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THE KKKr OMAHA,-SATODAY. APRIL s.
DEVELOP SHOSHONE COUNTRY!
treat Reclamation Project Cot$ Gov
ernment Seven Millions.
WORK PROGRESSES RAPIDLY
lril tall Ready for Pettier la
roar Year After Rralnnlaa of
narration HIM Are
Rmr.
Since the reclamation act was passed In
1WJ. the tnlted States government ha
expended nearly $."AK"0 In building
Irrigation prolerts In varloua part of the !
so-ealled "Arid West." This work la done j
under the supervision of government
enalneers nnd If not commenced until they
re satisfied that the aoll la susceptlhle of
producing sHtlnfai tory agricultural results,
and that the supply of water la ample and
permanent. Among thee projects, nnd one
of the most extensive. Is the Shoshone
project In northern Wyoming, about
arienty-flve miles east of the Yellowstone
National park. It covers approximately
l.-.noifl res of Irrigable iHnd, and will c ost
some 'i,7jft.'0o. The government desires no
profit from the enterprise, and the land.
With perpetual water tights, will be turned
over to the epttlera at the actual coat of
the Improvements.
Any citizen who has not exercised his
homestead right la entitled to file on any
unoccupied farm on the project. The
settler Is given six months from the. time,
of making entry to establish residence, be
fore the end of which time he muat
actually he living on the land. A citizen
may make a second homestead entry pro
vided he lost, forfeited or abandoned a
homestead entry prior to February 8. l!,
if u h entry was not cancelled for fraud,
or relinquished for a consideration. He may
also make a second entry If he commuted
hla former entry prior to June 5. 1W0.
Rrrlnmatlon Work Hapld.
Investigation of aoll, water supply and
land was commenced by the reclamation
service In 19H Hnd as soon as these Im
portant points were satisfactorily estab
lished actual work was commenced on the
Irrigation works. Notwithstanding their
magnitude and the permanent character
of their construction, the first unit was
ready for settlers In the spring of 1908.
Blnce this time two more units have been
added, making a total of about XI. 000 acres
ready . for settlement. The more Important
featurea of the projects are now com
pleted. These embrace the building of the
highest dam In the world (328.4 feet high
forty-two feet higher than the Flat Iron
building In New Vork) In the Shoshone
canyon, which will store nearly half a
million acre feet of water; the Corbett
diversion dam: Corbett tunnel, three and
one-third miles In length: Ralston reser
voir: the main canal, forty feet wide on
the bottom; and the distributing system
for the units now In operation. Practically
all structures, even down to the farm
turnouts, are built of reinforced concrete
and steel. Work is now In progress on ad
ditional canals, and new units will be
opened from time to time as settlement
shall require, until the entire loO.Ono acres
are under cultivation.
Bet tiers began to arrive in the spring of
1HW and about 1,500 acres were Irrigated
the first year. That acreage was Increased
until It reached 17.0U0 In 1!'10, of which 6,000
acres were planted to alfalfa alone. 'The
Irrigated portion of this land has been
changed from a typical desert to a densely
populated agricultural community, enjoy
ing the advantages of excellent schools
and churches. Two lines of the Burling
ton railroad pass through the project; tele
phone, telegraph and postoffice facilities
are available. The towns are well provided
with good stores of all kinds; each has a
newspaper and hank, as well - as other
necessary branches of business, and the
leading fraternal orders have lodges In
the various towns.
r ue I Are Cheap.
There are several coal mines on and
close to the project, where farmers may
secure their fuel at from t- to $3 per ton.
There are also oil wells In several nearby
localities, and a refinery at Cowley.
All crops native to live central temper
ate lone can be raised with success. In
cluding cereals, forage, roots, fruits and
garden vegetables. Alfalfa, sugar beets
and the small grains do especially well.
Un account of the altitude, corn Is not so
successfully produced as the smaller
grain. It is expected that the production
of sugar beets will become an Important
and profitable industry. Representatives
of various sugar factories are already look
ing over the field with a view of establish
ing sugar factories as soon as settlement
of the project wilt warrant It. At this
time the factory at Hillings, Mont., Is of
fering to per ton for beets delivered at the
railroad stations on the project. Potatoes
do splendidly, producing from 200 to 409
bushels per acre and they are of the finest
quality, successfully rivaling the well
known Colorado potato.
