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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-06-01
LOGGED-OFF LAND EXPERIMENT.

j. j. Donovan, president of the Lake
Whatcom Logging Company, will en-
deavor to demonstrate that logged-Off
lands can be transformed into thrifty
farms The company's large tract of
land that is situated between Skagit
county and Lake Whatcom is to be the
site of the experiment.
The first thing that will be done is
to fence off 400 acres of the land and
from this the brush and small logs
will be cleared. 1t is MIR. Donovan's
theory that when this land is seeded
to grass it will be the finest in the
world for pasturage for cattle. He
says it is not necessary to remove the
stumps for this purpose and he al
ready has a herd of twenty COWS that
will prove that dairying pays and pays
well.
To test the land for fruit growing,
Mr. Donovan will have $50 apple trees
of a standard variety planted this
year. Last year he started a model
farm of twenty acres on which fine
crop of potatoes, cabbage and other
vegetables were grown.
In order to prove that the land is
all arabic and productive, small tracts
will be cleared in different parts of
the tract then it will be offered to
home builders at a nominal price.
The farmer of today wants all the
knowledge he can get that will in
crease the money returns. from his
labor.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-06-01
STILL DEMANDS POWDER.
Editor The Ranch:

Editor The Ranch:
| feel somewhat f1attered at the eX-
tended comment on my article on land
C caring by your Mr.. Varnum.
Most of the rancherS know how to
clear this land much better than they
can write about it. If | had pen like
Mr. Varnum's, from which the words
seem to flow in a golden stream, every
one ringing loud and clear, | would
have been writing on this subject long
ago.
Mr.. Varnum uses my illustration and
compares irrigation bitches to land
clearing. This is not a fair compari-
son for a minute. Uncle Sam owns
the water, and much of the land is
comparatively worthless without wa
ter, while our land makes good pasture
after an outlay of from SO to $25 per
acre for cutting and burning brush.
1t costs approximately $40 per acre
to bring the water onto this desert
land. Then the land is worth 1925 per
acre. Is not this a safe proposition
for Uncle Sam? Then does he grub
any sagebrush?
Our land here is worth $50 per acre
wild 1t will cost $125 per acre to
clear it. Where is your collateral?
You might as well compare the cut
ting down of Denny hill to the leveling
of Mount Rainier.
l live in the Sammish Valley. There
is as good land in this district as ever
laid out of doors. Most of it over
flows in the fall, and the water stands
there until about June, Now we have
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-06-01
RULES FOR ARID HoMEsTEADs

Secretary of the Interior r. A. Bal
linger has announced that he has set
aside 3,576,960 acres of land in Wash
ington which will be subject to entry
under the dry farming law of the last
session of Congress. According to this
act, approved February 10, any quail
fed entryman under the homestead
laws may enter 800 acres of land in
such districts as may be designated by
the Secretary of the Interior in the
states of Colorado, Montana, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and wy
oming, and in the territories of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. This land must
be non-mineral, non-irrigable and
without merchantable timber.
person taking a homestead under
this new law must show continuous
cultivation of at least one-eighth of
the whole area entered from the be-
ginning of the second year, and con-
tinuous cultivation of at least one
fourth from the beginning of the third
year. No entry made under this act
shall be committed, but there must be
a continuous residence and cultivation
for five years.
A radical change made by the new
law over the old is that a person who
has already filed upon homestead
may enter upon contiguous land I'M
til his entire holding amounts to 800
acres. Such residence upon and
cultivation of the entry will be ac-
cepted in proving up on the additional
tract.
Non-irrigable land is construed to
4, ;al, 10 1on 1yC c11f
tcient rainfall to produce agricul-
tural crops without the necessity of
resorting to unusual methods of Guilt
walton, such as dry farming.
Lands containing merchantable tim
Der, mineral lands, or lands which
may be irrigated at a reasonable cost
from any known source Of water sup
ply, may not be entered under this
act; and no entry shall embrace in the
aggregate more than 40 acres Of land
susceptible of irrigation from national
sources.
Approximately 175,176,S00 acres of
land in the various Western states to
which the 320-acre homestead bill APP
plies have been designated by Secre-
tary of the Interior Bal-lnger as com
ing within the provisions of the act.
The area of land designated in each
of the states is as follows:
Oregon, 7,OO4,16O; Washington, g.
$4,000; Utah, 7,O44,480; Wyoming,
9,221,76O New Mexico, 14,334560; Ne
vada, 49,512,960; Arizona, 26,650,2 S0;
Colorado, 20,160,000, and Montana, 49,
664 $40.
Plans are we'll under way for the
irrigation of $1,000 acres of fruit land
at Wahluke, four miles north of
White Bluffs, on the east bank of the
Columbia River Water will be
pumped from the river into the main
canal, which will be IL miles long and
supplemented by an extensive system
of laterals. 1t is hoped to complete
the entire system in ~ months.
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WHO OWNS THE
 PRESCRIPTION? /?

