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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-15

$50, BIN A FARA 80
VIZ spene Aii f.gsf " s'' s,.s w. tst
site sssfyihiag rsu make @ he ftesdy
"a - sasg fat yoa " ssi a fiss.aera farm
ihat ISL mako pos ihdependsntf Nats
Vine Farm rfeeis are located eiass " g
iht hrfiY and pfnspsF town % Maps
vice ua the main llns u ihs Narihtrp
FRriNs railroad, and hithih tasl fs1f p
N tbs bis mafksis n seattle, tsrpfes
puiaa tAelne aFs pes pailaiHs w. sna
he ianA IA fAulaiF iaqfsaslHM IN value
This ian1 10 me richest AiAd q aAft ienfn.
ard viii produce Trusts ena frtriatise
land ulsnfea 81 cherries ans prafs #ii
fetafa Yau a. tuceus ~ fs.esa feef
aftsl ihe orchard y fifs yeats 90 ists
ggsssn'"ss, t~isssla w S5't ,sisgse
faef8fy fiahi 81 lanh furnish spnigf nssH >
ire feaF round ta4abff fef eatidins ten
- ahfaiaea a. taif wh.i q ssiis fof -
asaitis last usinA - ir f1ss asss. q
riah lAea elu.r q tomn ana thrse raj.
fVaaa taf enls ssgH, fsfins tis Zach ahd
49, aaauth Casne ia AhN ssF pictures
gf',hs lane ans sssnap.ss % fe,s,e" $50. -.
isn al ef usiis ~ eaf ffss liis..
iTafsa eaesfst satifie1. eee thAh
yhoM TEh AcHEs a efi shps yes
he's te saT fishA
oRnauN a wAanfN0TuN DEVELOP.
MEAI CO..
ttta.fffl Hrnr nias
Yanfsh Az ana taian st seattle
IMPROVED RANCH
TgNsHtF arFws ara Nusd bNNfsHNH wMtef
IN hgaaq, 80 % cultivation efeAAre shA
snsla Come 20 sffifH And see rifiafes
Price fsfad. Isffes
ct1FFoitp 4 VAN AhapALE.
fta Thff1 A.
nffF f.ANfs~~HffN III NOW WpN ia
BHTw FEN HNAATGw AND TACOMA
before fhs Eflfs aues % hish sQa cans
net taY u We are ssiifnE safna eApite
fsYe-agfe tracts "a such e1sF tsFnHs ihai
Fo4 sauiI hardin miss tee mogaF
Prise tsaa earh 1ast a small p@fnsTHt
ds@h. AasAntr ike feat
NnNEhT Nht4NHN4
ftass1q tst ALASKA Huf,afns
--fk.fa
CRYSTAL eFFlmaN
FlsasaeFe tracts fnf hanss htNh sfsa
asaktlY. avsd sefi Emily haif sails ta heat
Prize tFtst fift zach
CL1EFDftD 4 NAM AHNhAhE.
80 Thirf as near M4Eiaan
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Waterfront Tracts
and Shore Lands

We are now plating 400 acres 4 little
north u the university and on the 3e-
attic side of Lake Washington Al view
property and good tOii. Call Hnf learn
the exact location ana opening pnceH
SEATTLE uOMEBBEK gRs co.
l0e Cherry ~ ground floop.
= 80 Otffue open evenings until eltO
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CHEAP COUNTRY RANCH
cfiEAp cotNrRY nANcii

Free deed 70 family IN casa o. buy
erF death.
frea extension for six mon,hs when
sitk
Free trial o. land Tor 40 days Or
Wpuef refunded
Frss exchange Of land n some other
tract suits better than one first Sc
lsrtkd
FreA exhibit q farm products raised
on our iogged orr land az our office
Don't fsl 20 dome snd see li
ffta Illustrated booklet describing the
best snG faifout cheap home proposition
~ washington. call ur send Ne your
addrsas
stgp acres to SOLICIT from Ia ano-
hnmiah county, flHht Al Northern Pa
CHE railway station or siHen
Price VII 80 az 1900 per acra Jan
uary /. 1919
open evenings tn New Years
ELWooD LUMBER a TIMBER co.
sis White bids
Telephones Main tloa. lad. s0st
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coon uuYs IN
Beaux Arts Village

