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(artesian)/ VOLUME XXI ~* —_ LARGE CROP IS ASSURED Big Acreage Promises the Heaviest Yield in History of Inland Empire. That the Inland Empire will pro- duce the biggest yield of all kinds of A _tropri in its history is believed by all . i vlng people wlio have Inspected the crop and studied conditions t Pullman is in the wry center "- of the best crop district is also ad mitted and farmers near here now muni certainly on the biggest yield they have ever had, and the acreage is also the largest ever known. In addition to that it is certain that all records for prices will be broken this yoar, for wheat is now selling for from S3 to 90 cents per bushel, Thai is the price which is being of fered, and has, in a few Instances, L>'" ii ■'■<<■ nted, for the new crop of wheat. om>: have Bold or been con tracted for, $1.10, ,md barley for |1.07 per ! .10 poun Is. The rain of July 6 to 9 did an in pstlmable umouni of pood. ft is true that there will be a light lost through some oi the heaviest grain falling down, but this will be but a small fraction as compared to the In creased .i. Id. North nf Pullman, as far as grain is grown which is be \'ii'l Spangle, in Spokane county, it is estimated that there is not 'i V , acres of f-ain train knjeked down within sight of the Northern Pacific [■railroad. Stanley Newell, a few mill's north of town, has had proba bly two or three.acres knocked down but this will not be a total loss for '■.Mr. Newell has cut it for hay and it is far enough advanced to make ex celled feed and will save cutting other and more valuable grain for hay. Thai is the largest patch of knocked down grain seen between Pullman and Spangle from trains on the Northern Pacific. Aside from the Newell Held a few patches varying from a few rods to half an acre were seen. George McCroskey, whose fine farm adjoins Pullman, said: "I have by far the finest crop of oat< I ever raised. A few have fallen down in the coves and at places where they ,-ire the heaviest, but l believe that for every bushel lost In 'his way the rains have made five bushels in increased yield on the remainder, l have noticed that when grain tails down it is when we have the heaviest (yields. Light grain never falls down and the loss in this way is nevei more than a small per cent of the gaiu over ordinary crop years." James Kmerr. living southwest of town, said: "My brother-in-law has tome barley knocked down, but his loss is light He has been bindinp. bailey for more than than a week and the crop is line, l believe that, ■taking the countrj over, for every Fbushel lust by falling grain che rains have made .'.do bushels, of grain." Another farmer said: "The in .' r. as< d yield of potatoes alone, due to the heavy rains, will be worth more to the country tlian all of the grain loal by falling down. Spring Wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, fruit, alfalfa, timothy, garden*, in fart everything that grows, has been bene fitted by the recent heavy rains, and i iook for the beat crop of every thing grown in the Palouae country thai it Uas ever produced, and I have seen some mighty big crops." New wheat is being contracted for ;tt t rum 85 to !»0 cents per bushel. A welikßOwn dealer of Colfax predicts $1 for wheat in 60 days from the marketing of the first of the new crop. The total yield of wheat, oats ana barley in Whitman county, is estimated at 16,000,000 bushels. This in' Bl that the crop of thib fear will bring to the farmers some wh.-iv between $ io.oof-.000 and $14, --000 "Mi. depending largely on the lions in the price. This will ;. all previous records as to yield IS I prici :md will also make a new ' record for net profits, for the farmers | hay.- raised &rain ,-ueaper, and the I lea, twine and other ex- will be less than ever before. rX. l! Uiik.T, who is regarded as a •onsenalive man, estimates that the net profits this year will be five times The Pullman Herald Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it. M much as last year, and that esti mate is regarded as entirely conserva tive. Others pine.' it higher, while some estimate it as high as tive times '<«■ greatest previous profit the Pa louse country has ever produced. While: these figures seem Startling, at first glance, it is well within rea son to make such predictions. The cost of raising an acre of wheat yield ing 40 to 60 bushels is not. one bit . greater than to raise an acre of wheat yielding 16 bushel, and the only in crease- in the cost of harvesting is the additional sacks and the thresh ing bill. Thus while 15 bushels per acre might mean an actual loss, 40 bushels might mean an enormous profit. If the lower yield represent ed actual cost of production and marketing, the greater yield mighl mean 100 times the profit, or even a thousand times the profit of the light er yield. All previous records for prices and profits will be broken in the immediate vicinity of Pullman this year. A WILD