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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-01-15
ARID FARMING EXPERIMENTS.

AS q result of the experiments con-
Quoted at the station at Washington
State College, Prof. George Severance
makes the following statements:
We know that superior quality of
grain can be grown under the methods
of scientific tillage for the dry sec
tions. During the past season we have
tried both methods in fields side by
side, and the results prove this.
In working out a system of tillage
for a very dry wheat field, the station
recognizes that the vital problem is to
catch and hold as perfectly as possible,
the rainfall of two years for the growth
of one crop. Farmers should plan to
do this. They will profit by so doing.
In this system, summer following
becomes necessary on account Of the
extreme dryness of the climate. The
methods we advocate are as follows:
Land that is summer fallowed should
be disked as soon as spring has opened,
in order to form a mulch of loose, dry
earth on the surface to prevent the rise
and escape of the moisture from below.
This disking also helps to induce the
termination of weed seeds, so that they
will be destroyed when the blowing is
done later.
AS soon as the spring work is done,
this disked land should be plowed as
rapidly as possible. Then instead of
leaving the ployed land untouched, as
is frequently the case a (CampbelD
sub-surface packer, which consists of
skeleton wheels that sink into the fur
row, is made to follow the plow as
closely as possible.
This packing process prevents the
drying out of the furrow and at the
same time the form of the tool is such
that the surface of the soil is left al
most untouched, thus avoiding the con-
dition that is raised against most COM
pacting tools: that they fine the soil,
and encourage drifting.
Cultivation throughout the summer
must be sufficient to keep the weeds
down, and should be done with some
"knife" type of cultivator. The reason
for using this type of cultivator is to
keep the weeds thoroughly cut off with
the least amount of working over of
the loose mulch on the surface If suffi-
cient cultivation is given with spike
tooth harrow, or point shovel cultiva-
tor to keep the weeds down, the surface
is made so fine that it will drift badly,
and is likely to run together and puddle
or bake.
The vital points are the early disking
and use of the sub-surface packer i'm
mediately after the use of the plow, and
the furow cultivation with a type of
tool that does the minimum Of pulver-
izing at the surface.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-01-15

Dexter Horton & Co. are again sending
out their perpetual calendar and anyone
who has not yet received one of these neat
and convenient calendars may obtain one
free by sending in a request to the bank.
It is so arranged that 1t may be used over
again for every year for ten years and VIII
be found alike useful in the home or bust
ness office. request to Dexter Horton &
Co. will bring you one of these calendars
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-01-15
HERMAN METzGER Pays the highest
:. AND ROSE CITY AVE-,

HERMAN METzGER Pays the highest
price for Wool, Mohair, Hides Pelts'
Horse Hair, Etc, Etc. Agent for SAN
FORD MILLS for the purchase of MO-
hair. Proprietor of the Portland CURED
Hair Factory Manufacturing all grades
of Curled Hair Mattresses. 226-ZzS
Front ST., Portland, Or.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-01-15
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
From Address of John T. Burns at
Meeting at Pine Bluffs.


than is the Trans Missouri Dry Farm
ing Congress, which held it's first ses-
sion in Denver, Colo, in January,
1907
But a few years ago the National
Irrigation Congress was looked upon
as joke and irrigation as theory that
had no reasonable excuse for exist
ence. 1t was prejudice which caused
the attacks upon irrigation; it is both
ignorance of facts and prejudice which
cause irrigationists to attack so-called
dry farming today.
The enemies of irrigation were won
over to the side Of irrigation and the
enemies Of dry farming methods will
likewise be converted to dry farming
under scientific conditions.
1t is truly said that there is but one
crop of land, and in that truism is
found the very necessity and excuse for
the Dry Farming Congress. The Unit
ed States government Reclamation
Service is still hurrying to impound the
waters of all mountain streams ana TO
utilize every crystal drop in the pro-
duction of more crops for this rapidly
growing nation. It is a grand work,
hut it will soon reach the limit of hu-
man possibilities. When the last drop
of free water has been captured and
scattered over the land-then what?
The crop Of land which can be COW
cred with irrigation water is very linn
tied when compared with the great
area of unoccupied lands in the West.
Men have dared to say that the limit
of irrigation is not the limit OF farm
extension. They have worked out
system whereby the natural rainfall,
instead Of tearing great gullies upon
the lower plains and producing flood
and destruction in the rivers below, is
allowed to water the earth as God In
tended it should do-and you all know
that water and earth and proper seed
are the basis of agricultural produc-
ton.
Some farmers will fail on a so-called
drv farm: some farmers fail utterly
on irrigated land. Failure of a man.
therefore, does not indicate failure OF
a system.
The Dry Farming Congress is not
organized to promote any particular
system of land culture, but to encour-
age a close study of methods, cond1-
tons and results, and every man and
woman in the West who is dependent
upon results from dry land agr1cul-
tire should be enrolled in this great
congress in order that there can be
maintained a complete and compre-
hensive educational movement by
which no man need fail through 1g-
norance of facts and experience.
It is the work Of the Dry Farming
Congress to make possible such gen.
eral exchange of ideas and to sound
the warning against carelessness IN
such a definite form that you farmers
will learn not to depend upon abnor-
NAL precipitation for crops, but VIII
use every known system ana ADOPT
every good suggestion which VIII put
vour land into productive condition and
keep 1t so.
Plans are now being made for the
Third Trans Missouri Dry Farming
Congress, which will be held in Chey-
enne. Wyo., February %, "a and To-
next. and will be a convention of in
transitional importance. While this is
in a sense a new organization its I'M
portance as an economic movement is
easily estimated from the fact that
when the irrigation water has all been
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14
Sees Mother Grow Young.