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,he mill. he, in order to avoid Scott' went to his room, and while on his way to his room, Scott was coming from the mill and turned across the commons towards him in fast walk. Ladd entered his room as quickly as possible, and Scott rushed in on him and says Now, damn you, l have got you where I want you" and Ladd says Keep back Scott, keep back, and stepped back few feet, and Scott advanced and he pulled his pistol, and fired as rapidly as he could, continuing until he Scott had gone out the door.
 MT. Austin further stated that there would not be nor could there be shown by any witness that MT. Ladd was moved to commit this shooting from any pre-conceived or wicked motive, but it was done purely in self-defense to save his own life or himself from great bodily harm.
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ed to kill him, saying at the same
 time with gesture holding his hands mp that he had killed one negro in
 Louisiana, and he had never suffered
 a minutes anxiety about it, and he intended to kill Ladd That as soon
 as he separated from him, he went
 and got his team, and when he drove
 up to the Hotel MT. Scott had taken
 the young lady. Miss Myrtle. back
 with him in his single buggy. Next
 morning about the time the mill was to begin operations he went to the stable at Ladd's mill and got his team to go home. Cook was then living at
 Star City, and he again met Scott. and Scott apologized for what he had said to him the night before in Ovens saloon, and asked him to walk on with him to the mill. and on his way he made the same threats again about Ladd. Cook though over the matter and advised with his friend, Bige Marshal, with whom he and his sister were stopping at Ladd's at the time, and told him what threats Scott had made against Ladd and asked Marshal what he ought to do about it, and Marshal told him to go and tell Mir. Ladd. Cook then went and did this, and it was then that Ladd real ized he was in danger of being killed by Scott, and began at once to make preparations to leave the mill and stay away until they finished saving up the lumber to avoid any further difficulty, but fearing Scott, he went over to his room got his pistol and put it in his pocket and adjusted his machine with the intention of coming to Pine Bluff before the mill closed for the noon hour, but it began rain ing and this prevented him from con- ing in his automobile, and he had to wait for the train. After he heard the whistle sound for the closing of
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vents and prizes follow.
 Gentlcmen'S Contests.


 Shirt Scramble--1st prize, nan- haitian shirt; Isaac Dreyfus. End. prize, one neck tie; J. B. Simon.
 Pie Eating-1st prize, one bottle of whishey; T. F. Buck. 2nd prize, one belt; H. Marx Go.
 Egg Race-1st prize, one box cigars, F.. M. Altschul 2ni prize, one-half dozen handkerchiefs; Kastor and Bluthenthal
 Sack Race-.1st prize, one baseball mitt, Voss-Nichol. 2nd prize, one razor; McGaughy Hardware Com pany.
 Tug of War--1st prize, one box of Tadema cigars; NJ. Cans and Con- pany.
 100 Yard Dash-1st prize. one knoX hat; The Progress. 2nd prize one cane; The Hub. 3rd prize, one-half dozen handkerchiefs Kress and Com pany.
 Ladies' Contest.
 Pie Eating-1st prize, one piece of jewelry: Gottliebs Jewelry Store. 2nd prize, one belt: Sivess-Walton Com pany.
 Picture Taking-1st prize. one fam Murphy-Ma End prize, one silk bag; Pine Bluff Mercantile Company. Foot Ball Kicking-1st prize, one jewel box; Arnold Bros. 2nd prize, one pair scissors; Clevenland-Mat- thews Hardware Company.
 Tug of War-1st prize, one box of Candy; Rosenberg's Book Store.
 50 Yard Dash-1st prize, one pock- ct knire; Fox Bros. Hardware Com- pany. 2nd prize, one pair house slip pers; Leverenz-Trutock Shoe Com pany.
 Basket Ball Throwing-1st prize, one hand bag; Grand Leader. 2nd prize, one painted plate; E. l.. Owen.
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Notice

