LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
Published Every Thursday
LEXINGTON, ' OREGON
s. A. THOMAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
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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 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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