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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02
WRITES OF HARVEY VALLEY
with Railroads and Irrigation, East
ern Oregon Is On Eve OF Great
Development.

RURNS. Or, February 22-(To the
Editor AS other people who have
left Polk county have been giving
their present location q write-up and
having it published in the OBSERVER
T thought would give Harvey
Valley a round.
left Dallas the last of July, arriv-
ling in Burns. August 8. The entire
trip Of $50 miles was made on q
bicycle. 1t was fine travelling, except
in the Cascade mountains, where
found plenty Of walking to do, ana
the thermometer 100 in the shade.
When arrived in the Bend country
I visited the big ditch which is being
taken out Of the Deschutes river ana
which is to reclaim 100000 acres OF
Oregon desert land. 1t is a grand
piece Of work, and will add greatly 70
the wealth Of this state.
The people of this valley expect
; big immigration this year, on account
Of the advertising it received at the
Lewis and Clark Fair There seems
TO be more enterprise among the clti
, zens to get new people to locate mere
: than in the past. Prospects are brigh1
: for railroad in the next year or TWO.
$ A survey was completed last Fan 70
y Crane Greek Gap, the only eastern
: entrance to Harvey Valley, and grace
J. stakes were set. The road is to be run
e from Ontario to Natron, in Lane
Ie county. Work has been commenceo
Ie on the road at Ontario.
r, There is considerable vacant Govern
g. ment land near Burns, mostly sage
" brusb land. and there Is a larger
T, amount in the southern part OF the
st county. The Portland Company
a which is reclaiming 5000 acres UNDER
Sc the Carey act, prospected for arteslan
i'd water last Fall, and we're successful
to striking a strong flow at 300 feet
ry The Harvey Valley Improvement
to Company has tract Of 10000 acres
ds withheld from entry for reclamation
lis This company has no contract IRON
I'D the state, however, and as the mem
nd hers are nearly all stock men, peopl
have not much faith in their goint
to ahead with the work, and 1t is expecte'
re- that settlers will locate on the Ian
the this summer.
ain We have had more snow this winte
ere than for number Of years, and
I a now covers the ground to a depth
lint two feet. The thermometer only ie
,ro- TO 10 below zero one night. Stock h'
erv come through the winter in goc
blv shane. and only horse raisers ha'
.uc- lost largely.
Let The year 1906 promises to be a bal
can ner year for the growing OF crops
q all kinds, and, with stock at hie
sbel prices. the people of Harney conn
for will be prosperous. have taken
lfet a homestead 12 miles south OF Burn
ver and A miles from the Corvallis & Eai
tier ern railroad survey. There Is abo
two one-half Of a township vacant at I'll
the nlaee. nearly all good agricultul
ome land covered with big sage bru'
and This land, when put under nj
an state Of cultivation, will produce go
duct crops without irrigation.
be- Opportunities for the homeseel
not are as good in this county as IN a
lome county in Eastern OIesou. L,,,DDpp
ands CLAD ADb H'l'' 49,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02

be directed to some place where l
could get work. He said: ''Ehere Is
no trouble in finding work. The
trouble is, you fellows don'twantwork.
and, when you get it, you blow in all
your wages for drink" (The last is
often the case.)
We all have our ideas about things,
and perhaps we are partly right and
partly wrong. 1 may be entirely
wrong, but do say that the greatest
injury to labor is drink. So many
spend their all in what they call be
ing a good fellow, and putting money
into circulation"
Another great wrong, chow to help 1t
I do not know is practiced great
deal in the large cities. Some fore
man will be partner with an employ
ment office. No man can get JOB,
except he comes through the employ
ment office. When more come than
are needed, place is made by dis
charging someone. At one place, l
worked for two months at special
work. The regular labor force was
200 men. In the two months. more
than 1000 different names appeared
on the payroll. Every man of them
came through the employment otncesr
and the fee in each case was one
dollar.
Another wrong that can be remedleo
is in the matter of paying men. Wher
man is discharged, he should o'
paid. In most cases he is given
, time-slip and then sent several mlle
, and allowed to wait from one to 81
3 days for his pay. If the law wa
made so that his time went on unit
e he was actually paid, the paymaste
e would be on hand very promptly
e Many persons without experienc
n will condemn unions. l admit tha
e unions do some very foolish things
d So does Congress. Some radica
e unfair, unjust men get to the front |
1T the unions. OF course, such me
II never reach high places elsewher
J. but the men in the unions are as fal
6 honest and intelligent as they are
'f the trusts or on the employers sid
le Too many men seem to think it
A. right to crowd the hired man to Il
S. limit, and, when large numbers
le men are employed, the exactlons al
ep abuses in various ways soon comp
to the formation Of unions to assert u
rights Of the men.
or The inordinate selfishness OF ma
so and the modern badge Of nobility, t
he S mark, must be changed someho
we or some day things will be regular
'ly with vengeance. Just how l 40
up know. but modern conditions
an changing the whole. face OF socle
it. In a few years a few will run t
m business, and the mass OF Amerlc
to people will be wage-earners. W
as they submit to the exactions of'
vested rights but, vested wrong
to Shall the inalienable right to I'll
9n- liberty and the pursuit of happine'
yer be enjoyed only by the gracious p
wo mission of a few billionaires?
len shall see.
my (The End
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02
DOES DAIRYING PAYS
R, Robinson, the Cheese Man Tells
Polk County Farmers That
It Does.

