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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

Alaska should not in the near future
be supporting three million 1nhabl-
tants the year around. Under his oil
rection at Sitka there is one station,
where all kinds of experimental work
are being carried on, including horti-
cultural work to determine to what
extent Alaska is capable OF maintain
ing horticulture At KAMA, in the Cook
Inlet district, is second station. Here
dairying is made feature, and 1t is
the intention of the authorities to es-
tablish a model dairy farm there. Elk
periments as to the best forage to
raise have been carried on, and, so
far. oats has been shown to be the
best to USE To raise large crops OF
oat hay is a comparatively easy mat
ter. which fact assures for most sec
tions of Alaska an abundance OF for
age for dairying. In the Copper river
valley the department is conducting
experiments with grains and find the
results excellent. The season runs
from the first of May until September,
and the hardy grains mature quickly:
The soil is rich and large crops are
obtained with proper care. Early
frosts occasionally attack the crops
the latter part of August, but as a
general thing the crops are safe I'M
til September.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

there is not much prospect of the
state being willing to turn over
several thousand dollars annually for
the continuance of these Institutes,
therefore the farmers whom it is de-
signed to benefit should be present, as
we'll as urging their friends to at
tend also. Nothing can be lost by TAX
ing couple of days off from your
farm work and attending the insti-
tutes, but a great deal will be lost by
staying away
The institute that was held at Mount
Pleasant on May 10 and 20 was the
beginning of the series for the present
year. Arrangements are being made
for a large number throughout the
year and The Ranch hopes to be able
to announce each as soon as the gen.
tlemen in charge have decided upon
places and dates. Such papers as are
read and can be secured for publica-
ton from time to time will be printed
in our columns.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
Agriculture in Alaska.

Prof G. G. Georgeson, in charge of
the federal government agricultural
experiment work in Alaska, with head
quarters at Sitka, was in Seattle for a
short business visit last week. He
came to purchase equipment for a
new agricultural experiment station
at Rampant, on the Yukon river. Prof.
Georgeson has been in his present ca
pacity for six years or more and has
made a close study of agricultural
conditions in the territory. He says
the prospects for agriculture there is
exceedingly good, as conditions are
favorable and crops of everything, ex-
cept corn, can be raised readily. The
cereals do especially well, as well as
the harder varieties of vegetables, and
Prof. Georgeson sees no reason why
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
Sugar Beets at Tekoa.

The production of sugar beets is as
Stunning a large scale in the vicinity
of Tekoa. d. G. Corbin of the Waverly
factory, has $50 acres planted on the
Indian reservation, short distance
east of Tekoa. He keeps fifty horses
and a large number of men constantly
employed. There are also about 400
acres more in cultivation by farmers
in contiguous territory, whose produce
will be shipped from here. This makes
a total of $50 acres, as compared with
215 acres in the same territory last
year. 1t is estimated that from 5000
to 5000 tons will be shipped from Te-
koa the present season.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
Southwestern Farmers Institutes.

Under the auspices of the state
agricultural college and experiment
station there is series of farmers
institutes being held in the southwest
ern part of the state, including Skam-
ania, Clarke, Klickitat, Wahkiakum,
Pacific, Cowlitz, Lewis, Chehalis and
Thurston counties. The Institutes
were begun on May 18th at Mount
Pleasant, Skamania county, and so
far nine places have been favored, as
follows: Washougal, Husum, Center
vile, Ridgefeld, Gray's River, Long
Beach, Kelso and Centralia. Meet
ings will be held at Montesano on
June 16 and IL, at Olympia on June
20 and 81, and at Mount Vernon, in
Skagit county, June % and "a. Mason
and Jefferson counties will have some
institutes soon, but the dates and
places have not yet been fully ar
ranged.
The value of farmers Institutes is
not fully understood by the thousands
of farmers in the state. An Institute
is a meeting of men from all lines OF
farm operation to exchange views and
experiences and to listen to num-
Der of speakers who are eminently
fitted for the work of instructing their
hearers in particular lines. A few OF
the subjects that have come up or
will come up for discussion at the
present series are the following:
Roads and the new road law, fruits
and the establishment of canneries
where needed, fruit pests, dairying in
it's various features, garden and farm
produce and their raising, cereal pro-
duction, irrigation in such sections as
can practice it, etc. The road ques-
ton and fruit raising, as we'll as
dairying, are of vital Importance to
the sections now enjoying this series
of Institutes. 1t is the duty of all the
farmers who can possibly be present
to attend one or more of the instl-
tutes. The last legislature set aside
a sum of money to be expended by
the state agricultural college manage
ment in conducting these institutes
and paying the expenses of the lectur'
ers. 1t has been the aim OF the gen.
tlemen in charge to secure only the
best talent for each institute and
naturally the expenses have been
heavy. Note has been made OF the
attendance at the various meetings,
and when the legislature is asked for
more money to carry on the work 1T is
desirable to be in position to make
good showing for the past two years.
If the attendance is poor generally
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
"Suits Our Condition"

