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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01
$1,000 for 100
EGll Sab Raes
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Larkin, the town, surrounded by the
fruit land of the Okanagan Valley, situated
on the c. p. r branch of the S. & o. Ry.,
between Vernon and Armstrong is destined
to become of the most important towns
in the now famous and well known fruit
growing district in b. c. viz: the Okanogan
Valley. 1t is surrounded by 10000 acres
of fine level land of the finest quality of
black loan and clay loan soils, an abund-
of good water for irrigation and
domestic purposes, plenty of good timber,
a climate almost southern, in fact one of
the most favored locations in the whole
valley. 1t is a desirable location from any
standpoint for health, wealth and oppor-
tunites for general prosperity, as large
portions of this land will be subdivided into
blocks from to five ten or more acres.
There will be chance for everyone both
rich and poor to make a start in life and
get in on the ground floor, the prices
will be within the reach of everyone, rang
ing from $25 to 500 per lot, easy terms.
Acre lots from 500 to $3.50, all cleared and
already under cultivation with irrigation
free. A fine orchard practically on the
townsite speaks for itself as a fruit-grow-
ing district and cannot be beaten at any
point in the valley "a chance of a life
time" is the correct way of referring to the
conditions in and around the new town
Good level roads and driveWays for many
miles north, south and west through one
of the most fertile valleys in Canada.
Lakes, rivers, brooks and springs of the
best water; fish and game in abundance.
Hay, grain, fruit and vegetables grown
at a handsome profit, while horses cattle,
hogs, sheep and poultry have already made
some of the ranch owners millionares.
one hundred business lots in the main
street of Larkin the town between
Vernon and Armstrong, at $50 each; one
third cash, balance in and months. Do
not overlook this opportunity to make some
easy money for there will be a good town
within a year and you can double your
money in less than six months. Also 100
one-acre lots at $50 each; 100 fve-acre
lots at $500 each; 100 ten-acre lots at $3.50
each; 100 fifteen-acre lots at $1,000 each;
100 twenty-acre lots at $4,000 each; all fine
bottom land, with irrigation free.
VERNON LAND COMPANY,
Sole Agents, Vernon & Larl<in, Is. G.
Christie a. Heubach, Sole Agents, Winnipeg,
Subscribe at to the Okanagan Farm
Journal and get posted on the Okanagan
valley; price 81 per year.
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PRINCIPLES OF ARID FARMING.
Continued from Page One.)

the arid farmers has been to SOW from
one and half to two and a half
bushels of seed wheat per acre. Ex-
perience has shown, however, that
from one-half to one bushel per acre
gives better results than where more
seed is used. After summer fallow
there is usually ample moisture in the
soil. which will, if the seed bed has
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01

been properly prepared, be sufficient
to properly terminate one-half bushel
of seed and this will furnish a suffi-
cient number of plants to stool out
for a sufficiently thick stand of wheat.
Where wheat is grown on the same
land two or more years in succession,
the moisture in the soil at the time
of seeding will be less, and the pros
poets of all the seeds terminating con-
sequently lessened; and, therefore,
more seed should be used. Some
times the soil is loose and open, or
the season too far advanced before
seeding, for the most favorable condi-
tons for the 'stooling OUT of the
wheat. In these cases larger amount
of seed will be necessary. The farmer
must study his own individual condi
tions, and from his knowledge of the
condition of his land determine the
amount to SOW.
1t is unfortunate for the wheat pro-
ducers that a good variety of arid
farm wheat has not been developed.
Too many arid farmers are now grow
ing mixed varieties, Notwithstanding
the fact that at least five cents per
bushel more is paid for straight grades
than for mixed. The wheat plant, as
with every other plant, is affected
either advantageously or disadvan-
tageously by it's environment. If
wheat is grown on arid farms it gradu-
ally adapts itself to arid conditions;
hence the folly of obtaining seed from
those who have grown it under irri-
cation, only because it is larger and
plumper. A satisfactory variety should
be chosen and by constant selection
and grading, improved each year. In
time the farmer who does this will
have ready market for his wheat,
because of it's uniformity. Farmers
contemplating arid farming should OBJ
tain seed from an arid farm where
good variety has been grown, and
by careful yearly selection develop a
wheat suited to their conditions. Care
should be exercised in the beginning
to obtain good seed, known to have
a record of large yields per acre, and
then this seed should be retained year
after year. Changing seed merely to
make a change has it's danger in wheat
growing even on the irrigated farms,
and to greater extent on the arid
farm
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WANTED-LAND. Give particulars. Will
invest in irrigation project. d. s. Wal
lace, Box 1868, Spokane.
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FOR SALE-HARNESS-We manufacture
all kinds of harness; quality guaranteed
and prices reasonable. McSorley & Hender-
son, PIP Occidental Ave-, Seattle, Wash
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HearuIess Barley
Billion Dollar Grass
and TeOSinte