On lt4 farma that were being farmed the
second year, the average returns per acre
were as follows:
From alfalfa $24. SO per acre; oats $16.02
per acre, wheat $16.08 per acre.
1 he maximum yields on the Shotmone
project during the year 1910 were seven
tona of alfalfa per acre, seventy bushels of
oats, and thirty-two of wheat.
The soil consists, of light sandy and clay
login, alluvial or sedimentary In character
It la grayish brown in color, fine In texture
very deep, almost entirely tree from alkali
nd so rich that no fertilizer is necessary
for the production of abundant crop.
Tills fertility la due to qualities Inherent
In the soil itself, and soluble elements es
sential to plant life, Instead of being dis
solved and carried away by thousands of
years of rainfall, have been preserved in
thi ground, awaiting only the magic touch
of water to change the bare, brown desert
Into luxuriant green fields.
Climate U Mild.
The climate Is Invigorating, healthful and
enjoyable at all seasons There are no
r clones, blljxarda or severe storms. The
winter are pleasant, milder than In east
ern state In the same latitude, with
uaually only light snowfall. In summer
It is never sultry', and the temperature
varies according to the altitude. The light
ness of the air, due to the altitude. Its
dryness, modifying the extreme of heat
nd cold, and the almost continuous sun
shine, are a constant stimulus and make
mere existence a pleasure.
Small fruits, such as currant, goose
berries, raapberrle. and Itrawberrles
grown on the project yield V-jndantly,
the fruit being of excellent flavor. Irrlga
. tion In thl district 1 so recent that other
fruits have not had time to show what
they can do. ' Result obtained under sim
ilar condition In other part of the Big
Hern basin Indicate that all hardy fruit
van be successfully grown on the project.
With the usual amount of eunnhln and th
abundant water supply, apple will un
doubtedly prove an especially profitable
rrop. The soil la easily prepared for gar
den and all hardy flowering plant thrive
and bloom freely. Vegetable of all kind
can be raised, Including delicious varlette
of tomatoes. The local demand for all
garden produce la far In exceea of the sup
ply, sod th opening for market gardener
t on of th beet afforded by the project.
Not a town In the Big Horn basin pro
4Ke enough milk, cream and butter to
Supply It needs. Hence dairying a an
Luxuriant Field in Utah
CABBAQ13 UHOWIXa
Industry offers exceptional opportunities!
and will bring increasingly satisfaclorv
results to the settler of the fhoshone pro
ject. The open winters and bright days of early
spring are especially favorable to the poul
try raiser. i:s and dressed fowls are al
ways In demand at good prices, and the
home market consumes all that can be pro
duced. The Rig Horn basin will always lie a
livestock country because of the natural
adaption of the climate and products of
the soil to the Jiighest development oi
Animal life. The foothills and higher alti
tudes of the mountain ranges afford cheap
pasture for sheep, horses and cattle during
the summer months and the abundant
forage crops which can be produced in the
valleys tinder Irrigation will render the
livestock business profitable for all time.
The cultivation of alfalfa has brought the
hog, and hog raising has been found to be
very profitable. There Is no fear of hoe
cholera and the market for years will be
at home.
There are opimrtunitles In every line of
business. The valley Is practically a virgin
field.
The reclamation of 1,"0,OUO acres of land,
with a family on every forty or eighty
acres, will necessitate the establishment of
many new tow.ns and will add greatly to
the population of the towns now In ex
istence. All manufacturing industries which de
pend upon agriculture for their raw ma
terial will firwl a virgin field in the Sho
shone protect. There are exceptional open
ings at this time for the establishment of
a creamery, a flour mill, a condensed milk
factory, a packing house, an Ice factory,
brick yards, a steam laundry and sewer
pipe and tile factories.
The valley needs a nursery, good seed
growers, greenhouses and truck farms. The
man who wants to farm a small place and
live near town will find profitable Sources
of Income In small fruits, orchards, bees,
flowers and In raising chickens for poultry
ind eggs.
There Is an excellent opportunity for
profitable employment In raising well-bred
stock for range and dairy, to be told to
the new settlers. Th raising of a good
class of horses and mule will also prove
remunerative.
In the building trades every opportunity
Is offered, as there la a scarcity of skilled
artisans of all classes.
farming -in the Big Horn basin is
trlctly an Irrigation proposition.