The Ranch, Seattle: Dear Sirs:-
Enclosed please find seventy-five cents
(.75), for which kindly renew our sub
scription one year, also send us a
copy of McLaren's Farm Accounts.
The Ranch is all right; it is the paper
that suits our conditions-A. w. Don
aldson, East Sooke, B. G.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
RECEIVED TOO MANY REPLIES.
Upper Sumas, B. c.,
June 8, 1904.

Publisher The Ranch:
Dear Sir-Please take my ad. out be-
fore next issue. I thought you under
stood 1 only wanted it run in one issue.
I have been away more or less and had
not noticed you were repeating the dose.
I have had all kinds of communication
more than I care to answer 1 have
since changed my plan of going north
and intend to run the place myself so 1t
makes it very embarrassing. However, 1
s,Ipnose YOU were waiting to hear from
me. OF course should 1 ever decide to
rent 1 am now in possession of few
applicants. Yours Gerry truly,
WENDELL BOWMAN.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
A Blessing in Disguise.

Mr.. G. w. Boost, proprietor of the
Portland Wire and Iron Works, under
date of June 6, wrote the following
letter to The Ranch:
Editor The Ranch:-We received
your valuable paper with note In re-
gard to our more valuable cherrp pit
ter, and will state that we are well
pleased with the ad you have put IN
for us. We also note that you have
free vegetable seeds. This is where
we live; if there is anything we like
it is something free; something for
nothing, that is the idea exactly. We
would like to have you forward us at
once about SO packages each for our
little family garden: lettuce, radlsh car
rot, onion, squash, beans, muskmelon,
turnip, cabbage, grass, hay and oats.
We especially need these seeds under
existing circumstances. We are not
exactly growing to seed Ourselt, but
are sorry to state that our shop was
destroyed by fire on the 10th OF May.
There was nothing left but the ground
and the sidewalk The sidewalk was
cement or probably that would have
been destroyed also. However, we
are still in the ring and are doing busl-
ness over the iron works OF Trenkman
& Co. on Fourth street until we can
rebuild substantial two-story brick
on the old site, which we expect to
have in operation before three months.
In the meantime we would like to get
in some other kind of business, such
as publishing farm paper or some
thing easy like that. If you know of
anything in that line, kindly let us
know, and oblige. Yours very truly,
&C. W. Boost.
The news of destruction by fire of
Mr.. Boosts building is not calamity,
but an act of providence and the oc-
casion of much rejoicing among the
populace of Portland. By reason of
the liberal advertising policy he has
always pursued he has been accumu-
lating wealth at a rate to put Russell
Sage to shame. The building was
erected of slabs, stakes aud cotton
wood rails at Oregon City in 1847 and
was washed down the river to Port
land by the big flood in 1894. 1t was
positively the most dilapidated ram
shackle affair in the web-fOot city.
During alternate spells of wet and
dry weather it would bulge and warp
all over the neighborhood. The city
passed a special ordinance against
her wriggling into the street, so
Boost anchored her down but she
broke away from her mornings dur
ing the hot weather three weeks ago.
and the dog catcher ran her into the
pound for going around without
license. Doubtless the angry citizens
set the building afire.
The destruction of the plant will
not affect the business of the Portland
Wire & Iron Works in the least, for
new machinery has been installed and
all orders are being filled with dis
patch. A handsome brick edifice will
shortly be erected on the site of the
old building-if the free government
seeds The Ranch sent Mr.. Boost ripen
in time to let the ground be turned
over to the builders.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