BeauX Arts Village
rwo traets ststao. fine sisw ~. stte
-Four tracts itsiet rfrsif aeefsd zoe
~ tracts ftrlfe. nirfff wooded 80
one tract tatisN CORNER -.sss.s.. ace
Fifs tracfs ista445. nisslY wooded 4ta
These ieis can e bought ss iaw -
tst HNwa and SO a month nFANN
ARTS Nif.f.AuE on Lake Washington.
sn4 ,'' Il friis rre4ioN s homes s| @a.,
30 affisi3f. not expressive A EnaRnificsnt
wooded tract of ne acres NJ ~ erntsf to
~ used Ter arts nud crafts wafk. nna
ihis mttm water front tpnKitN open
e. hli fuquire y feiihsad. SCI Nm.
nire nlds Aaia stss' tpts it
BARGAINS
tta
hlsh .ossoi. ~ is;. each: ,ss Sors and
riss-fesm house fer ii.eea, $50 dovps
SIS month.
ons soTe 40 st-foo, iotsl for si.soo.
500 down, tit month
see oordon. witt nurweu a Morford
Insurance Co, 400 coiman nlde
MUCH HOME
For little money naW cisht.roem house.
moleFn piumtinN and bath half az acre
n Erouda under cultivation. lawn and
giras herFlea fins vssN. 20 uinutcs from
business center, 100000 half eaah.
WHlGHT DOW,
tti nostnu uiock
scANpiNAviASs-- Don't have 10
work g. y, Seses .lwsys asi seea
eoss have eiE tract 81 the beet land
10 tue Yakima VALLEY and em forminE .
colony g 10 VII al es teFsihet land.
vs.. only tsIt necessary. Address Larson.
T. 9. he1 issa, Seattle III
~ Toe ~hUNGALow AND HAL
AcHf-Clpsc In. on Everett interufhan,
good level land al cleared fine &C.
meuted sell, story aud a halt piaslered
bungalow Terms can - srraused.
RonERr MALTnY.
tia.sao'ssi Alaska Building
--is-2e
CHEAP LOT
toxio0-foot lot on Waliingford av
Good location for home
cLrpFoRp x vASS ARsnAtr
eia Third Av.
scANpINAvfANs- DON'T Rave 10
orchard and h FEW wears be your own
boss have big tract % the best land
~ the Yakima valley aad am forming a
e9,9ny, " We WI A., b 'ogether Land,
Us; only tsfh necessary Address Iarsnn
y O. bek lass Seattle III
Quarter section very choice timber
land Ia clailam county Tor sale n "a.
-=sik-10
VIII sacrifice fine now modern cot
iage for ~ 500 has concrete basement
large bath, closet and pantry. street
grade, cement sidewalks sewer nud
water uain In and paid for. Phone
owner. r. ei02 --ik.qg.x
good fiYc-room modern house, a
good street at bargain, lot eONsO.
call ana see. Wesley y Walker aSoO
v. Green Lake boulevard take RI Green
Lake car, Hct of school house station.
Ibid
Almost n Eiff homestead reiinauish-
ment In Waliu WRilag great Whost
uglds two miles tu railroad. three
miles TO river small furnished house
Great snap. See a. L. Weaver, W.
Ytaler WAY. ih.fs
Three room furnished hourebont. $3.50
cash ~ taikonret oaenfi Phone East aONO
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Homesteads
Homesteads

nss fsa acres o. valley land that viii
Kro~ Anything Coed climate and rirutT
~ water An pnportunity " lifetime
Investigate
sis Marion BIDS. III
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FARMS AND ACREAGE.
Continued,
See the
Property

We are selling acre tracts north " the
city. alenE the Seattle. Everett lntsfnf.
ban. for
fgbg 20 1870
pin ACHE
We want yon g. H&E THE PROPER
IN fgf then you viii readily understand
why We believe they ore che fhfHgsH
rlcss.iH serve on ne market. and NhY
Nt az confident they ssii sHffiF and
steadily inrrssss tn value We afF ssiir
ms these tracts en- yerg easy terms. pnig
wEsr WHEELER.
--ia.it
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THE SEATTLE STAR

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EcNrpssA SF--Yea dea-t have 90
.6gs Ter wArss atwaFs Gs8 seed
49, RmFk snt tn fsN yrsfE ~ FngF a~n
tern 4 kRer htE tsaFf ~ ihe best iAhn
~ the NsksaAa walter Ant arm fnfxssirr .
fAtbfS e. we Wiil al - tcaoahsH lad
pafsf ais Railroad q Come anH iotn
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DANCE AT DREAMLANo.
Dance tonight Admission free
$50
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5000