The advantages of Irrigation are many
The yield from Irrigated land In the dry
regions of the west is about double that
from lands in the humid lone.
The harvest Is absolutely certain, as th
water Bupply I under control at all times
and the growing crop need never be in
jured by receiving too much or too little
water. There Is no waiting for the ground
to be moistened or for the rain to cease.
The crop Is never lost at harvest time
the farmer harvests when he Is ready
without having to wait for favorable
weather conditions, for they are always
favorable. '
The continual sunshine not only -enables
the farmer to better cultivate the soil,
but the products of that aoll are of better
duality than are those usually produced
where man must depend ' upon uncertain
rln.
Farming by Irrigation Is not an expert
ment and any person capable of farming
by other methods is certain of success
providing he will give careful, Intelligent
attention to th work before him; la not
too set In hla own way as to how irrigation
should be carried on, but la willing to
learn and be guided by those Irrigation
principles and methods which have been
proven by the experience of other t bring
the best results.
Irrigation Project
at Orland is Ready
For Water Service
Gigantic Reservoir is Holding a
Basin of Thirty Miles in
Circumferenceo.
ORLAND, April T.-The work on the
great Orland reclamation project In Glenn
county Is complete, the huge reservoir
backed up by the Kst Park dam Is full
and overflowing and the entire system will
be opened and water distributed over' 14.
000 acres of land by the middle of April.
The great dam Is one of the most sub
stantial and Imposing concrete structure
In northern California. Its maximum
height from the bedrock on which It stands
to the parapet on top Is HO feet. Above
the bed of the stream the dam rlaos to a
height of ninety feet, while Its base Is lm.
bedded fifty feet below the bed In solid
rocs: formation.
Along It crest the dam is 2t0 feet,' with
a ten-foot parapet running along the entire
distance. At its base It Is ninety feet
thick and ten feet at the crest. The cover
over the stand at the top of the dam Is the
spot from which all the gates and mechan
ism are operated. The apparatus la ball
bearing and can be operated by a child.
The dam Is forty-five mile southwest
of this city. The water will supply all th
farmers and rancher In the district. Th
vast reservoir, or lake, formed by th dam
Is now full, the water running over the
spillways. The lake covers J.700 acres, and
Is thirty miles around. This body of water
will be stocked by the government with
black bass, tilnce the reservoir has filled
duck and geese have appeared In great
numbers, and the .urface of th reservoir
Is lined dally with the game.
All of the main canals and lateral of
th system are now complete. Everything
Is of concrete and of the best workmanship,
and th engineers in charge declare the
system on of the greatest th government
ha Inatalled In th west. The dam Itaeir
I built between walls of conglomerate
foundation, and I impregnable. Th day
on which th water 1 turned Into the
canals and lateral ha not been definitely
decided upon, but will be celebrated by the
people of thl city and those living In the
district affected by the project.
NEAR PA UNA.
EMMER STANDS WINTER TEST
Prof. Buffum'i New Grain Proves
Hardy and Healthy Through Cold.
WILL HARVEST BIG SEED CROP
Sixty Thousand Rnahels, Yield of l
Hundred Acres, to He Put Bark
Into Noll, Declares the
Breeder.
Prof
grain
talked
R. ( Buffum. the Worland. Wye.
breeder, who demonstrated and
his theories at the Omaha Land
show, made a survey of his field of new
species of grain winter emmer last week
and found not a stalk had been hurt by
the weather. He has OiiO aorea of hla win
ter emmer that will run 100 bushel to the
acre, 'growing a total harvest of 60,000
bushels of grain.
Winter emmer Is the result of Buffum'i
experiments with Russian emmer and some
twenty-four varieties of wheat. It will
grow sixty to 100 bushels to the acre un
der dry farming, and contains element to
make It an unequalled cattle fattener. All
of the 60.0OU bushels whlh the professor
expects to harvest he will sell for seeding
purposes only.
Spring and winter wheat received great
benefit from the rain of Monday, accord
ing to report received by the Omaha rail
roads. The rain was needed badly and It
la now assured that the winter wheat will
prosper. Ijist year there were 2,734.004
acies of winter wheat planted In Ne
braska, producing 40.617,536 bushels of
wheat and this year ther are even more
acre under cultivation. Spring wheat was
planted on S,072 acres, harvesting 4,533,517
bushels.