an article equal to the best creamery
brand he has a right to expect that
the merchant who handles his product
will use discrimination and give his
butter due consideration. Such pro-
duct is better than the stuff usually
shipped into the state and sold as
fancy Oregon or Iowa creamery butter.
- d. Carl Peterson, editor of the Coup
Vile Times, took in the big fair at st.
Louis recently. In mentioning the
fair he gives out the suggestion that
the best time to see the fair is in
the fall, when everything will be in
place. At present there is much yet
to be done in the way of installing
exhibits and putting the finishing
touches to things, although the st.
Louis fair is far in advance of most
big expositions in completeness thus
early. Regarding the Washington
building Editor Peterson says: THE
Washington state building probably
attracts more attention than any other
state building on the grounds. 1t is
so built as to show up our big tim
Der, and the exhibits are far ahead
of many much older states"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

The Jones-Scott company has been
incorporated at Walla Walla, with a
capital of $4,000, to buy and sell
grain, operate warehouses, etc. William
Jones, the we'll known grain dealer, j.
C. Scott and Harry B. Strong are in
corporators.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15
Ranch Small Talk

A valuable little pamphlet issued by
the Great Northern Railway is BUS
mess Openings" giving a list OF the
opportunities along the line OF the
road. 1t will be sent to any address
for two cents in stamps upon request
of the passenger department of the
Great Northern at st. Paul.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

Subscription, in advance, one year. SO cents;
six months 80 cents. If on time, subscription
will be ST. Seattle subscribers are required
to pay 81 per year, on account of local
postage.
Agents wanted in every town to solicit
subscriptions Good commission and salaries
paid to hustlers.
The paper is sent to each subscriber until
an order to discontinue is received from the
subscriber We must be notified in writing,
by letter or postal card. when subscriber
wishes his paper stopped Returning the
paper will not answer, as we cannot find 1t
on our list from the name alone on the
paper. We must have both name and ad-
dress, and all arearages or dues must be
paid as required by law. Date of expiration
of subscription is shown on your paper by
address label containing your name.
Failing to receive the paper regularly, you
should notify the Seattle office at once, when
mistakes, if any, will be corrected.
The Ranch is entered at the Seattle post
office at second-class rates of postage.
Address all communications to THE
RANCH, Downs Building, Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

The pen pushers of the great COM
monwealth of Washington have been
visiting in st. Louis and holding a
few editorial confabs. They have now
scattered and some are visiting their
old homes in the east and spreading
the fame of this state among those
who think we are but wilderness.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

There is no end to the possibilities
for making good, honest money in
products from the soil in this part of
the country. The various uses to
which wheat and other cereals may
be put are legion and the quality OF
our products is becoming known
throughout the manufacturing world.
One cereal firm in New York has set
about ordering large consignments OF
Big Bend wheat for manufacturing in
to breakfast foods. Four carloads
were last week shipped east by firm
at Davenport.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-15

In parts of the northwest distances
between farm houses are great and the
traveller on the public road often
finds it difficult to secure a drink for
his thirsty team. This offers chance
for the rancher on the road to make
his place popular by putting in
watering trough by the roadside. Ii
you can lead a water pipe from the
we'll to the highway do so and put in
a substantial watering trough for the
public. The expense will be small, but
it will add greatly to the worth of the
place and make your ranch better
known.
The public should be impressed with
the fact that there are two kinds of
ranch butter" One kind is that
made by the old method of deep set
ting and hand churning, while the
other is the modern method of using
the hand separator and making the
butter on the farm on modern lines.
Of course, all butter made by the lat.
ter method does not approach that OF
the creamery article in quality, but
the dairymen are fast learning how
to make a grade that can command as
good a price as the real creamery ar
ticle, or even better. The butter put
on the market by these men should
no longer be classed with ordinary
ranch butter and sold as such. The
mere fact that a separator is used
does not exempt ones butter from be-
ing classed with ranch butter, but
when the maker uses up-to-date
methods and knows how to turn out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02