The two greatest forage
plants of the century. Bill
lion Dollar Grass will
produce IL tons Of magnifi.
cent hay and Teosinte 80
tons OF green fodder per acre.
Catalog tells about 1t.
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SPECIAL WANT COLUMN

Registered Poland China Pigs. Write for
prices. w. H. Illman, Startup, Wash.
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WANTED-An expert CRATER to work four
to six weeks the coming spring in top
working. Address, F. Walden, in care of
The Ranch, Seattle, Wash.
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WE PAY SIS a week and expenses to mer
with rigs to introduce Poultry Compound
International Manufacturing Co., Parsons
Kansas
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Look At These Yields
Onion Seed 6oc

a pound, and other vegeta-
BILE seeds just as low. We
are the largest Vegetable
Seed growers in the world,
operating 5000 acres.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
A NEW PHILANTHROPY.

Pennsylvania has a new philanthropy
called a Legal Aid society, the purpose
Of which is TO furnish legal ADVICE 10
those who are unable TO pay for It. At
first glance it would seem that the
principal business Of such an organ
ization would be TO promote legal COM
pheaiions and lawsuits. The name OF
the association apparently Indicates
that It's object in being is TO pursue
anbulances. 10 use the corporation
lawyers phrase, and 10 bring damage
suits wherever possible.
/ If you have formed such an impress
sion you may dismiss it from your
purpose. On the contrary, wherever
possible, lawsuits are discouraged. Al
ways. if an amicable settlement can be
brought about outside of court this is
the action taken. The last annual re-
port Of the society gives a good idea of
rs aims and objects. According TO this
report 272 cases were handled for indi-
gent clients.
Sixty-two Of these were proceedings
by wives against husbands for ILL
treatment and desertion. The report
divides the remainder of the cases as
follows:
TO recover damages for injuries
caused By negligence. Ii; for the re-
eovery OF personal property, SO; tesla
mentary cases, IS; patent rights. 8; for
the recovery Of real estate. Is: TO en-
force contracts, IS: landlord and tenant
cases IS; collection of wages, 50; debts,
! 5: pensions. l: assault and battery, 5;
adoption, 4: to determine the cus,od.'
! of children. l., against ! IN compa-
MES, 21.'' -
The report says that the time of the
attorneys has been taken up to a large
extent in looking after the Interests of
| foreigners who are ignorant of the law
and of very poor people who stood in
| danger of losing their rights through
unjust legal processes. The aim Of the
society is. We are told, TO prevent such
wrongs and to see that equal and exact
| justice is measured out 10 all.
The philanthropy looks like a worthy
one. AS no fees are charged TO any
| client, no matter what the case may be,
| always provided the client is worthy
( one. the society is not and cannot be
! self-supporting. The lawyers who look
after the business give as much Of
| their time IS they can and the other
! expenses are made up by donations.
! We cannot but reflect, however, that
/ the necessity for this society does not
| speak well for Pennsylvania. II is
/ quite evident that all men there are
not equal before the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

dorsed by the travelling public. Into
the keeping OF the locomotive engineers
Of this country many thousands Of lives
are committed every ,.ay. Let the man
al the throttle doze for one moment.
let him forget. let him be careless.
though but FOR the fraction of second.
and the result may be a long death
roll and the destruction of property
worth thousands Of dollars.
The locomotive engineers must lead
clean, pSre lives. They cannot afford
10 drink intoxicants either on or of
duty; they cannot afford to sit up
playing poker when they should be
resting. The man who drinks ever 50
little is running a risk which, in justice
TO the innocent people who trust their
existence TO him, he must not run.
Sooner or later the mistake viii be
made and then follows lifetime OF
vain regret, II the engineer escapes
with his life.
Engineers are not always TO blame
for wrecks. Perhaps they are 10 blame
in only a small percentage OF cases.
But when the wreck does come TO the
man who has done all he humanity
could 10 prevent it, he is stainless be-
fore the world or goes clean-handed TO
meet his God. Engineers are as a rule,
fortunately for the travelling public
men of clean lives. We hope and be-
lieVe they viii always be SO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
wisE TALK FROM STONE.

