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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

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Many farmers feel so sure Of success
with artificial watering that they are
putting down artesial wells and in
tend to build reservoirs as soon as pos
sible, the past dry seasons causing
them to realize the necessity of most
constant supply of moisture. Nearly
all the wells are inches In diameter
and cost from so to so cents per foot.
The flow amounts to from Is to 30
gallons per minute One 311a-inch well
that cost $500 and is 295 feet deep
flows about 1900 gallons per minute,
though the amount has never been ac-
curately measured. l. is thought the
flow Of some wells near this large one
has diminished and it Is possible that
the artesian water supply may be lin
tied.
A few fields nave been flooded or
"wet up" direct from these wells dur
ing the fall and winter, and have pro-
duced the following season 25 to 30
bushels of wheat to the acre, and other
crops in proportion, while fields not so
treated produced less than half this
amount. Irrigation here is largely con-
fined to gardens, the water in most
cases being used direct from the wells,
but few farmers have reservoirs
which aid in the economical use of the
water, thus giving much better results.
One garden has been irrigated five
years and is producing all kinds Of
vegetables in abundance and of fine
quality. A few gardens have been
watered by wind-pumps. This method
gives excellent results, especially where
q small reservoir Is used. Other gar
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Farm Notes.

Bordeaux mixture controls downy
mildew on lima beans.
A haphazard, go-easy way in farm
ing is not going to bring a big profit
this year.
Make the boys interest in the farm
so profitable that he will be anxious to
make farming his life work.
Chfcory culture was started by Long
Island farmers several years ago, but
it did not pay and has been abandoned.
The farmer as we'll as the business
man who is going to forge to the front
these times is the one who thinks and
plans.
1t has been demonstrated that in the
sections where thorough drainage is
practiced larger crops are produced,
and at less cost than wher drainage is
neglected.
The currant worm is ready to begin
work on the first approach of warm
weather. Powdered hellebore is the
remedy, which may be used with
water or applied in the dry condition,
while the leaves are damp from rain
or dew.
String beans can be obtained during
the entire summer by planting once a
month for successive supplies. The
seed terminates quickly in warm
weather, and the plants grow rapidly.
They can also be extensively grown
for picking.
When the old strawberry beds are
out of use plow them under for late
cabbage or turnips. II preferred the
land may remain for a garden plot
next spring. but if such is preferred
the bed must be seed Late in the
fall cover the beds with manure and
plow The plot next spring.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
AN ARTEsIAN WATER SUPPLY.

dens have been watered by pumping
from streams. This mode Of irrigation
must necessarily be limited, as the
amount Of water in streams is very
small during a dry time. In fact 1
have seen it almost dry.
The water is usually run between
the rows of the various crops, some
times between every row, or at most
every third or fourth row. The plan
proposed is to have main bitches, with
several sets of laterals dividing the
fields into squares, varying in size ac-
cording to the slope Of the land. In
stead of bitches for the second set Of
laterals, back fuirows may have to be
substituted If the fields have much
slope, for the water is too valuable to
permit of waste. The illustration
shows how few "catch" the water
from artesian wells. 1t may be dis
tributed as best suits the gardener or
farmer.-L. G. Hendricks, in Farm and
Home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Precedent Established.

A beginner in newspaper work in q
southern town who occasionally "sent
stuff to one of the New York dailies,
picked up last summer what seemed te
him "big story" Hurrying to tbs
telegraph Office he "queried" the tells
graph editor: Column story SO and
so. Shall I send?" The reply war
brief and prompt, but to the enthusiast
unsatisfactory. "Send 600 words" wat
all it said. "Can't be told in less
than l,200," he wired back. Before
long the reply came: "Story of crea-
tion of world told in 600. Try it,
New York Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
The Gradus Pea.