Will Plant Forests
to Conserve Water
of Mountain Snows
Government Forestry Bureau Pro
poses Covering Wide Area with
Protective Vegetation.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 7.-To. con
serve the sniws of the -Blue moun
tains In the Wenaha forest reserve the
government forestry bureau Is planning to
"treat" thousands of acres with shrubbery
and trees thl summer and develop dormant
springs. According to an announcement
that has Just been made public, camps are
already being established where forces of
government rangers and assistants will be
quartered this summer to Jo the work.
More wale- ha been steadily demanded
oy irrigation or lands In the valleys
through ,whlch the Waila Walla, river, Mill
creek. Touchet river and other atreams
flow, and petitions sent to the government
have been promptly noticed and complied
with. This will give double the water sup
ply during the summer, it Is believed, whHn
the treatment" of the mountain forests and
watersheds Is completed.
The snows of the winter. Instead of melt
ing with a rush In early spring, will be
protected during that period and the water
saved fcntil midsummer, when It Is really
needed. Residents In the mountains will
co-operate with the government in this
work.
Rio Linda Colony in .
Promising Location
Project Opened on Rancho Del Paso
is Close to the City of
Sacramento.
Among those who accompanied the first
colonist excursion tralna to California wa
C. V. Cor.zens, sale manager of th Rio
I.'nda colony, which comprise a tract of
several thousand acres and I part of the
famous "Haggln tract." or "Rancho Del
ruso." a large tract of land formerly used
exclulvy for breeding of thoroughbred
horse.
In May, mo, this fertile tract was placed
on the market for subdivision. The ranch,
rolling, high and picturesque, posaease ad
vantage over location In olher directions
for the expansion of Sacramento, which I
Inevitable.
Rio I,lnda colony la only about twenty
rrlnute over the Northern Electric Inter
urban from Sacramento. The close proxi
mity to the city affords great advantages
for shopping, marketing, advanced edu
cation, amusement, recreation, etc., to
gether with opportunities for employment
for those who wish to live In the coun
try and work In the city.
The aoll of Rio Linda colony I generalle
believed" to be the beet of the upland on
the "Kancho Del Paso." The greater part
tf the colony 1 moderately rolling upland,
with a considerable strip along the creek
of what would be called serond bottom
lnd. The soil Is adapted to raising
orange, lemon, grapefruit and other clt
ru fruit ; olive, almonds. English wal
nuts and all character of smaller fruit
and vegetable are raised In abundance.
Kejstal to the Rmtrttaer.
An old lawer had instructed his client
accuaed of theft, to weep whenever be
truck the desk with hi hand. In th
rdor of his plea he forgot and struck th
desk at an inauspicious moment.
His client promptly fell to sobbing with
much energy, and th judge turned upon
bur.
"What I the matter with your' he
asked.
"lie told me to cry a often a h struck
the tble." ald th woman, lifting a pair
of large dry eye to th judge face a ah
put down her handkerchief.
A laugh ran around th room, but th
unabashed lawyer saw bis opportunity.
"It i not possible." h said, when th
laughter had subsided, "that any one here
ran reconcile the Idea of crime with auch
candor and simplicity a thla" Youth a
Companion.
Persistent Advertising
Big Return.
1 th Road to
NEBRASKA'S RAINS PRECIOUS
Cultivation for Conservation of Moist
ure Necessary to Success.
HOT WINDS HAVE DISAPPEARED
Hrraklaa of larae Area lo oath.
ward Affert llniatle ( oadltlon
More Work Mean More
Money.
The conserve! Ion of moisture Is one of
!he Important problems before the people
of Nebraska. Without going Into details
It i sufficient to y here that much land
Is now being successfully farmed In this
stste that was considered unfit for farm
ing twenty-flv years ago. For some years
there were a great many people believed
that our'climate had changed and that we
are now receiving move rainfall lhnn for
merly, hut the facts do not bear out this
claim.
The dlmale in Nebraska has been modi
fied lo some extent by the breaking up of
vast lerrltorlcs In Kansas. Oklahoma and
Texas, but the only modification Is In
respect to the hot winds.
The hot winds, so destructive to crops
In years, gone by. are to a considerable
extent a thing of the ptcFt because of the
breaking tip of so rpuch land to the south
hf us. but the farmer cannot depend upon
having sufficient rainfall, In all of this
state every year, with which to properly
mature common farm crops, unless he
properly conserves the moisture that falls.