The most conservative, and the most
powerful because it is the most con-
.-rvative. union labor organization is
without doubt the brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. It was feared by
some friends Of the Brotherhood
when Chief Arthur died that another
uan of his high ideals ana his sane and
Conservative views could not be found
10 succeed him; it was feared that the
personnel Of the organization. both as
80 officers ana AZ TO membership, might
deteriorate.
1t is pleasant 10 be able TO note with
uu-h that nothing OF the sort has hap
poued. The present CHIEF, Warren 5.
Stone, if We may Judge by his public
utterances. IS q worthy successor to
Arthur. In an address delivered not
long since in Philadelphia 80 members
of The brotherhood, Mr.. Stone used this
language:
There is 4 standard that we may
Well follow which was set by our good
old chief. Arthur, who never could find
Brotherhood men so good but that he
wanted them 10 be better, Il was said
of him that he was temperance
crank. and that stone was a fanatic.
"The engineer should live The best
life possible. He can't be good en-
gineer and a good citizen If he INDUCES
81 drink. Some men have said that It
is aobody's business what they DO OF
duty. say it is just important that 4
man leave drink alone when he is away
from his engine as when he is at the
throttle. Were ] an employer Of en-
gineers no man could enter The employ
who takes liquor of any kind.
ut would be the GROWING pleasure
of my life and as your chief if every
man Of this order became a member Of
some Christian church. some easineers
think they can play poker all night and
run an engine next day, Ia answer 10
that want to suggest 10 you that had
not . certain engineer played poker all
night d wreck that cost $4,000 10 clear
and made four women and their chill
dren dependent would never have hap
pened.'
Every word uttered by Mr. Stone that
is here quoted win be endorsed, we be-
iieve, by All his brother engineers.
ana certainly every word win be en-
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Six minutes OF stuff and nonsense
like that, without pi-h of wit or point
or personality, memOriZed imperfectlv
and spoken haltingly. sent but one
short, faint smoker through the audi
ence. That was when the famous
rider said: Mr.. Hammerstein offered
me thousand dollars a week to tell
all / know about winning and losing
races. l replied that 1 wouldn't do
that for ten thousand" That was
Tod's seventh reret tion Of his mono
loGue, and ] wished / knew how much
worse he had been In his first time
trying, for then l nigh estlm tie how
long he will take him TO qualify for
George NJ. COhan's role In Little John
ny Jones" That is the plan-to have
the character of the American jockey
who was ruled off the English turf. as
his friends and Cohan's play declare.
by dishonest schemers acted by the
original parsonage. COhan is filling a
mon his engagement in New YORK with
the niece, and he has Tod in severe
training
1.-THE scheme looks good to me" Co.
han is quoted to me as saying.
"But how will Sloan look to audi
ences?" he was asked.
ooh. there are worse actors than
neil he, after he gets easy. and they
haven't been killed yet"
How simple the task seems when
you see some Of the vaudeville men
make audiences laugh! In that same
show was Arthur Dunn, the same runt
size as Tod Sloan but uglier. coarser
and aoparentiy as devoid Of talent yet
We g~inned every minute Of the fifteen
thai Dunn WAS before Us. except when
we were snickering or guffawiug For
he was droil and Sloan was not And
he had Tor companion IN his dia-
logue Of jokes and sn'ics, IS q foil and
contrast. an exquisitely dainty girl.
The sketch was ike monHav on q
stick-she a graceful stick and he a
very srotesoue monkey; and I was
thinking that he ought TO get about
n'ne-tenths of their joint salary when
the small monkey slid ~ the tel
stick and kissed her genuinely. Thea
- seemed 90 me that is was she vino
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