Those who find the best profit in rails
ing the wrinkled varieties Of peas will
be glad to have the Gradus, shown in
the illustration. Not only is the quality
of this variety equal to that of any
wrinkled sort, but it is better than any
of the smooth sorts that are early in
season. The Gradus combines quality
with extra earliness and extreme pro-
ductiveness. Most of the wrinkled sorts
are rather tender, but this variety may
be planted as early as any of the
smooth sorts without injury, and IS
said to be the only wrinkled variety
with which this can be done. The
growth of the vine Is strong and
healthy, and the bearing qualities are
of the best. The pods are large, hold
ing from eight to ten peas. While the
sort is comparatively new, it has been
tested quitet extensively, and if it does
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

side of the cistern is built a filter.
which consistse of a solid brick wall
made of soft brick. A lead pipe leads
from this to the cistern pump in lne
kitchen. All cisterns should he pl = lded
with an overflow pipe to let off the sur
plus water in times Of food. We ind
this better plan than to depend on
cutting off the flow in the inlet, as that
will sometimes be neglected."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Paderewski at a Musicale.

When Paderewski, the pianist, was
in Washington mot long ago he was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald
De Koven. After the renowned Pole
had departed from the city, says the
Saturday evening Post, Mr.. De koFen
said to a friend:
81 never have any music at my house
while Mr.. Paderewski is a guest there
but there was one time when Paderew-
ski himself played, and played for me
for nothing. 1 believe am the only
man in America for whom he has done
so much.
81 was at my residence, then in New
York, and was entertaining at a musi-
Gale a number of singers, famous in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Mosquitoes and CoIOrs.

The anopheles mosquito, says the
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, is at
tracted by some colors and repelled by
others. Experiments have been con
Quoted in a gauze tent one end of
which was formed by large windows.
Into these the sunlight poured on
bright days. Large stone basins were
placed on the floor for the MOSQUITOES
to breed in.
1t was Immediately noticed that
when a person entered the tent clad In
dark-gray clothes, the mosquitoes set
tied on the cloth. When the person
they did not approach him.
A number of boxes lined with cloth
Of various colors were placed in rows
on the floor, and it was noticed that
great numbers Of mosquitoes entered
the box lined with dark-blue. Fewer
Of the insects sought the boxes lined
with other colors, the number dimin-
ishing in this order: dark-red, brown,
scarlet, black, slate-gfay. olive-green,
violet, leaf-green, blue, pearl-gray,
pale-green, light-blue, ochre, white and
orange. No mosquitoes whatever were
found in the box lined with yellow.
The number of insects congregating
in houses might therefore easily be les
sened by the choice of suitable colors
applied to the walls. A trap lined with
something dark would attract so many
insects that they could be slain in large
numbers. Mosquito-bars or screens
should be of yellow; for blue or black
attracts them and coaxes them into
finding admission
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

ground cistern? |
would like one 80
the pump can be in
the house." To this
the editor of the
Homestead replies:
"a cistern is built
according to t b e
customary methods
with an inlet for
the rain water. In
the bottom or to cce
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

We don't know what Edward Box
says about managing the men, but
here's a suggestion: If wife wants
her husband tc be generous, she should
not wait till he dies to weep over him.
1t win count for more to weep when
he stubs his corn, while he is still liv-
ing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

Keeping Old Hay.
We used to say that old hay well kept
in the barn was better than money at
interest, but the following paragraph
from an exchange leads us to think that
IL Is possible to keep it too long for
profit. A farmer in Laconia, N. H., has
been feeding out hay to his stock this
spring which was harvested in the
spring of 1S57-forty-five years ago.
This hay is yet clean and bright, being
in every way as handsome and perfect
as when put into the barn. We do not
remember the price Of hay in 1857, but
about 1867 we sold hay of our own cur
ing at about $50 per ton. But If that
hay was worth but $40 per ton forty
five years ago, and had been sold and
the money placed at interest, it would
have bought a great deal Of hay this
spring, while at compound interest tn,
price of a ton would have been enough
by this time to nave paid for a pretty
good New Hampshire farm. While is
not good idea to sell out so closely on
non-perishable produce as to be obliged
to buy again before another crop "an be
harvested, we think forty-fve years is
too long to hold a crop. We used to like
to sell when we could get fair price,
and just retain what we thought might
be needed at home.-Massachuse
PJouphman
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