This can be done by reasonably deep plow
ing and shallow and frequent cultivation,
labor la an Kasentlal.
The tendency of the average farmer Is
to raise his crop wilh as little work as
possible, therefore the seasons when there
1 plenty of rainfall to raise a crop tinder
most any kind of circumstances, have a
tendency to discourage some farmers In
the matter of doing as much hard work
a Is necessary to properly cultivate the
oil and conserve the moisture that falls.
t. W. Holdrege, general manager of the
Burlington, has been a pioneer In ihls work
and hi farm near Madrid, Is devoted to
thl kind of farming. A test showing how
moistur ran be conserved was made upon
this farm a few years ago. Three tracts
side by side were summer tilled; one tract
waa put Into fall wheat, the other tract
into corn, the following spring, and the
other tract summer tilled the second time.
During the month of August following Mr.
Holdrege Investigated the moistur In the
three tract with a post auger and found
that the tract that had been summer tilled
the second time without any crop on at
all. could be bored with the auger to a
depth of. four and one-half feet before
leaving moisture, the soil being soft and
damp to that depth, while In the corn
field,- where the corn was In roasting ear,
they ran out of moisture at a depth of
two and one-half feet, and In the wheat
field stubble, where the wheat was In
shock, they ran put of moisture at four
teen Inches.
Of course all three of these tracts had
the same amount of moisture fall upon
them and It is apparent from this test
that moisture can be conserved, and In
the western part of Nebraska farmers will
succeed better where they undertake to
ratae two crops in three years, Instead of
farming their land continuously every year,
summer tilling the land left Idle.
Additional Work Pay.
While it require considerable more work
to farm under the proper dry farming
methods than It doe to farm In a slip-shod
manner, the farmer will get good pay for
the additional work. For example, there
Is no work that a farmer could do that
will be more remunerative than to run a
disk Immediately after the binder when
cutting grain, and In this way disk up
the ground about two Inches deep. Of
course, If there should be several hard
rains fall Immediately after this disking
It is easily understood that the soil will
absorb more of th water that falls than
it would if the land had not been disked,
while on the other hand if there are no
rain for some time, after the crop has
been harvested, the land that has been
disked will be much more mellow and con
tain much more moisture than soil not o
treated. One reason la that Immediately
when the grain Is rut, there are million of
stubble stalks that shrink and leave air
holes to let out the moisture, but per
haps the principal reason Is that the soft
mulch I thereby put on the soil and
prevents evaporation.
Kansas Soils Are
Fertile, Deep and
Easy to Cultivate
Sunflower State's Loam Beadily
Storea Moisture Progress in Ex
perimental Work.
In nearly every portion of Kansas the
soil Is a dark rich loam, composed of the
accumulated mold of vegetation of age,
mixed with fine slliclous grains of sand and
lime. Kansaa has no "hard pan." except
In a few counties on Ihe Missouri border;
no "gumbo. " and consequently no "craw
fish" prairies. The surface soil I so por
ous that the heaviest rains are almost com
pletely absorbed. "More rain, more rest,"
does not hold good In Kansas. The morn
ing after a night's rain the farmer can
plow or cultivate hi corn field without
fear of packing and baking the ground.
The rain Is stored In the toll, and I acces
sible to the root of the crops during long
weeks of cloudless, sunny weather. That
I one of the secrets of the peculiar suc
cess of crop raising In the state, and the
Intelligent farmer assists nature by plowing
a little deeper every year and loosening
the subsoil.
The ground Is easily plowed, a It turn
nicely; the three-horse riding plow, cut
ting a alxteen-lnch furrow, I coming into
general use, and I doing quick, thorough
work. 8o easily I the oll worked and
planted that not a few shiftless people will
scatter oats, for Instance, In a corn stubble
field, and then run a harrow through It.
expecting to raise a crop In such a (luggard
manner, and frequently succeeding, too.
The soli on the high rolling prairies Is
several feet thick, resting frequently on
gravel, and under that I found the mag
neslan limestone, which rock formation
underlie the whole state.