DALLAS, Or, Feb. 22-(To the Edi-
tor. being a stranger in this section,
/ am quite we'll aware that anything
NAV say or write, will probably carry
very little weight or conviction to tine
farmers in this part of Polk county.
Be that as it may, there can be no
harm in addressing to them few
words through the columns OF the
OBSERVER on the subject Of Dairylng,
and, as it is generally termed in the
East, linked farming"
We are all cognizant of the fact that
all crops will not pay on the same
soil. and again, we all know, or should
know that soil suited to any kind OF
crops, grain, or roots, will not remain
productive if that one particular crop
is raised continuously year after year,
unless the particular constituents IN
the soil which supply food for tnat
crop are supplied by some artificial
means, in order to replenish the drain
of production, just as a man must pe
supplied with matchmaking food 10
keen up the wear and tear OF the BODY.
The only difference is that we can see
the man devouring pork and BEANS
or roast turkey with currant jelly,
while we cannot see the growing crop
: going through the same process OF
taking in sustenance from the SOIL
: and, unless the supply is kept up the
i crop will starve.
: There is no question but that th'
: contents Of the barnyard is the natura
: and economical way of supplying tn
= = soil with food for the growing crop
" Summer fallowing will not do it, an'
. artificial measures are not at al
> practicable from an economic stano
: : point, while plowing under gree
: growing crop is at best doubt1u
= means Of feeding the soil except unde
- certain conditions. In word, II
- - lust as impracticable to keep farl
- in the best condition to produce croE
20 without livestock as it is to feed
40 horse on wheat straw only, and expe
~ - him to work every day.
- do not wish to be understood
~ " irving to tell the farmers Of this Sc
0 ton what they ought to DO. l a
simply writing my own ideas, gather
- - from practical knowledge OF farL
no ing, and from many long years
W. observation, being dependent on
o%u % farmer for my living in the line
lOo W business that have spent so much
~ ~. nv life studying-that OF PRAGUE
~ ~ cheese-maker and cheese-dealer
no W An overwhelming majority OF 7
"u o., progressive farmers, not only
80 America, but of all parts OF the wol
o loo where the white man rules, are al
5s' 80 eating, and practicing, mixed far
nc, ing, rather than depending on a
% one crop, whether that crop "chal
1I e, to be wheat or some other grain.
"0 matter how much the soil or cllm
may be adapted to any crop, there
always a chance of that crop bein
. failure, either in production or pr
" or both; where as farmer VINO
! L planted different kinds OF grain
roots, is saved the inconvenience
having nothing to fall back on II
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02

them as you would your best horses,
and they will pay you for all your
trouble better than your best horses.
Yes, they will pay even better than
R. ROBINSON.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02

In the spring time you renoyate
vour house. Why not your body.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea drives
ont impurities, cleanses and enricnes
the blood and purifies the entire sys-
tenn. IS cents. Belt & Cherrington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02
c.rdidate's Cards.