SO CASH. BALANCE SO PER MONTH
Nee hauss. ifsss teslss.lst, near car
Alec f3Nr.tucFr rinssfn house, tmsEFwse.
msnis ln ana raia ir fan. aniy tftHs
Terms neaf cav lire
G J nKf.L CO.
saa aiehs Nih
Main saka Ind I. 1spi
isis
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To dispose ~ your MA -.
hdvanfass cau ~ our - at.hiiafe e 4,
meet We buf for oaah - ~, .fs esgsr
~ HtffAlg Buy your faysi,,'ee ass
asspaf tne1i ges save desi 10 ~
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cent per werd seven insertions fof The
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Directors ana Licensed Erahsinssrs ss1t
tat opn Moore theatre Both pAonrs 80
tshanon q ftn4nsftau undsftahsfs ffaf
FtFst AZ rhones Nain tft9 ma stst
fiennsy wstsen Co. Fansrsi oirsstofs
rhiFd ~ and University beth phones u
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MONEY TO LOAF

II 700 have furniture - -
queen Anne zfsz 4 tfsi '-'s pAss,
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AUCTION SALES,
WANTED TO euY-FURNIrURE.

FREMONT FURNITURE co desires
second hand goods Highest prices paid
4vs'aea porn., itiO list N sS5s, Ind sos0,
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ACRE INVESTMENT
T@sntf arfFs easfh uf rtff NanF later
aFhen. lard lles lstN eneH neu reF
3giga saae. ass ~ ~ Arfs.
Large eater ffanf tracts ssas siHs
sAshrH lsisat fEfs o. terms tif nt easa
ara tfa % rsf nnntf Sse 10 me fias
80 hu4 eetsr ftnHf heap
MERRITT REALTY co.
tF8.t4t Ssw fuf2 usSM
little
nkRE ~ A oupp urf FOR A HONE
On HFEct IL Tfu~ Tea acres al isFsi
SOD eel. Hns iocatiea rieas 20 snea
afheai Ana neik u0fe faces HsiH HNumW
teal. s@sF alfflhe 1isiaaee ~ hset 81
gAFhs&s ~ iiuf ~ Hesitlt-TaraFHa short
Ice tnfefNrhaa kinE ueaAtF uoH tufs
teftuk los EnsUatam Boulevard 80 run
pal afaPsrif. atesssihie s. steamboat
ietdinE. fa9f arfAs imrfaqea s&ssn fonul
iuslituss barn As6 eettulisiass Owner
fes8s fnHnsY Ia order 10 Hsshs 4uicA
sais Wiii AXE ~ see Gene 10 tha Gffirs
ard see phof4t itFus
HonEfT MALTHF.
fif.a1esssf Alaska huiidinR
-tf.Is
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NEAR EvERErT iNTnRuRnAN- Ten
agree. AL level good soii, easily cleared
IL taken this week wN cau deliver this
Tor 5000. II 10 below the market n
YOU want q 5000 piece pf land in tho
iiaht location for very little money
don't fan O. see this tract
ROBERT MAI.TnY.
aia-Feo-a2i Alaska Building
-I4.4E
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GLASSES copnn, rLY FITTED

Diseases u the eye and nervous ali
raenta Is speciality.
b. sch1ahei. Eye Specialist and Osteo-
nnth Graduate Of LEADING colleges IN
Germany and United States
Suite 5b8 Ellsfs Hidg Third and Uni
Fersity
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The star casaet guarantee 80
curacy OF SESAME rssponstsNf
Tor error. sf any kiad eees~s<~&
10 esispAa.ss aaVsrtissnas@<s-
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CITY REAL ESTATE.
Continued.
$40 Down
SIS Per Month

Two lats s4Asfso - alley aii level
ana cleared good tlew lake ana noun
fafnn near HAyrnun psfh car line am
school rftre fs1k fhfa 10 awnF anasr
value. Come prepared - PEE The prop
fFfF
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CHEAP WIDOWS blH chicken ranch
large piece q land. close 70 street cars
apd stgres, only tGfb Terms. t25 down
80 month. Free wood and water see
Mrs foreman or Henderson, at Darling.
ton store. on new Rerton line. or nm.
mans caahier, IN Times Block 1T
MuKiunan, Smith A. 60. has number
% farms, acreage ana CITY property as
prloch 20 suit everybody. Give them a
call at a0s Hiuckiey nidg --1a.fb
TW o-HCfo tracts in tho suburbs of
city, are well improved and an Al
Investment
u. ~ DEAN
2i2 Crnry Nidg.
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Alaska Christmas novelties Mocta-
sins, worries, furH- baskets totem poles
relics. silver spoons and bracelets 500
each; canoes, coral. amber and pear
beads. sea shgjls Marion a.. viadue'
leads 10 Ya Ode Curiosity Shop colmaf
dock a-14-9i
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FOR RENf-FuRNiSHED
HOUSES