The great development of the country on
and tributary to the Union Pacific In Kan
a I due largely to Improved method In
farming; to the diversification of crop
and th Introduction of new grains and
graaac; t the dairy Industry, and to the
effort of th United Htate Department
of Agriculture and State Agricultural col
lege. Wonderful object lerson have been
given to the farmer In the western part
of th stale by reason of the operations of
what I known a the "Pornerov. Model
Farm" at Hill City, Kan . on the Cnion
Paclflo line, SiO mile west of Kansas City.
Th Campbell system of deep plowing,
sub surface packing and constant cultiva
tion produces a dust mulch preventing
evaporation, and the ralnfatT'ls stored for
u at the right time. I'nder this method
moisture will be found at great depths,
while In adjoining fields, cultivated under
the ordinary plana, no moisture will be
found.
Sk-rence- la aiding 'the progreatt, man In
nil line of lndutr. snd the work now
roms; on In the Imp uf sen nt iftc untrue
1 1on and experimental wor' In the Imm
ing districts of Kansas will tir Hie ln
ss farmer of the future j.nt ml aiita.!
over the farmer of other kUiii.
Future Wealth of
Washington Farmer
is in Fruit Crop
Developments to Make Northern Pa
cific State Sne of World's Great
est Orchard Sections.
Washington Is a fruit countr.
Not markedly so as yet. but yet to be.
The climate assures It. The planting now
going on assures it. The procession of
fruit biarlng trees begins far down the
const In the southwest corner of California;
skips over the Siskiyou mountains and
begins again In southern Oregon close to
the California line, and passes northward
clear into Washington. The rmiiu.ua val
ley Is not yet widely known as a fruit
center, commercial planting on a small
scale being but recently begun, but there
are many fine orchards, and shipments are
steadily Increasing. There Is absolutely no
question about the success of the Industry
here. In apples, pears, peaches, pi ones,
cherries, the apricot and all the small
fruits. In size, in appearance, in color and
flavor they are equal to any and then
have been no crop failures. One grower
of peaches says that In eleven years he
has had no failure. The shelter of the
hills and the absence of frost and fog
make ideal conditions, and the elevation
Is just right, as Is most of the soil. Much
hill land can here be titllired for various
kinds of fruit, and its low price will make
the orchard inexpensive. The experienced
grower sees everywhere on these hill
slopes, in the beng of these hill streams,
and In the small sheltered valleys. Ideal
orchard sites and they will rapidly be oc
cupied. It Is a matter of interest to the
new settler. He gets in at the lm eption
of a' great movement that for a diHen years
has been exceedingly profitable to a few.
and Is destined to make every section of
southern and western Oregon famous for
the quality of Its orchard fruit.
There has been no advertisement of this
section a phenomenal In fruit production.
The naturally high quality of the fruit nas
made Its way, while the early ripening en
ables the grower to reach various markets
In time to get the benefit of first season
price. L'mpqun valley fruit gets the
same transcontinental rate In car lot.-)
that all other fruit districts of the north
west do, and when fruit can be made to
yield from 1500 to $1,000 an acre there is
here many a fortune to be won by skillful
methods, and much to enrich the farmer
who devotes part of his land to apples or
other fruit.
More than 6.0n0.m pounds of cured
prunes are turned off yearly from this sec
tion and yield a steady and satisfactory
Income perhaps fourfold more than the
average eastern or middle west farmer gets
from three or four fines the acreage. Thus
from ten acrea In this vicinity, the owner
has taken S2.SK) for a single crop, with hut
ordinary expenses of harvesting anl cur
ing. A single Baldwin apple tree has re
turned eighteen boxes of apples, which, at
$1.50 a box. would yield the sum of 27 per
tree. An average yield of half thla amount
would mean a comfortable fortune from
ten acres.
The man who wins out In modern fruit
culture as It Is practiced on this coast,
must be both diligent and skillful. He
cannot go fishing today and work a little
tomorrow," hut must watch details and mas
ter ha .business from the selection of
ground to the packing of the crop, but that
done, buyers will not be lacking. They
are constantly looking for the best, and
orchards are bought entire for o much
per box for all first-class fruit. Often the
product of an orchard I contracted for In
advance. It' I merely a question of the
orchard and its management. What the
climate will do Is well known. It all comes
back to that. Why Oregon apples and
pears should be wanted In New York and
Boston. In London and Hamburg, at prices
unheard of In Michigan or Missouri, no one
can tell If quality be Ignored. And If the
quality makes the price, there is no mys
tery about it. The best always gets top
prices. Here the best spring out of a
combination of soil and climate, the tree
finding Itself at home In both.