ut would be hard to ovcrstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric rittcrs g"
writes Mrs. w. J.. Fitzpatrick of Dan
forth, Me. Although past IOshe seems
really to be- growing young again She
suffered untold misery from dyspepsia
for 20 years. At last She could neither
eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her
up and all remedies failed till Electric
Bitters worked such wonders for her
health They iuvigoratc all vital or.
gains, cure liver aud kidney troubles. i'm
duce sleep, impart strength and appe-
ute. only SOC at the Bloss Drug store.
Ceredo, and Il. Noy Williams, Kenoya.
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PrOQreSS in Gnha.

With the beginning of the present G,-
cal year the Republic of Cuba established
"a Bureau of Information, President Go
mnz appointing Leon j. Canoya. ap
American newspaper man, who has re.
"dcd in Cuba eleven years and has 70
wide acquaintance with the Island. as
its director
Parties wishing information of any
nature concerning Cuba can obtain same
free of charge by writing TO Leon j. Ga.
nova, l. and T. Bureau Guilty and In
formation Bureau, Department of Az
rcaltuc and Labor, Havana. Cuba.
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West VIRGINIA.

I'm an address delivered 10y Hon. Stu
art f. Reed at Buckhnnnon, this state.
July 4, among other things, he said:
There are seven states of the Union
smaller than West Virginia, and com
pared with the other states we rank tor
ty-thlrd III area and twenty light IN pop
ulatiOn.
In the combined values of her several
mineral pro- ucts, West Virginia ranks
fourth in the production Of coal second,
and ranks first among the states of the
Union III the supply Of petroleum. gas
and hard woods. The total wealth of
the United States is estimated over one
hundred thousand million dollars and
more than thousand million dollars of
this wealth is in West Virginia.
The Kingdom OF Belgium is about
half the size of West Virginia, and not
nearly so well endowed with natural re-
sources. Yet the fact that her popula-
ton Is about seven times that of ours
teaches that it will be good while be-
fore we can consider ourselves over
crowded.
Our smallest county is Hancock, hay
ing an area of eighty-siX square miles
and corresponding in size very nearly to
the District of Columbia, while our larg
est county, Randolph, contains several
thousand more acres than the entire
state of Rhode l land.
III Is only few years ago that we
commenced to make rapid strides in ma
terial growth. Taxable property of all
kinds, valued a decade ag, at n little
over two hundred millions, is today val
ued at oyer one thousand millions of
dollars.
In just little more than decade we
have built one thousand miles of stand
ard guage railroad and erected over one
million school houses We have in
| creased the length of our free school
term fifty per cent-placed fifty thous.
and more children ID school, employed
fourteen hundred more teachers TO in
struct them, and i'll the meantime the
value of our school property has increas-
Ell from thr'e millions TO nine millions
of dollars.
In ten years more than one hundred
new banks have been estab ishcd i'm our
state and our bank deposits have grown
from twenty millions to about ninety
millions of dollars.
y decade ago we had but limited
number of industries i'll West Virginia.
| In ten years we have added two thous.
and new industries. Among these it NAV
be OF interest toremember that an axe
| -, Wv 'i'7'Ni'' 1t Hhi' lIliult dt
C'arksburg, IL pumping station in Wet
Iei county are the largest concerns of
their kind in the world.
The number of coal mines in operation
has grown from one hundred and fifty to
seven hundred and eighty eight, w 6 an
annual product valued at about fifty mil
lions OF dollars, or over four times the
annual product of all the gold mines of
| California. lone years coal output. if
loaded ut one tune. would>hll freight
cars enough to occupy two tracks eX-
! tending from New \ orll to San Francis
CO."
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Notice to Subscribers.