R. 5. Webb, contractor and build. CT, who has been doing the brick work for the Pine Bluff Water and Light Company over year, is pre- pared to do your brick work, has a special line of jacks and am prepared to do your foundation work and any kind of brick work, boiler setter, flues and chimneys and am able to furnish you any kind of reference you desire
 am able to furnish most any kind of bond necessary. See me and save money before you let your contract. All work guaranteed. Write me for plans and specifications at 112O West Second avenue, or ring old phone 857, Pine Bluff. Ark. 3-2 tf
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t(,ODClnuGu fIOll rage OAS.J Bedell, w. T. Brasher and A. C. Parse as a committee on fraternal rela- tions. with instructions to visit the Arkansas doctors when they meet ill this city in annual session and assure them of the harmonious relations and good feelings that exist between the druggists and the physicians. E. G. Eberle, editor of the South ern Pharmaceutical Journal, of Dal- las, Texas, delivered an address and during the discussion on the parcels post, he predicted that the parcels post was sure to come. He said that he was opposed to it and believed that it would be injurious to the in- terests of the retailer. He also eX- tended an invitation to the Arkansas druggists to attend the annual con- yention of the Texas Pharmacists to be held at San Antonio the coming year.
 f The afternoon session included the reading of telegrams and communi- cations, the report of the committee on membership, showing thirty-six new members for the day; and gen eral discussion on trade interests, drugs as commercial asset, the ethics of commerce, the prescription register and filling prescriptions, bookkeeping and the American Drug gists' Syndicate. It was shown dur ing the discussion on prescription register that the druggists intend to adopt a general uniform register for Arkansas.
 Henry Weimer, of Hot Springs, made an interesting report of the del egates to the National Association of Retail Druggists meeting.
 The Delegates.
 Among the many delegates who registered yesterday are: Henry Weimer, Hot Springs; Miss Mary A. Fein, Little Rock: E. F. Klein, Hot Springs; N Gus Nash. Jonesboro; J. F. Dowdy, J. B. Bond, P. J. Cusachs, w. H. and Orlando Halliburton, X. B. Ellis, Jesse D. Hodges and l.. K. Snodgrass, Little Rock; c. C. Love, Gillett; l.. c. Moore, Piggott; M. A. Eisele, Hot Springs; R. A. Warren, Clarksville; j. T. Farmer. Clarks- vile; R. M. Hampton. Hartford; c. H. Nelson, Conway; Sigo Ehrlich, Eudora K N. West Hartford; w. NJ. Smith, Huntingdon; s. J. McMohan. Batesville; F. N. Wozencraft, Hot l Springs; R. l.. Bours Jr., Hope; w. l.. Carr, V. J. McComb, N. E. Brightwell, W. T. Brasher, J. II. Ancrum, w. l.. 1 Dewoody, Andrew c. Parse, J. H. Mann, A. G. Bedell. Pine Bluff. Many more delegates and their ladies arriv- ed last night.
 Card Party This Afternoon.
 A card party will be given this af ternoon for the visiting ladies at the residence of Mrs. W. l.. Dewoody, Mo- 1 516 West Fourth avenue, from 2:30 to o'clock Tonight a banquet will be given for the visitors at the Bluff City Club hall.
 Field Sports Thursday. l On Thursday afternoon program of field sports will be carried out at Forest Park for the entertainment of the visitors, all of whom will be ask ed to participate in the events. The
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The Boyce Construction
 Company

Are in the field for business and have the most complete moving out fit in the city and do general build ing business. Also general repairing business. Fix all class of roofs, shin gle, tin and composition. Make hign class screens. When you are ready to build, move or repair you do your self an injustice 10 proceed without getting our estimate Call old phone 71 or S97. D. W. BOYCE, Mgr. THE BOYCE CONSTRUCTION co. If
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SCHOOL DIRECTOR.