heavily, but just enough to Thoroughly
moisten the paper-you will be en-
abled to roll and unroll the tube num-
Der of times if occasion necessitates.
When you have made the tube com-
pletely to your satisfaction, stand it
I'D in some dry corner and let 1t remain
there until the paste becomes thorough
" hardened. 1t will take some time for
it to dry, but when once 1t does you
will have a blow gun which will seem
to you fully as hard as wood or bam-
boo, and which will last for months.
You see, then, it is very necessary that
the rolling should be done carefully, for
then it will be as permanent as your
baseball bat or top. Right here let ME
suggest, before forget it, that as soon
as you have completed the rolling, and
before standing it in a corner to dry,
wind pieces of string around each joint
and at either end, and do not take
these off until the paste Is dry.
To make the dart Is very simple
matter. 1t is made as follows: Take
large sized carpet tack having sharp
point, and drop sealing wax on the
head until you have formed quite
large ball. Now, while wax Is still
soft, stick into 1t number OF pieces
of worsted, each measuring about two
inches in length. There should be
enough of these pieces of worsted to I'LL
the mouth of the tube without fitting at
all tightly. You may easily judge of
the number necessary by first blowing
the dart with few strands attached.
and adding worsted until your dart
shoots out of the end of the tube with
considerable force. To add more
strands to the sealing wax soften the
latter by holding it over fire.
When you find that your blow gun
works really we'll you may easily paint
a target with writing ink on piece
of cardboard or wood, and place this
at the far end Of a room, OF, better
still, at the end Of long hallway. In
making the target first paint a round
bulls eye about two inches in diane
ter, and then around this at distance
of two inches apart paint four rings.
In playing the game the boy that first
gets 25 wins. The bulls eye counts
QVe points, the space DeIHeeH Inc JUL
eye and the first ring counts four, be-
tween the second and third rings three,
between the fourth and fifth rings one.
In taking aim point the end of the
blow gun just as straight as you can
at the bulls eye, or if at some distance
away, a little above it. When ready
to shoot blow suddenly and hard.
A Gir1's Duty.
The first duty of girl Of 10 is to
her parents. To them she should be
loving, helpful and respectful. No
matter what kind of people they are,
a daughter owes this to her father and
mother, says contributor to Wom-
ans Home Companion. To her mother
especially girl must show constant
affection. Nothing she does to keep
herself in spiritual and mental SYM
pathy with her mother can do any
thing but help her in the end. The
girl who acts with rude carelessness
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
The Dear Ladies.

r. q. Wright-They say Miss An
tique has past.
Miss Cutting-Yes, but she denies
about fifteen years of it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

Girls, Ii familiarity with a lover
breeds contempt, the sooner you find
it out, the better. You are long time
married and dead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Alabama Agriculture,

The total number of farms in Ala
bama is given at 223, ,220. of which
129, ,137 are operated by white farme1s
and "a ,0S3 by colored far .ners.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

genuine goodness Of heart, but the
world judges by appearances, and
good breeding shows in no particular
so surely as in the way one treats
ones parents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Unquestionab1y True.

Can you tell me In what condition
Job was at the end of his lifeY asked
the Sunday school teacher.
Dead" promptly replied the young
ster at the foot of the class.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
An UNDERGROUND Cistern.

Mrs. Lou Detwiler of O'Brien Coun-
ty, writes Iowa Homestead: "Win you
please give a good plan for an under
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08

warmed by the sun, certainly do not
need to have the earth stirred very
deeply for them, while those that send
onions, clover, beets, etc., can do so
almost through the hardest subsoil or
anything excepting a gravel in which
there is no moisture.-American Guilt
yatOr
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
Only Has an Interest Now

Un1y Has an IntcreSt I<OWs
SIS that your mamma, little boy?'
asked the lady in the hotel parlor.
''She useI to be mine," gravely re-
piled the little fellow, "but now I've
got twin sisters, SO she's only one
third mine.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
A Comprehensive Wish.