Our subscribers will please bear in
mind the ruling of the Postmaster Gen
eral that if they become i'll arrears more
than twelve months we will be required
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LOOK AT THE DATE AFTER
YOUR NAME ON YOUR PAPER.
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In explaining the maximum
minimum provision Of the tariff
bill, Senator Aldrch is reported to
have said: "This section is not to
increase the amount of protection.
but is intended to give the president
the means to defend the agricul-
tural and other interests of the
United States. This discrimination
against the United States has been
progressive. The contests for the
markets of the world were meyer
more severe than they are today.
and the United States may as we'll
retire from competition with other
nations if it is not willing to give
this power to the president"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

The war department has had its
attention called recently to an un.
usual citizenship case. 1t is that
of an enlisted man of the coast ar
tiilery corps. He came to this
country in 1908, at which time he
declared his intention Of becoming
a citizen Of the United States and
gave his residence as Brooklyn, y
\. lie enlisted in the army and
since 1904 has been employed on It
vessel engaged in planting miues
The vessel is now at San Francisco.
where he applied for completion Of
his naturalization, but the applica.
ton was deuicd on the ground that
service on m'n- planter could not
be considered residence in the
United States. As the war de.
partment has no jurisdiction in
naturalization cases it will be up to
the courts of New York to decide
this interesting case.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14
WEDNESDAY, JULY ID, 1909.

Tie ADVANCE desires to nomi
nate Hon. Stuart +. Reed, the
present secretary of state, as the
next republican candidate for
governor. Mr.. Reed is able and
popular and would make first
class chief executive.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One copy, one year, S1.OO
One copy, six months. 10
One copy, three months, 80
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Special Commissioners NOTICE OF
sale OF Real Estate.
3. b. Watts, Administrator etc.,


Mamie May ct al,
Notice IS hereby given that IN pur
suaucC Of Two decrocs of sale made and
entered i'll the above entitled cause now
pending III the circuit court of WAYNE
county, West Virginia, one on the lth
day of February, 1901, aud the other on
the 9th day of May 1909. the under
signed special commissioner will uu the
SIN DAY or AUGUST. 1909.
between the hours OF 10 o'clock. a m
and q o'clock, y. m at Inc front door of
the Court House of said Wayne county
proceed toscll by way of public auctiou
tOthc highest bidder on the terms of
onct third the purchase money cash I'M
hand on day OF -uln and On" residue i'm
two equal instaIlments payable in three
and SIX months from day of sale, the Dur.
chaser 10 execute his interest bearing
notes with good personal security for the
deferred payments and the legal titIe.t,.
the property held until au purchase
money Dis fully paid, tine following real
estate:
All that certain lot or parcel of land
situate near the railroad station at Rad.
nor ON tho west fork OF Twelve Pole iu
Lincoln District of said WAYNE county
containing about IG-lOO of am acre. TO-
E'thor with thc buildings and improve.
mnuts thereon 10 being tine slmo urOp
crty conveyed toll May by James s
Preston by deed dated Jun. D. 1900 and
recorded BOO The Office 0f Tine counts, cI.rl,
of the county court of sold Wavuc oun-
~ ON deed book No 53ot page 2'5. aud
ine same property owned by T.. T.. Nav
at the time OFF his death.
Given mdcrmy hand tbi. the oth dly
of July, 1902
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WaYne COnrfS

terms OF Circuit Court: Second Monday In
February, May, August and November.
Terms of County Court: First Monday in Jan
vembcr.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

DO you want to buy Il
henOVa lot? If you do see
/. /. MCDOugaI.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

A Republican Newspaper that
has n large circulation in the Big
SANDY and Twelve Pole Valleys
An excellent advertising medi-
mn,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

lob printing Of all kinds neatly
q and promptly executed on rea
sona5le te,,ns.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

The new cents bearing the por-
trait of Lincoln will be sought for
As curiosities. American coins bear
ing the portrait OF some real per
son will be as agreeable as novel
and the experiment should be limit
cd on silver coins.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

ing large sums in this direction.
France spent over s23s,ocO last
year for flying machine, dirlgible
balloons, etc. g, rmany nearly $500
600, and Great Britain over $780,
600; and about 81, 1928, 900 was
raised in Germany by private sub.
scription for the Zeppelin Airship.
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HUNTINGTON, w. VA. Iune o. 1000
TO the Public:

Since the announcement of the sale town site of Kenov
and the statement that steel plant had secured it has been
suggested by those who possessed the " n.reoi h
Snater that the steel plant may only possibility and not GER
ty
We wish to state that the representatives the lndedenlent
Steel Company OF America have been here have looked the
ground have selected forty ground western part Of Keno
va have agreed TO occupy with plant which Will in fine
of employ least men and claim that
the of three they will have built equipped plant that
will cost in the neghbohood S3oooooooo The contract for fine
buildings required has been let Nes Ta1or and Robinson Of
Huntington The buildings to be built be brick and will
occupy about ten acres The management Of the company
that the plant will he operation by October first 1000
The contracts between this company and the steel corDoon
have all been agreed upon and signed satisfactory guarantee, have
been executed msung the completion operation of the plan,
3. w. FOSTER,
President Kenoya- Huntington and C,oD,n,,,,
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Published EUery Wednesday,.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