RUNAWAY Mrs. Charles Kellogg Has Thrilling Ride Behind Frightened Home in I'lillinun Wednesday morning Mrs. Charles Kellogg had a thrilling ride and nar rowly escaped serious injury and per haps, death. Mrs. Kellogg had hitch ed up the family driving horse, which she had driven for years and which >vas always considered safe, and stalled down town. The horse be gan running and kicking just as she drove through the gate ami came down the hill on west Main street at a t'Tiilif pace. Mrs. Kellogg held bravely to the lines with one hand and with the other she held to the seat. The plucky woman hung on, although not strong enough to even slacken the speed of the runaway horse. At the Corner Drug Store the horse ran upon the sidewalk and slipped and fell to his knees, skinning and bruising them badly, but he only slacked up a little and was almost in stantly on his feet and running again as hard as he could. He ran around the block and was finally stopped on Main street. When he fell the har ness was broken and when the horse was linallj Stopped he was almost out of the shafts, but one tug still held and he was dragging the buggy by that. Mrs. Kellogg was uninjured and the only damage was the broken harness and the injured knees of the horse, but the escape from serious in jury seems almost, miraculous. RECORD PRICE FOR H(KJS For the first time in the history of Pullman, dealers are offering eight (cuts per pound, live weight, for fat hogs. The demand is far in excess of the supply. The farmer who has hogs t'iit enough for market can now reap a rich reward for his foresight. Live hogs are bringing nine cents at Portland, Oregon, and few hogs are arriving there even at that price. Portland is having a pork famine at this time. MARRIKD AT COLFAX Ortha .1. Downs, proprietor of the Pullman Bakery, and Miss Ethel L. Scott were married at the home of the bride's parents, near Oolfax. last Sunday. Rev. A. N. .lacquemin, pas tor of the Pullman Baptist church, performed the ceremony. The happy couple will make their home in one of the McAllister houses in the north west part of town. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon .Scott, well known residents of Col fax, and was one of the contestants in the Spokesman-Review contest from Whitman county. She won a fine piano and $20 in cash. WILL OPEN NEW IMDUBTBY L. B. Stivers, of Govan, Wash., has decided to open a carriage and automobile repair shop in Pullman. Mr. Stivers is an experienced work man in this line, having spent many years at the business. He has a well equipped i lain which will be brought to Pullman and installed and he will open up soon after August 1, with the best equipped plmt for making, re pairing and painting all kinds of .-Hides. He will make a specialty of carriage and automobile work and will have a plant fully equipped to do the lint-el claes of work In these lines. , PULLMAN WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909. IVY HTILL IMPROVES Manager Enos, of the iv> theater, has detremlned thai Pullman shall have one of the best show houses in the inland Empire and Is constantly adding Improvements. A vaude ville program is to be aided to the other attractions. Lloyd Watkins, the hoy soprano, direct from the Canadian and Montana circuits, has been employed and is giving a line program which pleases the bin au diences which assemble in the Ivy e\erv night. The new dissolving View motion pictures make a hit as is shown by the constantly increasing attendance at thin popular resort. The people of Pullman are showing their appreciation of the enterprise shown by Mr. Rinos by giving him a good patronage every night. STARBUCK ELECTRIC CO. Pre*idmt I 1!. A. lii- t > mi and .\*s<.<iu<i -, Have Urgnnlxed Company and Begun Work The Btnrbuck Electric Company is the latest Pullman organization and is composed of President E. A. Bryan, jf Washington State College; .Mrs. Bryan; Arthur Bryan, their son, and Thomas Neill, all of Pullman. This company now owns the electrh lighi plant bought by President Bryan last neck. at Star-buck. The plant baa 250 horsepower ami furnishes light and power for Starbuek. A chop mill wiis Minong the property purchased, but this has been leased. Arthur Bryan ha* Tone to starbuek to taki persona] charge of the business and will manage it. President Bryan drove to Btarbuck Wednesday in an automobile and will spend several days looking after the business there. The company lias just closed a deal for supplying the (). R. & \\ shop,, and other buildings for the company at that place, adding *">4 per month to the incoire of the plant. It is the intention of President Bryan and associates to enlarge the plint and build a transmission line from star buck to the land recently purchased by President Bryan on Snake river six miles above Riparia. Power wi I be transmitted from Starburk to th< land and used to pump water during the day time, when it is not needed to furnish light at Starbu< k. The land is to be