A Comprehensive Wish.
eff a good fairy were to grant you
just one wish, DEAR" said a mother to
her 4-year-old daughter, 'what would
you Wish?'
'I'd wisf- l could have everything l
wanted" replied the little schemer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-08
An A1I-Sufficient Reason.

Little Elmer-The preacher says
there is no marrying in heaven. L
wonder why?
Little ElsieI guess it's because
only women and little girls go there.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-21
men,.
County Competition.

No less than twenty counties are
expected to compete this year for the
big premiums offered by the Minneso-
ia State Fair for displays of agricul-
tural products. These county eNhib-
its at the fair have become centers of
interest for the farmers. They are
usually made by the local agricultur-
al associations and each county takes
great deal of pride in securing
grains, grasses and vegetables of a
high order, and in arranging them in
an attractive manner.
This year the fair offers the same
premium as last years., 200, to be
divided pro-rata among the county
exhibits scoring 10 points or more
and in addition makes this offer:
For the exhibit scoring the highest
in this class an additional 5000 will be
paid for the exhibit scoring second
highest, $3.50; for the exhibit scoring
third highest, S100; for the exhibit
scoring fourth highest. SIS; for the
exhibit scoring fifth highest, $50; for
the exhibit scoring sixth highest, $25.
The fair will open on Sept 1 and
continue for one week. All the rail-
roads have made low rates.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-21
TRACY, THE OUTLAW, DEAD.
Kills Himself to Prevent Capture BY
Posse, Which Had Him Corr
nered In Wheat Field.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. Harry
Tracy, escaped felon, multi-murderer
and terror Of Washington and Oregon,
is dead at last, slain by his own hand.
True to the daredevil egotism of his
Spectacular career he disdained cap
ture or death at any hands but his own
and died suicide, facing great odds
and coolly giving battle till his ebbing
blood made further escape or resist
ance impossible.
Tracy was hunted down by posse
OF Creston citizens. He was surround
ed in wheat field near Fellows, sta
ton on the Washington Central rail-
road so miles west of Spokane. He had
engaged in a running fight with his
pursuers, but while his hitherto un-
erring rifle had failed to find victim
among them, two of their shots had
wounded him in the right leg, one bull
let severing an artery.
Hiding in the wheat field, he had
tried in vain to stanch the flow of life
blood. Baff1ed in his surgery and in
his murderous enmity to his hunters,
he put his revolver to his head and
sent bullet into his brain. Soon after
daylight Wednesday morning his body
was found. Thus closed the career of
probably the most spectacular des-
perado and outlaw ever known in the
far west
Harry Tracy escaped from the Oregon
state penitentiary at Salem on June 8, in
company with David Merrill after killing
four men, Frank w. Terrell, G. r. T. Jones
and B. F. Tiffany, guards, and Frank
Ingraham a convict who tried to prevent
his flight. On June IS Tracy killed Merrill
near Napavine, Wash, shooting him from
behind. and leaving his body in the forest,
where it was found on July Is. On July 8,
near Seattle, in a fight with a posse, Tracy
shot and killed Charles Raymond, dep.
uty sheriff; E. E. Breese. policeman and
mortally wounded Neil Rawley, who died
on the following, day, and wounded Carl
Anderson and Louie Zafrite, newspaper re-
pOrters
Tracy committed many feats of daring
during his flight, in the course of which he
eluGed various posses when apparently sur
rounded, and held up numerous farmers.
whom he forced to furnish food and cloth
ing, and by threats of numbering their fam
lies compelled them to cover up his tracks.
Perhaps his greatest show of daring was
displayed on July at South Bay, near
Olympia, when he held up six men and
forced four, including Capt. Clark. of
large gasoline launch, to embark with him
on Puget sound and pilot him, up stream
for ten hours.
f In 1897 Tracy murdered Valentine Hoge,
Colorado cattleman, and William Strong,
boy, in the same state A total reward of
$500 was offered for his arrest, Gov. Nc
Bride, of Washington. offering $500 for his
capture, dead or alive The state of Ore
gon offered, 5000. and a brother of one of
the guards killed at the penitentiary of
fered $780,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-21
First blication, Aug.14 1902.
Probate Notice