The OBSERVER job office IS Prepale+
ip9 iot 4p cards for candidates on snort
notice. NJ The candidates PhoSogradPn .oSep da-
wi rfiiS be- printed on the card. when Vi mice GS
GaTds SlaTd. a. are not expensive, and "a. are tba
oalts o,a1taol an means OF introduction to tno ne
Voters. Candidates Of all Pas'i'' "
,Dvitod U to call and see samples
m 70. little rules we all should ,t keep
lTI9T To make la life happy and bright ls nooD.
Smile in the morning slilrlo Tno Of at night
Take Rocky Mountain lea a' IL
Belt & Cherrington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02
TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE
AS A HIRED HAND.

rrhe following article, from the pen of we'll
known citizen of Polk county deals with modern
conditions in the labor world, and is well worth
reading. 1t is published BY permission -EDIToRl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02

tn. United States Agricultural Department
bas Issued land circulates free) valuable report
Giving the results Of elaborate experiments made
e, and Under the direction Of the Department.
which show the great saving from baking at hone'
as cornpared with cost Of buying at the bakers
Allbread, cake biscuit, cruers, ETC., are very ucn
fresher, cleaner, cheaper and more wholesome wnsn
made at home with Royal Baking Powdsrs
ROYAL BAKING Co, NEW YORK
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

4 pen. The elephants wouldn't como oul
M the creek. 80 the boss canvassmon
went over TO whore there were about
500 cowboys and Indians on horse
bunh, and asked them to ride into tn"
creek ana drive the elephants out
where the rest Of the animals were, on
tho prairie.
Gee, but that was the greatest mis-,
take he could have made, Tho men
on horseback didn't want any better
fun. so they made a charge, in line OF
battle. Just Ike Shcridan's cavalry.
down the bank. into the creek. yell.
ing and waving lariat ropes, and
mapping whips and the elephants got
out Of that creek in a hurry. The COW.
boys threw llssoes over the hind feet
Of the elephants, and tried to hold
them, and the elephants beloved, and
dragged the cowboys and their ponies
right amongst the other animals, and
in about a minute, as the boss can
yassmau said when he come to, and
they were rirldng the cactus thorns
ont Of him: Hell was just plumb out
for noon
The hunaIoes smellcd the Indians,
and they started to stampede, like they
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

used to do when they lived on the
plains, and all the animals followed.
dragging the men who had hold OF
their ropes. and away we all went over
a rise of ground. the zchras in the lead
and the elephants fetching IN the
rear, the cowboys and Indians behind.
yelling and kiiinE, and more than
500 Indian dogs barking,
Wei, pa was the roOlishest man IN
the lot, cause he had tied the lariat
rope that he held his elk by. around
his belt, aud when the elk went over
the Hill pa was only hitting the high
places, and he was yelling for me to
head on his elk, But | was busy try.
ing TO keep mp with my antelopc,
which was scared worse than any ami
mai in the race. When the antelope
and ! overlook the boss cauvassman
VINO vas digging his heels into the
grpnnd trying to hold his zebra. I
thought it was a good time TO say
something pleasant, SO | said. This
l., q lovely country we are passing
trough but | never heard his reply.
'aise just then the zebra jumped over
q big cactus and the boss canyassmau
went into IT, ana he stayed there. yell
Ing for a piece Of ice, while the zcbras
that were dragging the treasurer and
the ticket tAker passed us. | yelled ~
he treasurer ana told him shout.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
FOUND AFTER FIFTY YEARS


Albuquerque, n. M.-ITestcr Ann
Alexander Smith, for 50 years a wan.
| dcrer on the face of the earth. without
a living relative known 10 her. has
Just been Identified as the daughter
Of the family Of Pnddocks, wealthy
farmers living near Warwick, N. Y.
who for half a century have been look
Ing in vain for the missing daughter,
The story of Mrs. Smiths wander
jngs is a good deal stranger than hc.
ton. Fifty years ago, while a child
3i six years, she followed a wandering
hand organ man away from her home
one morning. The hand organ man
had a monkey and, attracted by the an.
! ties Of the animal, the child followed
on and on un,il the itinerant musician
took her up and made her sing for
! him as he toured the country.
The whole country aided in the
search for the child, but without re
suit. with the hand organ man she
Travelled westward and finally found
her way to the lacifc coast.
There she grew up, forgetting her
name and the anne Of her relatives
and only retaining a dim memory Of
the scenes Of her birthplace.
II was this dim memory which has
finally restored her to her relatives.
who have never forgotten the missing
child. Mrs. Smith has been twice mar.
ried,
In 1884 she came with her family to
silver City, n, NJ, where she buried
her husband and all of her four chill
dren. Feeling the years creeping on
she longed for more knowledge Of her
own people. Three years ago she
came to Albuquerque and began the
search for her relatives. She adyer.
Used widely in eastern newspapers, de
scribing the scenes as pictured on hcl
memory Of her childhood days.
The result was a letter from Thomas
c. Paddock, Of Vernon. n. J.. her cous-
in. and another from her brother.
James Paddock. Of Warwick, n. Y.
who is still living at the old home,
stead. Correspondence began at once
and Mrs, Smith is soon to go to the
home of her childhood. She learned
mat her parents had been dead for
IS years and that Of her brothers and
sisters but one was living. Her rela-
ives in New York are wealthy and
ave written her that she need hay,
no further care for the future.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