write. II seems however that Tire alleged haw in
the bond Portals discovery. and that old
Beilario thought the point well taken. The oic
way was Tor Fcrtia % the court OF Venice
WIKI composure anc even with 5aunty assurance.
taking her ultimate triumph for granted Ada
hehan. Tor the first time in TIE stage history OF
lie Merchant OF Venice at least. n the Ameri-
can theatre.-lnTssted Portis with the anxiety and
so4ef1nits, the so.icltous responsibility and deep
emotion. however wei depressed. OF a person who
approaches. under dubious conditions. the settle
rent ~ o question OF lie death. This is the
night way TO act this part: and Mss Rehaa's en-
oa-ment Of g.. which received with cordial
favor. shows TIE Determination that uaderlles her
acting. together with the brightness Of spirit. the
warmth q feeling. the scope CT Imagination. and
tie personal charm that its pervasiye attri-
butes en6earing the actress equally 70 those who
think and those WHO feel
The arrangement Of the comedy Is that which
was devised and Effected by the late Augustin Daily.
The cast presents feature OF exceptional merit
Ny Walter Hale. who went for Bassanio. has
neither personal distinction nor grace nor elegance
q manner. nor has he learned to speak with fine
articulation or with sympathy or expressive tone.
The gravity and ruminsnt melancholy OF Antonio
were vel denoted by Mr.. George Clarke while
Mr.. Edwin Vsrrey. in = sober. homely style. sus-
Gested the personal pomp and judicial authority
Of The Duke Of Venice w w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02
MISS nEaFoRp,s moNoLoeuEs.

Miss Beatrice Hertord appeared yesterday after
noon at the Lyceum Theatre In . series OF
her monologuss. The delightful and artistic quality
CT these nlonologues should attract next Monday
larger audience than was present yesterday. Mss
HeTfOrd once tried the experiment Of publication.
and without much success. Il is easy TO see why
when one hears her. There is so much Of the actor
in her temperament SO much suggestion and hints
Of things unsaid IN her method OF delivery that
the monologues should properly be saved for her
10 speak Few dinner scenes on the stage. the table
set with real silver" the walters mace UP in cor
rect imitation OF their actual counteTparts. could
60 ual In illusion Miss Herford $ portrayal OF the
scene called In a Restaurant in which sSe SITS
before bare little table and cats imaginary food
served by imaginary walter. IN imaginary d-snes
IL 5 delightful by-road CT art that Miss Hertord
travels. and she is sd amiable, SAliui ana
charming guide. but how she saurlLes neF own
SIX! ODDLY enough. they seem to like IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02
WHAT IS GOING on TODAY.

Board o. Aldermen. Cry Han 3
Wo4na1-s Health Pretoctrr Assoea.Ion. No II WesS
Eulty-thitd-st. Afternoon.
Charity Bah for tersst q Nu-rsry and Chlifs Hos
TltaL Nsiecrf-AsteEA. evening
ss-usglndi cub dinner Tor Tie Cub. No - IVES,
TWcl-th-s-. evening
Dinner Z ths United CiI- OrEanirrfioa Of queens
Schuetzen PARK. Long Island Cty. ESQ , n
French Cooks ErhltII Bali Mad son square Car
cea. Afternoon an estulEs
Annual inspection am m-8te- q ths Goh Res Hsut.
evening
Review q gth Regiment by General Coroin. evCninE
Address ty Sheriff ElanEer ts,re 1auany Club OF the
District. No - Seccnl-ave. ? m
Meeting % TIE NeW-York Historical Society. Eleventh
~. and SeC5rdaNc-. $50 3. no.
Peoples Instituts b Professor Garrett P Sc
va. planets and Wolds.' C0opes Union . D. "a
Board q Education free lectures. g. M Wsdlega ga
school O.Ec-lun-Ied and-i.tsfr .h-tt Nall yea
C.tg. The Nl-..us az AK lryi"s-"r 7 a. loo
PalLC school 40. 49,. St Ni'h-as-aFe- ana
tne-hurd &c and-lvse -setcnfl-st.. oalads Mss
Helen 81 DAY. Alfred Corning clark NeE1bori..'i
House. Cannon and By.nEtgn sts.. 'Electic Are
I-gatng' Professor " " ktr. American Nusfu-n
u Niagara Fails. Or. ". T.. Nasen. jgis-a NJ
moral Hall washington square steel l'r bTae'ey
Et0agbtcu. 81 Peters Hal, lv,n.th Isl. ttt'--'.i
Professor Il. T.. CranptCu. Second Avenue Ba7tis
Ctlrch No. I8t Se-rrc-sve. Persia, tie lNing-o5n
Of The Shahr." joel p Wcr-n. Public school n =
Thlrd-ave between Oae-huHGI ed-an9 siXt- uuJn ara
CDue-hundrcd- d-sEvsu-lcth sta Accent ana tn-@a
Music" Conrad Witt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02
WANDERING STARS.