The Graphic is authorized to an- nounce the candidacy of Tracy Mills for the office of school director of the Pine Bluff School District. at the en- suing election, May 15, 1909. 4-ss tf
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Screen Doors of all sizes and styles from $1.e0 up. All widths of screen wire in both galyenized and black at Cleveland Matthews Hard ware Go.
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SEE CHARLES ]. MADDING, DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE VA. TIONAL LIFE OF THE |. $. A. (CHICAGO). HE CAN WRITE YOU ANY KIND OF \ POLICY YOU WANT. 3-14tf
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Is Your Private List of RESPONSIBILITIES" TOOLARGE?

Perhaps some things been placed your Per. sona Catalogue of Impossibiltes which have place there.
 Go brayeIy work to dscredit lsto prove that
 lot of your impossible. things possible and feasible and you will find your whole scheme of life readjusted You fnd also that personal individual business sue. cess, WITH THE MEANS AND RESOURCES AT HAND. is really attanable- your available forces are USED
 Rational udcous of publicity will enable you to revise your Impossibilies radically that will no longer terrify y0uno longer act your ailer-no longer serve as of Reasons" for lack of perity.
 Publciy-of the sort you "aford"will search out the one person the city who really eager to buy the thing you want se thus erasng what be "Impos. sibity" No. your list It will dispose of what may be "Impossbity- No. your list by enabling you to double of customers of stOrechanging q tagging business to busy one-without exhausting your resources This calls for "nerve on your part for some faith some seassurance But it can be done is being done all of the time-and is worth doing.
 All tlruogh your list of Impossiblities" will be found things that persistent of advertising will remedy will "edit of your list Business obstacles office dsorganizaon, household annoyances-these do not be- long your list for publicity remedies tem InterwoVen with all your affairs, advertising will come to play part in your life so vita helpful that you will forget that you ever had a list of "ImpOssibilites."
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MARINELLO HAIR DRESSING PARLORS
 at THE GRAND LEADER

Manicuring. Hair Dressing and all work in that line. Only white Hair Dresser in the city Scientific Scalp Treatment; also warts and moles re- moved. Old phone 370. Open Satur- day evenings by appointment.
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Advertising. Rates Made known on
 Application.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
 Delivered By Carrier. Daily, one week ...............$ .lo Daily, one month .............. .6a Daily, six months ............. 3.7o Daily. !Onc year .......... I.oU'
 BY MAIL
 Y Cash in Advance. Daily, three months .'....... $1.5o Daily, six months ............. 300 Daily. one wear ............ 500 Sunday Edition. oue year. ..... 200
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STATEMENTS IN
 THE LADD CASE

tGontinued From Page Oae.l
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
10 Continue Billy
Meadows Pasture
Forestry Service To Experiment
Farther On Coyote-Proof
Fence.

Wallowa, Feb. 1.-The council
passed fire limits ordinance few
weeks ago. At the last meeting
petition was presented asking that
the ordinance be rescinded.
A preliminary report upon the ex-
perimental coyote proof pasture
that the forest service built at
Billy Meadows, has been received
and contains much interesting data.
A copy may be had upon application
to the Forestry Service, Washington,
ID. G. The government experiment
at Billy Meadows will be carried on
again next year, and there will be
some changes in number and grade
of sheep which are grazed. j. F.
Jardine, the engineer, will arrive
March Is and take active charge.
The Forest service is building a
telephone line from the end of the
Home Independent lines at Munsey's
place on Prairie Creek to Ranger
McClain's headquarters.
DR.. Gregory is fitting up a ward
for surgical cases in connection with
ais office His operating room is
well equipped and the doctor will
have nurse in attendance.
Wolfe brothers have moved their
stock across the street into their
recent purchase, the OFT building.
e. A. Searle is at La Grande on
business for the Forest service.
II. b. Starr, the hardware mer-
,hant of Lostine, has bought a half
interest in the Valley Hardware Co.,
and will move part of his stock to
Wallowa. Mrs. Starr will look after
lie business in Lostine for the pres
ent.
r. d. Heskett and wife of Leap
were trading in town today.
l.. Couch, of the real estate firm, is
ooking after business interests in
The Leap country.
Gregg & Marvin have recently ship
| ped six car loads of lumber to
| Twin Falls, Idaho.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
CROSSETT TIMBER
SOLD TO PALMER
DEAL INVOLVING 100000 IS RE.
PORTED cLooEp-TlMBER
LAND VALUES.