leveled, divided into tracts and placed in condition for planting it to fruit next spring. Not much work will be done until fall or winter when help will be more plenti ful and cheaper than during the har vest season. The land bought is adapted to growing all kinds of fruit, Including peaches, grapes, apricots and the tenderer varieties that will not grow on the uplands. The land will be laid off in tracts and sold for homes and fruit orchards to actual settlers I'ItKPAHI.V; FOIt HARVEST Farmers are getting ready for har vest work and are buying machinery and supplies. Pat Ryan bought two pull binders from A. I). Daker & Co., Tuesday, and Morris Sordorff took out a pull binder the same day. A. B. Baker & Co. sold a thrash ing machine outfit complete, con sist me of a Bd-horsepower ra pine and 32-inch cylinder separator Monday to some parties ;•• Trm, Ida ho, who will run the thresher in the vicinity of Pullman and Albion thin year. It is a bundle rig and will thresh bound grain from the shock. TO HARVEST MONDAY ('. H. Jennings was in town from his farm four miles south of town Tuesday. Mr Jennings lias a line Held of College Hybrid wheat No. il's. which he will begin harvesting next Monday. lie says the wheat is exceptionally line, is th'ck on the ground, well headed, well filled and promises a heavy yield. Mr. Jen Dings is one of the most successful farmers ol this section. He is a cou sin of William Jennings Bryan. CHURCH NOTICES Union Suud ty evening services will be held in the Haptist church n< jxt Sunday evening, luly 18, at 8 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. .Mr. Ryan, the new Christian minister. On Sunday, .luly 25, the evening services will be held it the Metbod ist church, with Rev. Mr. Jacquemin. of the Baptist church in charge of tin' evening services. On Sunday, A a gust l, the evening services will be held in the Christian chinch, witii Rev. M. 11. .Marvin in the pulpit. (X)MING TO PULLMAN A special dispatch from Oakesdale published in Wednesday's Spokesman- Review, states that H. I. .Morse has sold his farm of 310 acres, near Fair banks, to a Walla Walla man. for $60 an acre, a total of $18,600. In a letter to the editor of the Herald. Mr. Morse announces his intention of coming to Pullman to make his home here. .Mr. Morse is one of the pio neer farmers of that section and has accumulated a snug fortune, lie will be welcomed to Pullman, where he comes to educate his sons and daughters. RAISE CORN IN IDAHO Potlatch Ridge, .War Kendrick, Dis covered to be Ideal Corn Grow ing Country A special dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho, tells of the success of the farmers of Potlatch ridge in raising corn. The dispatch follows: LEWIBTON, Idaho, July 11. - Farmers on I lie lot latch ridges are making a success with their com. Ranchers, who have depended whol ly on wheat and barley have learned that corn will grow on the higher ridget above Juliaetta, Peek and Ken driek, and much of the land former ly left to summer fallow Is now plant "d to corn. In cultivating corn the farmer stirs the soil and conserves moisture for the next year. Some of the corn is little more than knee high, but the best of it. is now beginning to tas sel and farmers predict a yield of 4 0 bushels an acre. It makes fine feed and the dairy farmer* are growing corn and COB verting It into ensilage as a milk producing food for winter cows. The increase in corn acreage this feat will average 10 per cent. Thai it is recognised as a ootntai industry is shown by the fact that implement dealers in the towns adjacent to the corn bell are handling corn planters. Chech rowers, cultivators anil other corn farming implements. Mrs. (Jeorge h". .Johnson and daughter, Miss Julia, have returned from Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, where they visited friends. DRIXKWATKR BUYS FARM P. K. Oaaneltnan Farm, War Ih-Imii, t Bought for 960 Per Acre. Will ' y —\ Live There / ) 'l hi' Pullman Land Company has sold the 11,I 1, k. Casselman farm, near Whelan, to A. it Drtnkwater, of Pull man, for |60 sn acre. The farm con Udna 160 acrea and is well improved. Mr. Drink water gets half the crop, Which, in addition to a good crop of wheat, consists of about B0 acres of garden and vegetables, Including I urn. potatoes, carrots, heels, etc. Mr. Drlnkwater is to have possession next month Mr. Casaelman hou^hi Ihe farm a few months ago, for 5.,0 aii acre and makes $10 per acre and half t he crop in that lime. Mr. t asseluiiiii sold his residence and four acres id' ground in the north part c)l" town, to a mat; by the Dame of Stevens, this week, for $3,000. It is Mr. casseiman's Intention to move Io a fruit farm he owns on Snake river and which he sold on partial payments and will have to lake hack There is a demand for good farms and also tor acreage near Pullman and a number of other sales are now under way and will probably he clos ed before the next issue of the Her ald. WILL USE GASOLINE Rockefeller^ Town- Being