural telephone has become a
necessity and a fev more years vll
see a 'phone In every farm house.
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We are preparing for our Spring line of goods, and
in order to make room for them we are offering the
following articles at greatly reduced prices, FOR
CASH ONLY.
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LADIES WAISTS AND SWEATERS
$2.45 Waist at $2.25 $3.45 Sweater at $3.00
2.00 .... - ' 1.75
2.85 -- - 2.50 225 -- - 2.00
2.95 - - - 2.60 rn
1.65 - - 1,35 150 " " 125
LADIES UNDERSKIRTS
$3.25 Black Moreen Underskirt at
2.00 Mercerized Sateen
IOC
1.50
1.25
$2.90
1.75
1.60
1.30
1.00
O O AAV T T
reduced to 45cts a yard.
50 pair Men's shoes, we
will -sell below cost.
Come in and look over our prices, we ; have B AR-
m GAINS in all lines, not mentioned.
W. F. BARMETT & CO.
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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.
Ions, - Oregon
DRESSMAKING........
I am now located in the C,
C. Boon proprty and am
prepared to do all kinds of
needle work and Dress
making at reasonable char
ges. Will also call at your
house and sew b3r the day.
Mrs. Elisa Totzauer
Lexington, Oregon.
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