Order for hearing and notice of application
Tor appointments of administrator. M
State of Minnesota, County of Marshall SIS
l9U2. 80 80 A & "se--' - 5 - E
Ia the matter of the estate of ANDREW IvER.
sen, deceased.
On receiving and fling the petition of Dor.
thea lversen, of the county of Marshall, repre-
senting, among other things, that Andrew
lYefsen, late of the county of Marsh.lll in the
State OF Minnesota, on the 4th day of August
a. y. 100, at the county of Red Lake, Mime.
sofa, died Interstate, and being an inhtbitant of
this county at the time of his death, leaving
goods, chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is the mother of
SAID deceased, and praying that administration
OF said estate be to Rognhilde K. Iyersen
granted: 800
1t is ordered, that said petitionbe heard be-
fore this court, on Friday, the 9TH day of Sep
TENDER, A. ID. 1902, at 1Oo'clock A.. M at the
Probate office, in the City of Warren, in said
county.
Ordered further, That notice thereof be given
to the heirs OF said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the WARREN sSHEAF a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Warren, in said county.
Dated at Warren, Minnesota, the 18th day Of
August A. D. 1902.
BY he Court,
lSeai] PETER 81. HOLM
Judae of Probate.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-21
Political Notice..

! + - - : < + 4 n
We, the undersigned publishers in Marshall
county, hereby agree that no personal political
announcements shall be published in the news
papers named except for compensation, and
have agreed to the following schedule OF
charges for the publication of such notices:
Candidates for congress $1,000
Candidates for sheriff, treasurer, register of
deeds, attorney, judge of pro-
bate, superintendent of schools,
clerk of court, auditor senator
and representative 500
Other county offices not named above $50
No notice to exceed Is lines. ALI invidious
persona lities excluded. Payment in advance
will be insisted on.
the ABOVE rule, which will be rightly adhered
to by all publishers.
STEVENS BROS.
For the Warren Register
SAM n. CLARK,
For the Marshall Co. Leader,
NJ. 81. NOVOTNY,
For the Marshall Co. Banner,
j. p. MATTSON,
For the Warren Sheaf.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-08-21
First publication July 81. 1so2.l
Probate Notice

Order to Hear Petition for License to Sell Land
OF Minor
Comfy OF Marshall. IS Special 1 term July g.
In the Matter OF the Guardianship OF Olaf
Moen, Ragna MOen, Syver Moen Matte S.
Moen. Marget Moen. and Hans Moen. Minors
On reading and filing the petition OF Nina o.
MattSon, guardian of said minors, representing
among other things. that the said wards are
seized OF certain real estate in Marshall county,
Minnesota, which said real estate is fully de-
scribed in said petition. and that for the bene-
lit OF said wards the same should be sold, and
praying for license to sell the same. And 1T
to the satisfaction of the court, from
said petition. thatfor the benefit of said wards
said real estate should be sold;
1t Is Ordered. That all persons interested in
said estate appear before this court on Friday.
the 22nd day of August, A. D. 1902, at clock
p. m. at the Probate Office, in Warren, in said
county. then and there to show cause (if any
there Beg why license should not be granted for
the sale OF said real estate, according to the
prayer of said petition.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, That this order
shall be published once in each week, for three
weeks prior to said day OF hearing. in
the VAR EN- SHEAF, a weekly newspaper printed
and published at Warren III said county,
Dated at Warren, MIMI, the 25th day of
July. A. d. 1902.
BY the Court,
[sEALl PETER Fl. HOLM,
Judge OF Probate