Roosevelt Starts for Spokane.
'SEATTLE. Wash., April 7. Theodore
Rooevelt departed for Spokane early this
morning over the Northern Pacific. Mr.
Roosevelt said he would do little talking
today.
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When you get the land paid for you have an investment which will yield splendid
returns and you are assured a home and an income for the balance of your life. If you
wish you can have immediate possession of me land and work it yourself. The climate
and surroundings are ideal. No killing frosts or sweeping storms; U.'JO clear days a
year. The soil is rich, deep and very pro'ific with an abundant water supply. It is
nothing unusual for 10 acres of figs, at 8 years to bring as high as $:,000 per year. Are
you making that much now f Join the movement of wise investors who are investing in
California lands, the land of health, wealth and sunshine.'
WRITE OR CALL TOR FURTHER PARTICULARS.
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SILO FOR CORN CONSERVATION
Preserved Corn I odder Fiovc.-. ol
Highest Value to Dairy iainiei.
IT IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHIRE
Crop (an lie l.ronii on ln land
Hrtnrrn the Itnckv Mountain)
and (he One Hundredth
Meridian.
Coin silane Is. perhaps, the most eco
nomical stuck food the fanner ciin raise.
It ran be successfully grown un ntiy land
between the one hunilreilth imridlan and
the Rockv mountains where btiffulo gras
grows. The com stalk, .ar and ail i
chopped up fine, or shredded, lclme bein
put into the silo, nnd II i.uu.tins its
strongest feeding -qualities If cut just be -
fine frost, therefore coin for silajc imr -
poses can be grown exen In I, a.l.ics
where the seasons ate iry Muni, for the
reason It Is not necrssai v for . oi n to
mature to be profitably put inlo the silo.
A coin silo Is simply a big sauerkraut
barrel filled with chopped up com staika
Instead of chopped up cabbage, and there
is no more mystery about a silo than there
is about a sauerkraut barrel. Any fatincr
who knows how to make sauerkraut can
fill a corn silo. A round silo twelve feet In
diameter, twenty feet high, will hold thirty-eight
tons of corn silage. Klve acres
of corn, planted with a lister, dropping
the grains eight to ten Inches apart, will
fill a silo of this sixe. The contents will
feed twelve milch cow eight months.
Twelve ordinary milch cows no fed and
properly cared for will bring a gross in
come from cream alone, of T."i per month,
leaving the separated milk for calf and
pig feeding. There are many half sections
of government land yet open to settlement
along the Hurlington route that will sup
port three times this number of cows.
r'lxr Slock for Market,
A round silo, eighteen feet in diameter,
thirty feet high, will hold 151 ton of corn
silage. Twenty acres of corn will fill the
silo. The contents of this silo will feed
7U) lambs three months, and together with
hay will put them in shape to top the
market for fat lambs, or together with hay
will feed forty-five steers six months, or
ninety steers three months.
Corn silage has passed the experimental
stage. Practically every university In the
central and eastern tates has demon
strated that corn silage Is the cheapest
stock food grown, considering Its value as
a milk and fyt producer.
A farmer located on the Burlington at
Belmont, Nell.. In the extreme northwest
ern part of the state, at an altitude of
a.Uiu feet, has successfully grown corn sil
age for many years, and during the last
seven years he ha grown an average of
eight tona per acre. What this farmer haa
done can be done by practically every
other farmer in Burlington territory west
of the one hundreadtli meridian.
The silo was the subject of a number of
lectures and demonstrations at the last
Umaha Land show, where many farmers
learned of its value. The Installation of
silos in Nebraska Is showing the value of
that feature of the show.
Lessons In the making of corn silage
will be a part of the educational program
of the next land show, held at the
Coliseum In Omaha In October.
-Mat to (rack.
A woman at the theater gets almost as
sipe at the villain as a man at a bull
game gets at the umpire.
The one lie a woman will alwavs believe
s when a man tells her she Is the moat
beautiful thing In all the world.
After a woman has been married a
couple of years she can tell from Just on
kiss exactly how many drinks her hus
band has had on the way home.
Some men are so susceptible that they
can no more resist a woman than a small
boy can reslat throwing stones at a cat.