This burst Of true American girl tndig-
nation was caused by the teacher saying
that Grlpe-nJuts, the popular pre-digest-
ed food, was made Of stale bread shipped
in and sweetened.
The teacher colored up and changed
the subject.
There is quite an assortment OF travel
ing and stay-at-home members of the
tribe of Ananias who tell their false
hoods for a variety Of reasons.
In the spring 1t is the custom on a cat
tleranch to have a round up" land brand
the cattle, so we are going to have a
Ground up" and brand these cattle and
place them in their proper pastures.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

Now let all these choice specimens
take notice:
We will deposit one thousand or
fifty thousand dollars to be covered by
a like amount from them, or any OF
them, and if there was ever one ounce
of old bread or any other ingredient
different than our selected wheat n
barley with a little salt and yeast used
in the making Of Grape-Nuts, we Will
lose the money.
Our pure food factories are open at all
times to visitors, and thousands pass
through each month, inspecting every
| department and every process. Our fac
tories are so clean that one could, with
| good relish, eat a meal from the floors.
The work people, both men and wom-
| en-, are of the highest grade in the state
Of Michigan, and according to the state
labor reports, are the highest paid in
the state for similar work.
Let us tell you exactly what you will
| see when you inspect the manufacture of
Grape-Nuts. You will find tremendous
elevators containing the choicest wheat
and barley possible to buy. These
grains are carried through long convey
ers to grinding mills, and there convert
ed into -four. Then the machines make
selection Of the proper quantities of this
-four in the proper proportion and these
parts are blended into a general flour
which passes over to the big dough mix
ing machines, there water, salt and a lit
| tie yeast are added and the dough knead-
ed the proper length of time.
Remember that previous to the barley
having been ground it was passed
through about one hundred hours OF
soaking in water, then placed on warm
floors and slightly sprouted, developing
the diastase in the barley, which changes
| the starch in the grain into a form Of
sugar.
Now after we have passed it into
| dough and it has been kneaded long
enough, 1t is moulded by machinery into
loaves about is inches long and 5 or 6
inches in diameter. 1t is put into this
shapefOr convenience in second cooking.
These great lOaves are sliced by ma
chinery and the slices placed on wire
trays, these trays, inturn, placed on great
steel trucks, and rolled into the second
III y ONtllS, tdNl pei liblo NubI OV ltSI iOlS'
There the food is subjected to long low
heat and the starch which has not been
heretofore transformed is turned into a
form of sugar generally known as Post
Sugar. 1t can be seen g%listening on the
granules Of Grape-Nuts If held toward
the light, and this sugar is not poured
over or put on the food as these prevari-
Gators ignorantly assert. On the con-
trary the sugar exudes from the interior
of each little granule during the process
of manufacture, and reminds n of the
little white particles of sugar that come
out on the end Of a hickory log after
1t has been sawed off and allowed TO
stand for a length of time,
This Post Sugar is the most digestible
food known for human use. 1t is so per-
fectin its adaptability that mothers with
very young infants will pour a little
warm milk over two or three s~poonfuls
of Grape-Nuts, thus washingthesugaroff
from the granules and carrying it with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
PROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

Under The patronage Of the House,
r.etres-cs Union" there has Just been
opened io Hamburg the first Of the
SCHOOLS 70 be established in German
cities for the improvement Of domestic
servants.
A dredger built OF oak, Gs feet long
q feet wide and drawing seven feet six
inches Of water. is now in use in Dun,
dee harbDr. II has been In use in the
same place for over 10O years, and its
engine is said to have been built by
James Watt.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