In a vaudeville show, next day after
seeing that quarter acre OF animated
resplendence. / watched the pitiful eff
forts Of one man to amuse an audience
unalded. He was a WeaZen little fell
low. terally scared stiff. He came out
to the front Of the stage with very pre-
else steps, like 2 walker on a tight
rope, and he held his arms rigidly, as
though balancing himself against n
ran. He had mans age with a boys
size, and he suggested an unwilling
urchin stood up by a doting mother to
speak a piece for a parson. Indeed Is
stage fright a form of paralysis. That
horfOr-stricken chap was Tod Sloan.
the world-famous horse jockey. who
had faced hundreds Of race track null
utudes in DEMONSTRATING performances
and posed with mistaken compiacencv
as hero Of the turf Tod was in his
flrst week as mOnolOgue humorist.
You must wonder al the cheek OF
me- he faltered,, ito come out here
like this and try to entertain YOU.
Well. somebody is crazy. Mr.. Ham
merstein pays me To do it, you pay him
the money to pay me with and who is
crazy?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
CHRISTMAS.

And they came with haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger."
So ends the story of the shepherds
who watched their fiocks on a Judean
hillside nineteen hundred years ago.
They had heard the message OF the
angels: '.For unto YOU is born this day
i'm the city Of David, Savior, which
is Christ the Lord" The shepherds
LETT their sheep to browse on the hill
side and 10 Bethlehem they journeyed
10 verify the tidipgs that had come 90
them.
There, in the Manager. they found the
child who was TO have a greater infiu-
ence on the world than amy child that
was ever born in any land. Millions
upon millions We're To be- born TO bless
his memory, 30 live happier lives be-
cause OF his birth. and i'm the end TO
- uufalteringly' 10 the grave. their
hearts upHfted. their spirit strength
ened because of the Christ. Every
year since that babes short life ended
ou Calvary, His birth has been cele-
brated IN "a way that is more beautiful
than amy other celebration.
Christ taught love and forgiveness;
ae said that the truest happiness would
DEE found in self-sacriGce. in bringing
sunshine into the dark places. in re-
Heving the distress of The widow and
the tatherless, Nineteen long centuries
have passed since the babe lay in the
manager in Bethlehem. nineteen hum
bred years OF world work and world
play nineteen hundred years Of prog
Tess.
II today the world stands nearer 10
perfect civilization than 1t did nineteen
hundred years ago. if the people arc
happier more contented. find more joy
in living. il is because of the birth OF
the Christ child.s Let the infidel de-
stroy his own faith if he Will; let him
ran at the belief that IS founded only
on faith. The fact remains that the
nations that have been always in the
van of the worlds progress are the
Christian nations; the nations that
have lagged are the nations that do
not believe in Christ.
Tomorrow. throughout the world the
Saviors birth viii be celebrated. There
win be mirth and feasting. hearts will
overflow with happiness, the happiness
of giving and OF receiving, joy will be
carried into homes where JOY comes
but rarely. And all because, nineteen
hundred years ago, in bethlehem OF
Judea a child was born in manger.
Old. old is the story. often, often has
il been told. There is no story that has
been heard as much, none that has
come down 10 us through the genera
tions with its freshness unimpaired.
And We know that, as it has been told
To- our children, so viii it be told TO
,ur chndren's children and TO their
Chlldrcn's children 10 the end of time.
The heavens viii he erumpled the
stars Will fan from their places aud the
sun and moon blotted out in everlast-
ing darkness before the tale Of the
Christ is told TO more, before his glory
VanisHes from the earth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

The tank under the HippOdrome
stage had been used in a war scene,
with cavalrymen plunging thei~ horses
into II, and IN an Oriental view, with
elephants sliding into il. Not until the
climax of "A Society Circus" did the
first audience know how il was to be
utilized for a third time. Instead OF
letting the people see how the process
OF submerging the floor in the pool, as
in the previous plays. a curtain was
drawn and when it was removed,
court of golden fountains was dis
closed. There were ten Of the foun-
talns, none stingy with its water but
throwing it up and around so profuseIy
that the downfall into the pond made
noise like an echo from Niagara.
Lilies rise from the surface. swans
fioated on it. live girls We're partially
Immersed, more girls were parts OF the
ornate fountains and still more girls
filled respondent galleon at the back
all making such a picture that those
who see it will ever after regard the
Riraify kind Ct transformation with
Gisdain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