Richard Mansfield is acting IN BALTIMORE.
MIS-. Langtry is in Salt Lake City-.....Charles
ha"trey Is in Boston......AIiss Maude Adams ap-
peared last night IN Wash!r goa Henry Irving
> IN to....-AIiss Blanche Bates is acting In
fniiAaelahn. where ne has met with great favor
Niles Viola Allen is In Psttsburg. John
-,fe" appeared last night at Indianapolis Mrs.
fsAe Is In s.. Louis......Mr. J. Forbes Robertson
.I.fearcd last night in Montreal...-.-Mss Maxine
Eott Is Il Cleveland James n Stoddart gives
lAis week 20 Winnipeg. Canada..-..-Miss Grace
george Is IN PittsbuTg. Faversham and
MS hiida s9ong VIII act ia Philadelphia I'LL r o.
Teary S.--Aiss Ethel Barrymore is In Phiiadei-
pha......Mr. Crane appeared last night In en-
cHnat..--Mis Blanche walsh is in Kansas civ
-.-...Chnres Warner acted last night in Pittsours.
...-Aliss Rose Coehlan is acting in The Greatest
Thing n re world"....-E. II. Sothern viii appear
tonight. IN Columbus. Miss Lydia lhompsoh
has returned 10 tie Stage. n Londoa-.'...'ossph
AsTSLy u - Toroata
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02
THE WEATHER REPORT.

orfciaI Record and Forocast.--vhshnstou. Feb l.
disturbance has reached Eastern Maine with
marked Increase Intensity. and has caused to-day
high to north winds the Atlantis Coast Another
disturbance airnos equal in intensity has moved from
Alberta % Minnesota accompanies ny light
SHOWS bsh northwest There also have been gen
ersl though mostly light ana rains in the lake re-
gisa the Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States. In me
Southwest ana extreme West the weather has been ;ar
Temperatures fallen decidedly east Of ne MISSISSIPPI
ly.r avrsps n the south ana IS degrees below
tba se...rsl average They In The slope re-
, srs are 20 Is degrees the seasonal average
The heaviest tee the history % the station Is repoe1
from caro- and heavy ice Is passing Cincinnau VIM"
the heaviest ice in years reported a. Hannibal there
fs m change in the situation along ths S8sgue-a
River. ., D., 49,
On TIE Nsw-Easland coast the winds VII os Hs'
--,.vst 70 north slowly Diminishing: on the A.Ie At
lantie Coast diminishing northwest % north WINDS te
-, -..-r.t,.. q, the South Atlantic Coast variable
bsoo1Ia1 east and frlsh. the Gulf Coast tresh 10
brisk south becoming north by Wsdnesday morihs' an
on r.ks Michigan brisk sigh south, shfuns 10 no'
.,,,, roreca.-coId wave warnings are displayed
xars Fssfrrn West rrinia Ehs.eIn - ,r.~o-
ne es,e s-bsyea on the New England coast WaTninss
eI, F1orida and Southern Georgia and OF Ho'' G" ''
LogsiaEa ecs sn,rnr Tuesday for European Gorts vii
,s~e b-isk 20 high vest 70 rorth wln,s 15 ranks
TEinlshng with fair co.der weather 10 'Hs ~
ro-.ca,t for Special LocaIites.-For New-Enslano'
81 ,osay sxcspt snow Eastern Maine: eolaeI :" -
''iI - ,,-.s.,s,,v CLOUDY ard cold; prooaoly
-. h,eb 5orth,sest 20 north winds slowly eininils'
For Di.triet Of Columbia Maryland ana "a -.
,,lvazIa fair and slightly warner to-day w. -
r-o,,ab,v snow followed by far and eoiaef' '7S' ~
- rcr,b vrinds becoming variable -. yo,,- s,i-
For ws.ten Pennsylvania 2nd}av .nows and colder;
Rines becoming slutEsry ard ~ quite 50 cola
Ee:t.rn ,ib tas wednssday probably snow
followed Gar and &C., cider IL I.q TIE .5,iy warner ne
nor: Diminishing north winds Neale'-'