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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1906)
LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD Published Every Thursday LEXINGTON, ' OREGON s. A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor. OFFICIAL PAPER TOWN OF LEXINGTON 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 AUGUST 23, 1906. dustry extends over all or part of sev enteen States and Territories. In ten of these, not more than two per cent, of the land Is under cultivation, and the population averages less than three to the square mile. On the grazing lands, from twenty to thirty acres of pasturage are requir ed for the support of a single cow. Wherever irrigation Is practicable, the same amount of land, watered and planted with alfalfa, will support ten times as many cattle. But wherever the same lands can be planted in fruit trees, cereals: and vegetables, each farm of forty acres will support a fam ily of from three to five persons. In many districts I.i the West the state ment might be made much stronger without exaggeration. There , are hundreds of ten-acre patches of Irri gated land In the Salt River valley of Arizona, on the Grand River, of Colo rido, on the Sn Bernardino of Cal ifornia, and in many other regions, that yield a better and surer livelihood for a family of the average size than do the ordinary farms of from one hundred to one hundred and sixty acres anywhere east of the Mississippi River. If the unoccupied public lands to which water can never be taken by irrigation ditches , could be made as productive as ordinary Western land . under the ditch, they alone would eas ily support a farming population of 35: 000,000 souls. This is more than the entire present farming popu lation of the country. That irrigation alone can never furnish a satisfactory solution of the . problem presented by the arid and semi-arid lands of the West is proved by the fact that were every Inch of the annual rainfall west of the one-hundredth meridian conser ved in storage reservoirs and distribut ed to the best passible advantage, an area equal to one fifth of the total land land surface of the country would re main unsupplled. Contrary to commonly accepted ideas as the statement may be, It is, nevertheless, an amply demonstrated fact that wherever In this great arid empire the annual rainfall averages as high as twelve inches, as good crop can be raised without irrigation as with it. This means that almost every acre of the great plains between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mount ains, and most of the lnter-mountains, parks and plateaus between the rockiee and the Pacific, will produce as abundantly as will the rich prairie-lands of Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois, and much more abundantly than the richest of the lands in any of tne older States along the Atlantic seaboard; that there is enough land now utilized, if at all, tTnneeoeaiary Expense Acute attacks of colic and diarrhoea come without warning and prompt relief must be obtained. There is no neces sity cf incurring the expense of a physician's service in such cases if Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Is at hand.' A dose of this remedy will relieve the patient before a doctor could, arrive. ' It has never been known to tail, even in the most severe and dangerous cases and no family should" be without It. For sale by W. ' P." Mc MlUan only for grazing to make possible the trebling or quadrupling of the present farming population of the United States; that, outside of comparatively small areas In western Texas and in portions of Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and southern California, there Is little arable land In the great West that may not be divided Into forty-acre farms, each one of which will be capable of support ing an average-sized fam.iy. Probably there Is no exaggeration in the statement made by one writer that the region between the foot-hills of the Rocky Monntains, bounded on the south by the Rio Grande and on the north by the Canadian border, is cap able of producing fruits, cereals, veg etables, and live stock sufficient for the support of the entire present pop ulation of the globe. This vast area of fertile, and as yet almost unutilized, land is the foundation upon which the American people must build for the continuance of their prosperity for at least a century to come. Properly utilized, It may solve many perplexing problems. It will relieve the conges tion of the cities, provide an outlet for superabundant capital, and afford op portunitles for. the enterprising and discontented for decades. It contains the richest mineral deposits, the great est forest resources, the most fertile soil, and the most genial and salubrious climate, on this continent. What its development and exploitation would mean to the transportation, manufact uring, merchantile, financial, and labor j interests of the nation cannot be even dimly foreshadowed. It would furnish a stimulus that would be felt not mere ly in the great centers of population and industry, out in the remotest ham let and on the most isolated farm In the republic. The United States Department of Agriculture, the goverments of the various States in which vacant public lands are located, and the great trans continental railroads owning land grants have awakened to a realization, "of the Importance of "dry farming" or scien tific soil culture, which means more to the people of the United States than do all of the costly irrigation projects now under way or projected for the future. Estimates of the amount of land that can be reclaimed by Irrigation vary all the way from 50,000,000 acres up to 125,000,000 acres, with ,the weight of authoritative opinion decid edly favoring the lower figure. Yet if . (Continued next week.) LUCKIEST MAX IX ARKANSAS "I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas," writes H. L, Stanley, of Bruno, "since the restoration of my wife's health after five years of continuous coughing and bleeding forn the lung; and I owe my good fortune to the world's greatest medicine.Dr.King's New Discovery for Consumption, which I know from ex perience will cure consumption if taken In time. My wife improved with first bottle and twelve bottles completed the cure." Cures the worst coughs and colds or money refunded. At W. P McMillan druggist. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Hotel Lexington Opposite Leach Brothers, store, Mrs. Dan P. Doherty, Prop. Good meals served. Newly furnished, refitted with hot and cold water. Strict attention to guests. Rates one dollar per day and upwards. LEXINGTON OREGON. WHIN YOU HAVE A COLD ALWAYS TAD . . Chamberlain' Remedy 'fan Qg I or 8 ...ONE o W. F 2, LEXINGTON, 101 A HEALING GOSPEL The Rev. J. C, Warren.pastor of Sharon Baptist Chnrch, Belair, Ga., says of Electric Bitters: "It's Godsend to mankind. It cured me of lame back stiff joints, and complete physical col lapse. I was so weak It took me half an hour to walk a mile. Two bottles of Eletric Bitters have made me so strong It have just walked there miles In 50 minutes and feel like walking three more. It.s made a new man of me." Greatest remedy for weakness and all Stomach. LWer and Kidney complaints. Sold under guarantee at W. P. McMillan's. Drug Store Price 50c. A. J. CALKIN.... JEWELER Watchmaker and Registered Optician All Work Guaranteed ' Repairing a Specialty Lexington - Oregon F. H. ROBINSON ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Practice In alt Courts. Legal business given prompt and careful attention. Land Contests, Probata Work and Conveyanc ing a specialty. IONE, OREGON CARPETS. ... I hive a, ifirst, class, flying shuttle loom and am prepar ed to 'do' 111 kinds of Carpet Weaving. jBend me Jronr fag!.,-: & f-i.Wu.S-t IHOHI WEEK'S For one week beginning Friday, August 17, and lasting till Friday, August 24, we will reduce all La dies Waists, Skirts, Kimonas and Lawns. We are offering these at a very low price, as we want to sell all be fore the close of the week. Come early and get first choice. These low prices will be for cash only. BARNETT ...THE PASTIME Is still doing business at the isame old stand. When at leisure drop in and pass away the time. Fruits, Confections and 6oft drinks always in stock, just the place to buy your best girl a chew of gum or a fine lot of candy. C. W. CHRISTENSON, Proprietor. iXxzzxrzxxzzzzzzzxzxazxziazxzzazxxzazzzzzxzzzxzzzxxS I X L SALOON J. H. CHAPMAN & CO., Props WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FRESH BEER ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT r GOOD POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION n LEXINGTON, OREGON JOHN B. 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