Fuf Neatsa desirable fise.feam cottage.
partly furnished a. Mountain View eta
ton. tit,qn mnnth, Both phones aain
| tHtA at4sta
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-14
E Sign THE FARG(

nTAR & THE building is heated W
improved method kno
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-14


The Plumbing IS MOt
built and erected extra storage capacity of 81
SION which Sreus plies the drinking and cook
.IurAnrurn,, 3 water on the instant at each
Au UANDNEN The Electrical Work
rDor on the north 4 by what is known as the &C
e. All the work = tion were installed accordin
- E..oo 3 of Hancock Bros the archit
& 1t is now finished We inv
The Gardner Hotel
Is Now In Operation
Magnificent New Hosiery Opened Its Doors This
Morning Greatly Increases FargO'S Accommoda-
tons for the travelling PubGc--Fnanced and Con-
Il L. n. si.f D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-14
CARnNER H0TEI FAR(



The Heating, Plumbing and Electric Wiring
OF This Hotel IInstaIe by
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-14

! @1kU NMWILM1I0L0 AI1W
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

in Nevada, in Utah and in Oregon in the form of arid
basins Icebound deserts found in Alaska and
the gacier-covered mountains This land must SO long
the climatic conditions of the country continue
they remain unproductive.
The land chiefly valuable for growing forests will
about $50 100000 acres than one-ffth Of
the wood lots which will continue to form part of the
matey 45OOOO000 acres. fourth of the total land
VIII this area be sufficient provide population
struction. ties poles pulp all the various for
protect the soil erosion. regulate the stream
of the people?
With the exception of those countries which have
naturally a humid climate like Great Britain the
Netherlands countries with forest of only
20 cent less show usually to marked degree bad
climatic conditions with prolonged droughts frosts and
alternating floods and low water, result of the
duced forest Portugal with forest OF only
81 cent of the total; Spain. with 16 cent;
Greece. with 13 per Turkey with 20 cent and
Italy, with IA cent, are good examples
While the absolu tey for the regula-
ton of the protection Of soils be deter
mined only approximately and indirectly, the
essary to make country sefsusainng regards the
production of timber be found with greater accu-
II compare the exports OF the different coun-
with the forest for 100 inhabitants
that countries with 92 100 inhab-
have surplus imports. while those
IS less have surplus of imports over ex
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02
R@Nlz0HNNAW or NIAzxR Ru~xP

has advanced from 13000 to acres
increase of nearly $40 per cent
With intensive methods of cultivation larger
yields will undoubtedly be the same area
yet the itself under agricultural crops will have to
be increased especially If to remain an export
ing country.
In Belgium the arabic land forms per cent of the
total land area in Denmark g. In France AZ and in
Germany AZ These countries exporters of cere
ais although their methods cultivation are highly de-
veloped. France is especially interesting as criterion
because its methods most intensive and it is the
only country that Is sefsusaining; produces 98 per
cent of all the cereals which 1t consumes There Is
little doubt that population years will
reach 5OOO0OO0 or about so per square mile
whether the acreage of improved farm land will
crease at much faster rate than the population as has
been the in the past whether it will grow at
the same or even slower rate than the population the
future alone can tell; but increase 1t must
In mountainous Switzerland only II per cent of the
land is cultivated, and in Sweden and Norway situated
in unfavorable climate and with a scany population
(29 and Is mile, respectively the
proportion of arabic land n per cent and nor
cent respectively
Land chiefly valuable grazing form about ene-
fifth of the extent of the United proper This
land originally lay west Of the hundredth meridian
in the plains and mountain valleys
farther the and third merid-
IAN This land receives but a scanty rainfall can
produce neither forest field crop but supports a
vegetation of hardy 1t formerly nat-
raj of millions of buffalo grazing
ground of herds OF cattle sheep This re-
main largely Natural since the which
be irrigated and thus reclaimed for agricultural pur
or which can be used for dry farming, is
paratiyely small.
According to government estimates available wa
ter will be sufficient irrigate 100000 acres
in tx of the whole region. The SER
vice. however. does not expect reclaim
per cent of all the arid land. This area, together
that used for dry farming will barely suffice
balance the reduction Of the productive in the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