The United States does well to
insist upon careful scrutiny of the
agreement between Russia and
China regarding The control of the
Chinese Eastern railway and the
adjacent lands. This does not i'm
ply that there is anything in it to
which objection can properly be
made, but it Is desirable from every
point of view that this govern
ment should have assurances, most
convincing, that the principles OF
international equity and Impair
TALLY to which the United States
and these powers are fully pledged,
will not be violated, and to that
end 1t Is necessary that the terms
and prospective effect of this latest
agreement should be made perfectly
clear.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

WE heartily concur in the sug-
ges'iou of Col. John +. Day, editor
of the Wetzel Republican, that the
semi-centennial of the admission of
West Virginia into the Union be
appropriately concentrated in
1918. 1t is not too soon to begin
to talk about it and write about it
There certainly has been wonder.
full development in the mountain
state since she broke loose from the
old mother and began doing bust
ness for herself, and it is meet aud
proper that the whole world should
become more intimately acquainted
with our great state and her ener.
getic and patriotic people. Push
the good work, Bro. Day.
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Executive Committee.
G.. /. Ritter.
6. w. Watts.
M. BrOh.
II. B. BuSkirk.
George +. Miller.
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nations II 1t Is not willing to give
this power to the president"
The Finance committees nro-
vision for 4 tariff commission which
was adopted As part of the maxi.
mum and minimum provision. j.
held 10y many to be one Of the mos,
important provisions in the bill
III Is the first step in the establish
ment of permanent tariff com.
mission charged with studying con.
dltIons in production at home and
abroad, comparing costs and dem
onstratlng the real handicap under
which the domestic producer labors
because OF a higher wage standard
and a higher range of prices for
raw IN lterlaIs. And until such in
formation Is had it is impossible TO
put our tariff system on scientific.
and fair basis. Such a commission
VIII not only help the president TO
decide whether the maximum y,
minimum rates should be enforced
against a foreign country. but !,
VIII furnish rational groundwork
Tor the schedules themselves, limit
ing their scope to the exact mood.
OF the home producer and Wilde
away win the old methods Of 'pro.
ceeding by guesswork, by copiec
ture, always with dissatisroct,on
because we recognize the chance
mat we may have guessed wrono 8"
II Is understood that officer. of
the signal corps have under con.
sideraiion the feasibility of ISSUING
proposals for bids for an acropIapc
capable Of fulfilling even NOR,
rigorous requirements than those
which the Wright brother. arcuc
der contract to meet Evidently
the government is through with A
NJ Herring who failed to com,ly
with the contract to test and do
liver an aeroplane to the govern.
ment before the las. Of June O,
account ofhis failure the CORP. ba.
$4,000 at its disposal for tine ,pr
pose Of a hcayier-than-air machine
This amount as well as that ava.
able Tor the purchase Of The WRIGHT
machine come from an allotment
made by the board Of ordauco and
fortiiications from its general fund.
ana was not an appropriation by
congress as has been supposed. In
fact congress refused this year 70
make any direct appropriation for
military aeronautics, although
European countries during the past
year and this year have been spend
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by acting as cathartic on the
bowels is
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LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP

Bees Is the original laxative cough syrup,
contains no opiates. gently moves the
bowels. carrying the cold off through tho
natural channels, Guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded.
Sold by The Boss Drug Co.
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DIRECTORS

GEO +. MILLER
Z. IL. I;UsKGEk
c. l.. RITTER
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-23

The Payne tariff bill will increase
the cost OF living; that il is crude, in
definite, sectional and prohibitive and
that Il Is an open challenge TO trade
war with every other nation, are
some Of the criticisms Of that meas
ure made by the Democratic
members Of the ways and means COM
mittee in a minority report submitted
TO the House by Minority Leader
Clark today. The report Is a severe
arralgnment Of the revision which
the Payne bill proposes.
Counterpreyailing duty on provis-
Ions for coffee and petroleum maxi
mum and minimum features, Cuban
reciprocity clause, woolen, glass, ag-
rieulture and sugar schedules are Bit
terly attacked. Declaring that the
tariff is tax paid by the consumer
and the only legitimate function Of
tariff Is to revise revenue TO sup
ply the needs Of the government,
The minority members insist that in
stead of increase OF taxes or new
issue OF bonds, correct remedy for
the growing deficiency in revenues is
the reduction Of expenses Of the gov
ernment The report declares that
the tariff scheme set forth in the
Payne schedule enables foreign coun-
tries to force us to raise rates OF the
Payne schedules 20 per cent, which
makes the average much higher than
the Dingley law The reportsdeclares
in favor Of the maximum and mini
mum tariff which enables our gov
ernment to negotiate the tariff ar