This is a play with a story and the
way OF making the plot reach five
thousand pairs of ears is ingenious. A
gypsy queen brings a royal prince to
her camp to introduce to her tribe as
the bridegroom for her forthcoming
wedding. Now, the audience ought TO
know who they are and at least a few
OF the particulars Of their courtship
and marriage. So a deaf old relative
OF the bride is introduced. An attend
ant carries a megaphone, through
which she tells him what is going on.
and II comes out at the big end OF the
funnel loud enough for the remotes
boy in the gallery to hear. The action
soon runs away from the plot, how
ever, into ball that the prince gives,
a circus that the gypsy gives and d.
versions that some fairies give. I'm fer
raced gardens, forest glades.. spacious
palaces and finally that spectacular
court OF the golden fountains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

Ring out, wild bells. lis Christmas morn,
Unto the world child was born;
tsOt angels came with lOve-iit eyes,
And shepherds wonder in glad surprise.
Ring out, dear bells, tell the Sweet story
OF the Savior of men, the King of glory
The beautiful star to the manager led.
Where the Christ-child lay, where the
beasts were fed
Ring out, glad bells, tell oh. how sweet,
The shepherds knelt at His holy feet;
4 ha-o of light to them were given.
The guiding star from earth 10 heaven.
Ring out, sweet bells; tell all the world
The banner OF love was then unfurled:
Ring out and tell, oh. them oh, then,
Peace on earth, good Will 10 men.
MRS. LOUISE COULSON.
Salt lake City. Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
BY FRANKLIN FYLEs.

of an original talker, as though in
truth. as well as IN the play. he was
inyenting on the spot his Ananias pas
sages of autobiography. The ready
liar is interrupted on the one hand by
the cheers of his adulatOrs and on the
other by the dissenting voice of the
actual hero, who is disguised in red
whiskers and a brigand hat TO escape
from matrimonial dangers. When the
uproar is at its height, and the ship
whistles for departure. the mock gal
lOper"-that is 10 say. a correspondent
who rides recklessly with his accounts
OF battles to get his copy on the wires
lis lifted by his worshipers right over
the heads of the fianoee from Newark
and the eight duelIists and borne away
in a triumph of cheers on the stage
and the laughter in the auditorium.
The quantities in the new Hippo
drome show are big and the qualities
are fine. Hyperbolic words of many
syllables would have 70 be used by the
hundred to describe fully the bigness
and the finenes of a Society Circus"
and I have had no training as writer
for Barnum. The quarter-acre of
stage is kept filed three hours. but is
never in confusion, even at a back
corner, The amount of things need
not amaze anyone. for that means no
DlOre than an outlay of money. but
their cleVernesS is a marvel for the
ideas are new and developed with eX
ceeding skill. The stage direction is so
firm and true that the most inconse-
quentiai supernumerary acts as con-
stantly as the most conspicuous prin-
cipal. When three hundred persons
are in the scene, not one is permitted
TO be purposeless for moment. If he,
she or il (beaSts as well as men and
women are numerous) is not in motion,
then the pose is made to mean some.
thing.
So ready was this play for the OPEN
ing night that one thing only went
wrong and that was all right for fun.
A trained pony was to kick a football
a trained bulldog was to do something
later. The pony stood waiting for the
ball. The dog ran in before his time.
The pony kicked the dog and sent him
flying towards an imaginary goal. This
dog was a bulldog. bear IN mind. and
not accustomed to take q kick for q
kiss. The dog struck on his feet and
made for the pony. For a minute the
air WAS fun of canine and equine muss
and mess. Then the pony ran out
with the dog fastened TO his face. I
don't know how they We're separated.
but the pony was spiritless when led
back to finish his act. and be kicked
the BAH as though afraid of it, while
the dog felt so bouncy when he reap
peared for his usual feats at leaping
that he seemed to disdain a hurdle and
to long for a steeple.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

THE victor should tie his helmet
string tighter" said Admiral Togo in
his farewell address to the officers and
men OF his feet. That Is, victory
should not make the victor careless.
There is no such shining mark any
where Is the man who has Won.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

Advocates Of the abolition OF the
death penalty viii find room for more
argument in the case Of The California
man who has just been released after
serving fourteen years of a life sentence
for a murder which it has now been
shown he never committed.