Mile. Butticar, a Swiss, is the frss
European woman to choose engineering
as a profession. She gained a diploma
with honor at Lausanne university, be-
ing sixth in order OF merit. She is now
practicing in Geneva.
Lieut.. Bilse, the German officer who
was sentenced to six months impris-
0nment in a fortress for criticisina
German military life in a book called
In a Little Garrison Town." seems to
have Jared well in the end. He has
married a wealthy German woman and
settled down in Switzerland.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20

A bin has been introduced by seven
British members OF parliament to abol-
ish time limits on railway passenger
tickets.
A w0man's rifle club is being formed
at Byfeet Surrey, England, the mem.
beers Of which are to use a special min
iatuTe rife.
Frederick dc Martens, who was one
Of the Russian commissioners at Ports
mouth, has just resigned the professor
ship OF International law in the Uni
ycrsity OF st. Petersburg, which he has
held for many years,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
FIRST PASTURE.

Cooking school teachers-thls
includes "tGaChCrs' who have ap-
piled to us for weekly pay if they
would say "%something nice" about
Grapo-Nuts and Postum, and when
we have declined to hire them to
do this they get waspy and show
their true colors,
This also includes "demonstra-
tors" and lecturers" sent out by
certain S~anitarium to sell foods
made there, and these people in
struCted by the small-be-whis-
kered doctor-the head of the in
stitution-to tell these p]revariCa-
tiOns (you can speak the stronger
word if you like). This same little
doctor conducts a small magazine
in which there Is a department
of answers to correspondents"
many of the questions as well as
the answers being written by the
aforesaid doctor.
In this column some time ago
appeared the statement: mo, we
cannot recommend the use Of
Grape-Nuts for it is nothing but
bread with Elucosepoured oyerit."
Right then he showed his badge rs
a member Of the tribe of Ananias.
He may have been a member for
some time before, and so he has
caused these lecturers" to de-
scend into the ways Of the tribe
wherever they go.
When the young lady in New
York put the iron on" to this
teacher" and branded her right
we sent $1,000 to the girl for her
pluck and bravery.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
THIRD PASTURE.

Now we come to a friSky lot, the
Labor Union" editors. You know
down IN Texas a weed called
Loco" is sometimes eaten by a
steer and produces a arrangement
of the brain that makes the steer
"batty" or crazy. Many OF these
editors are "LOcoed" from hate Of
anyonew who willnot instantlyobey
the demands Of a labor union,
anditi is the universal habit of such
writer's ogostraahtint system
of personal vilificatiOn, manutac-
turing any sort Of falsehood
through whiCht to venttheir spleen.
We assert that the common citizen
has a right to live and breathe air
without asking permission Of the
labor trust and this has brought
down on US the hate Of these edi-
tors. When they go far enough
with their libels, is it harsh for us
to get judgment against them and
have our lawyers watch for a
chance to attach money due them
from others? CFor they are usual
ly irresponsible,)
Keep your eye out for the 10
coed" editor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
Rise Liars,
And Salute Your Queen
Ho, All Ye Faithful Followers Of Ananias
GIVE EAR!

A Young Girl said TO a Cooking School Teacher in New York: "f You make
One Statement as False as That, All You have said about Foods
is Absolutely Unreliable"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-20
SECOND PASTURE.
Editors of""Trade" papers known

as groCers' papers.
Remember, we don't put the
brand on all, by any means. Only
those that reQuircit 1t. These mem
bers of the tribe have demanded
that we carry advertising in their
papers and when we do not consid-
eritadvisable they institute a cam
paign Of yituperation and SANDER,
printing from time to time manu-
facturedslur on Postum orGrape-
Nuts, When they go far enough
We set our legal force at work and
hale them to the judge to answer.
Ii the pace has been hot enough to
throw some of these cattle" over
on their backs, feet tied and bel
lowing" do you think We should
be blamed? They gambol around
with tails held high and jump stifr
legged with a very "cocky' air
while they have full range, but
when the rope is thrown owe"
them cts different"
Should we unite them because
they bleat soft and low? Or should
we put the iron on, so that people
will know the brand?
Let's keep them in this pasture,
anyhow.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-27

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-27

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