The deal pen ling for several
months between the Crossett Timber
company and the Palmer Lumber
company for the timber holdings of
the former, is believed to be closed.
County Clerk Eoatman has beel ex-
pecting the deeds for recording for
some time. owing to information re-
ceived by local firm in regard to
business that would only be ordered
If the deal was closed.
The deal Is one of the largest in
Eastern Oregon for some time, and
is said to involve 100000 for the
$4,000 acres owned by the Crossett
company in Wallowa and Union coun.
ties, the amount in Union coun-
ty, however, being small. This Is
at the rate of $14 an acre. but even
that figure dos not represent any
way Near the real value of Wallowa
county timber land, as dispatch
in Saturdays Oregonian from "alc-
Allister,' says the Palmer people
will sell their new purchase and their
old holdings to a Chicago syndicate
for $50 an acre.
The Crossett company has beon
buying timber land in Wallowa coun-
ty for the past three or four years,
and last March was assessed on &c.
900 acres. 1t has extensive holdings
llong the Wallowa river below MI
lam, on Smith Mountain and has
bought many claims In townships l.
and north, a.. 1t has, on n rough
guess, paid less than $40 an acre OF
IN average for the claims, 81 Is
profit is close to so per ceit. Not
Dad for sure thing.
The Oregonian dispatch slyl the
Palmer mill at La Grande will be in
cluded in the deal, IL male, to- the
Chicago syndicate.
The Crossett and Palmer COM
Danies are two of the three that
raised such a howl because Ass ss =
or Pace assessed their timber land
1t 1925 an acre. They have carried
heir protest up to the circuit court.
the cases being set for the ~
term.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

many others more or less interest
ed in the matter, and 1900 acres of
lend were offered for lease to the
company on which to raise beets
this coming season. Nearly all the
landowners are willing to co oper-
ate with the company in giving beet
culture a fair trial, and several will
increase the amount of land offered
if after inspection the company
wishes the land, and price and
water supply are mutually satisfac-
tory. On the other hand, the rent
al offered by the company may not
prove satisfactory to some of the
land owners, and the acreage may
be cut down.
F. G. Taylor, superintendent of the
La Grande factory. and David Prin-
gree, who will have the superin-
tendency of the Amalgamated Sugar
company's fields in this and Union
counties, met with the land own
ers, and explained the conditions OF
soil, water, etc. They expressed
themselves as being much pleased
with the interest shown.
No contracts were signed Saturday
as they are a matter between each
landowner and the company. Messrs
i Taylor and Pingree are visiting this
week the various tracts of land
offered and concluding terms with
the land owners. The amount OF
rental paid depends upon the char
acter and condition of soil, amount
of water, and distance from load
| ing stations. One loading station
will be at Enterprise and another
up the valley a few miles.
Nothings has been said about {
factory here, except in a general way
But if the valley proves good sugar
beet land it is confidently expected
q factory will be established at En-
terprise.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

Walter Hill and family of Elgin
were visiting with Martin Larsen, re.
turning to their home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wade completed
a visit of several weeks with their
children and other relatives at Walla
Walla and other points, returning
Monday.
DR.. r. s.. DeArmond of Grants
Pass is expected here this week to
open an office. He is reputed to be
a fine physician.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04
JOSEPH

Joseph. Feb. 2.-Revival services
began Sunday night at the M. e.
church, conducted by Rev. w. l.. NC
Diarmid.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bales of En-
|terprise were guests over Sunday at
IL. P. Womack's.
RS. ]. P. Rusk was an outgoing
passenger Tuesday. She joins her
husband at Salem.
Mrs. DR.. Molitor of La Grande
came in Monday to visit her brother,
Lawrence Caviness.
Carl Whitmore purchased piano
hast week of Leffel. The Alder
school house also bought an organ
,of the same firm.
Mrs. ]. s. Houck went to Enter
prise Tuesday to visit her daughter,
z&lrs. j. w. Kerns.
The station office will be moved
Unto the depot, Wednesday.
Mrs. C. ]. Cox, who has been visit
ting her mother, Mrs. j. Ross, re;
turned Monday to her home at Med
kical Springs.
County superintendent Conley sold
shis home here last week to c. R. Eb-
terhart.
F. w. Rowley of the Puget Sound
country, but formerly of Joseph, is
negotiating for the Hugh Wilson
place, and will remove here with his
Family in the early spring.