mother of labor and the father Of all
products necessary to sustain human life.
The richness and prosperity OF country,
therefore, depend on the presence of nat
ural resources within its borders, such as
water, minerals. forests and cultivable soils
on the one hand. and intelligent human en-
ergy on the other to shape them into the
forms necessary for the needs of man. or
the two elements the natural resources are
indispensable, for in country like the des-
ert of Sahara all human effort would be
OF but little avail. The growth of nation
depends, therefore, upon the extent of the
natural resources and upon the knowledge
OF how to use them with as little destruc-
ton as possible.
The resources of a country fall natu-
rally into three groups-water. minerals
and land-which represent, respectively. re-
sources which are inexhaustible, resources
which are exhaustible and cannot be re
newed. and resources which exhaust
ible but can be renewed. 1t may be ques-
toned, indeed, whether there is such a
thing an inexhaustible natural resource.
Even water, through the denudation of the
drainage basins, may become irregular in
its flow, or through the careless disposal
of refuse may become polluted so that it
cannot be used. Mines are illustrations of
resources which are exhaustible and not
renewable. Gas, oil. coal and iron once
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02


t,rev ont Of the question Much OF the land now uhaer
forest hut CAPABLE producing crops VIII nave 70 70
cleared and titled provide for an increased popu.
tion All the evidence therefore, Is that tne iand u
der forest will during next 80 years be reduced 70
45O 600 900 acres this reduced area VIII ha'e :"
proyide for population almost twice as large as inc
present Nor will be much hope for covering tno
shortage of our production by imporations rom
abroad.
The demand timber is constantly growing all over
the world II increases at the of Ave per cent
annually II we compare the total excess OF imports
over exports all woodimporting countries OF Europe
with the total of exports over imports OF al
wood-exporting countries shall find that there is
deficit for Europe 141 100000 cubic feet which fs
met at present by imports from North America Sws-
den Norway AustriaHungary have already touched
the highest point in their exports Russia could PROB
ably extent its exports from the NORTH
where still large OF virgin forest but
the growing scarcity OF timber the other parts OF the
empire make very unlikely that larger supplies OK
timber for export will be available. Canada Is still able
increase exports but the drain upon the Canadian
forests growing every and they Will remain the
only supply satisfy the urgent needs OF the
rest of the world coniferous timber after Austria
Hungary and Russia to be exporting countries
The growing demand for wood material must be met.
then not by of the forest land by de-
pending imports from abroad but by an increase In
the producveness Of the forest and decrease In the
waste, which chiefly is due the fact tha e United
States the greatest capita consumption In the
world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

America on average yield less than 49,
If far-sighted national policy in the conservation of
natural resources is to make provision for an evern
creasng population, then greatest possibilities lie
In the direction of developing in all its forms
field forest and range-for notwithstanding possible
in the of the they
are bound to decrease as time goes on.
One hundred the United States east of the
Mississippi river was almost unbroken forest
prsng something square miles or about
700000000 Now about a century of settle
merchantable forest land in the United
About 100000 miles have been
land The remainder has been culed of its valuable tim
ber and devastated by fire else useless
brush land. With the growth of population and the
greater demand for agricultural land the ratio
and forest land will change still further.
will be and crowded into the
and soils too thin too for agricultural
poses may be safely assumed that years
proportion of land devoted to the different purposes
will change almost much it has during the past
century These changes will especially the
ern part United States,
is confined it is in the west high attitudes,
where agriculture is generally impraccable. n
west forests, with few exceptions. in the low
rise in midst of semiard plains, and their original
area 10000 miles, half of which lies in the
Sierra in the Cascades and half in the Rock
changed but very little since settlement In the
west the increase agricultural land be
chiefly through irrigation of the semiarid land.
II we take long look ahead into the future and try
TO picture ourselves what will be the ultimate proper
ton forest and desert In this country 5o
wears from now the light of the increasing demand
for agricultural land and of approximate knowledge
of the climatic conditions the physical properties OF
the different lands country, shall get
thing like condition shown In the diagram
The area devoted to agriculture in half century,
instead of being 21 per the total it is
now will he nearer so per That this is not
overesulate by the fact that during the
last SO years improved farm land in this country