Many a rich old suitor who tells a girl
he would die for her I mighty slow about
keeping his word.
A girl naturally feels that a fellow's
heart is in the right place when he in
trusts It to her keeping. New York Times.
Can't Afford Ike l.axnrr.
The city of Lynn. Mass., finds that more
men deserted their wives In 11)10 than
ever before, but that desertions due to
Intemperance and other pommon reasons
decreased. There is a new cause of de
sertion, more prolific than any of the old
ones.
It Is the high cost of living.
If there Is any large class of men who
cannot marry and raise fa ml I lea because
they cannot earn enough to support them,
and If the pressure has become so great
that large number of men already mar
lied are compelled to desert their families
the situation is rather serious, lau'i If
It may be all right for men to want to
make a profit on their industries and their
IN THE HEART OF THE
SACRAMENTO VALLEY
THE GARDEN SPOT Or AMERICA.
This proposition in receiving the atten
tion of thousands of settlers and investors.
They will make money, why not you?
$150 SECURES 5 ACRES.
$300 SECURES 10 ACRES.
BALANCE EASY TERMS.
This land is planted to Smyra Figs ami
will be brought to bearing and cared for for
five years without additional cost to you.
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If desired. Tills is it fine proposition,
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C. R. COPDS
Hl7 to MM HraiKlH Tlioatrr HMk.,
Oinalia, t-l.
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FARM NEAR OMAHA
You ean buy 1!0 miles out from.
Omaha, 100 acres, well Improved, at ;v
price that will make yon money.
Located ." miles south of (iretna, on
main line of 11. Ai M., between Omaha
and Lincoln, nnd b' miles west of
Springfield, on (J., H. 1. Ai 1. i
Kill acres tinder flo w. balance paru
ture. High land, gently rolling, best
of soil. Good 7-rooni bouse, new barn,
forncrib and other improvements.
Price 1b $126 per acre; cash payment
ean be arranged, part ean run 4 years
at Owner might take some
Omaha property up to $5,000. Write
or telephone us.
O'Keefe Real I state Co.
101(5 Omaha National llank llulltlliiiC, ,
Omaha, Neb.
Apple Land
A f ew Iracts
at i.60 per acre
A I KW '1 i;.N-.u HI,: TK.U T.S of
the tinest appio lim, l ti,,u new
I-.IiIiii into of me appip. itiiiusity
Mendocino, Mendocino o., "si I. Men
docino im a t loin ISlllUK till of Hiiniit
l.ii'lO, Willi Miiools. entireties, Imnlcs,
etc., and is in the center of me most
rapidly growing section of Ciillt'oinH,
and tills laud will nring troin .'0U
per acre upwunl within two enr.
I he linest varieties or apple thrive
there, and cherries and other fruit
grow to lerlectloii. Worms and
moth are unknown; vegetables of ah
kinds practically the year round;
climate unsurpassed, cum Hummer-,
and warm wintens; perlcci for lie iltn
rail and water tr:in-ipm mtlmi. The
raliroaon there now ami iiiohc uinlo
construction and the ruplu incoming
or fruit mowers ami i timers, to
gether wliii wiiat ivieiiiluciiio li.f to
oiler In the way oi soil. dimiUc
rain full, transportation, etc.. lots
made this sectimi one of the gre. il
ea' noney makers in the whole west.
haa ever been known on the Men
docino county ton -it. .Nil IKItliiA
Tlnff, no Host, no smudging, no In
sect pesia. U'ne best uppie html In
the world.
DO YOU LIKIO TO HUNT.'
to fish. l)o you dream nf rmil siim
iiiera, spent near the tail redwoods
in sight of the grand old I'liclllc
ocean'.' l)o you enjoy Imailng ami
swimming? Then gel a ten acre
tract at Mendocino. it wli work
for you when you gel older ami
ready to enjoy a Hie of pleasure.
Take your 'lino to pay for It, ami
these enjoyments will be thrown in,
and you will tin, I the protlls sulll
cient to warrant you going there or
w herever you dm i"e to npeud your
winter and your money.
DEED ISSUED
with the first payment. Price, $to
per acre, easy terms. Call and see
ine. it will mii-elv line vim
Earle A Kaakel y
Tyler 1500. 31:' MH.'atfue BMk.,
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