l'sc<l in Harvest Fields This Vt-ar l>'or Threshers —————— An Innovation in threshing me thods has been Introduced In the I'n louse country ibis year. It is a mon- Bter threshing engine run by hmso line. Two of these big engines, man ufactured by the Hart-Parr company, and having 15 horsepower each, were unloaded here Monday. One noes io Bemler Brothers, near Colton. The other went to Aschenbrenner'B ranch, near Dusty. The engines are mon ster machines, with traction attach ment, and have Urea in Inches wide, upon whirh arc heavy corrugations which pnvvnt tlie wheels from slip ping. The engines are said to be capable of climbing any of the Pa louse hills and pullinn a load where steam engines could not no. One big advantage of the enginei is Ihe saving of men anil horses to run them. It is claimed they aro much cheaper than steam engines even those which burn straw for fuel. They use gasoline at the rat. 1 of one gallon pet- horsepower per ten hour*, which means Mi cents per horsepow er for a run of 10 hours. This is the cost of distillate, a cheap grade of oil which costs Iti cents per gallon, and which does as good work in these machine s as gasoline, which costs much moie. They also burn kero sene. This makes the cost of opera tion $7.20 for 10 hours run, which is much less i hau four horses, a water-hauler and a fireman would cost to run it that length of time. Another sa\ing is in the engineer. The separator tend< r can operate the engine, which needs no attention other than oiling occasionally. Asrhenbieiimr's company, which took one of the big machines, had a smaller machine last year and an old man. who was not aide to do any thing else, ran the engine. The suc cess of these new engines will be watched with interest by ail Carmen and machine men. km. sTitwviiKitmr.s The Herald Office is indebted to Mrs. A. O. White, of Johnson, for a box of the finest aw berries ever brought to Pullman. There are 12 berries in the box which was heaping full, and weighed 11 ounces, or 1 1-6 ounces each. When laid side by side the berries measured 28 Inches in length. They were admitted by all who taw them to be the largest straw berries ever seen In Pullman. The) were grown on the White farm, half ■ mile east of Johnson, which is one of the finest country homes in Whit man county. Rev. Dr. W. G. M. Hays , Mrs. Hays and Mrs. .Margaret Andrews left Thursday noon for Seattle and Alas ka. They will visit the exposition and friends' in Seattle, after which they go north and will lour Alaska before retaraiai the latter part <-f August or the f-.rst <>f September. (artesiakJ) NUMBER 42 NEW WARE HOUSE CO. Local Farmers Union Hat Incorporated Strong Com pany at Pullman. Pulmao is to have a new war» houae company. ,\ special meeting of the local farmers Union, known an Pullman Local, No. ■.», was held Wed nesday of this week and a strong company was organized. The new company will he known as the, Pull- Union Warehouse Company, it win have a capital stock of $10,000. The directors are J. m. Reid. Ira Nye, S. V Meeks. B, A. Stovall, w. H. Weeks, George McCroakey and J. M. Atkins. These are to serve for the first all months. The officers o r the company are: .1. M. Reid, president; Ira N. Nye, secretary; and S. V. Meeks, treasurer. The company will either lease, buy or buikl a warehouse In Pullman and will be prepared to handle grain by August I. Several propositions bave been received from owners of warehouses here to sell or lease and if none of these propositions are accepted a large new warehouse will be Ixiili at once. "You may say that we will be prepared to handle grain by the time the new crop begins to come," said J, M. Reid, president of the new company. "Wo have not fully decided which proposition we will accept. It would not be fair to tiie companies thai have made us propositions to tell who they are un less the propositions are accepted. We have an offer from both railroads of land for a warehouse site and If We do not accept a proposition to buy or lease one of the warehouses here we shall lease the ground from the railroad company and build a big warehouse." Pullman has a strong local of the Fanners Union and its membership numbers some of the best men In the country. That they will make a buc cess of the business cannot be doubt ed, for they have made a success of whatever they have undertaken. This company being organized is ex pected to result, in much wheat com ing to Pullman that would otherwise have pone to other points near here. l<oit RESERVATION LANDS Hi;; Kusli of I'iilmisi' Country IVnplr to i:«nis('T For Idawiiius in AllglUl Deep Interest is being taken in Pullman am] throughout the Inland Empire In the opening of the Spo k:-u)c, Coeur d'Alene and Plathead Indian reservations for white, settle ment. Many people from Pullman went in Bpokane and Coeur d'Alene ti> register and a few went to Mls roulb, Montana. The Caeur d'Alene reservation seems to be the favorite and those acquainted with the situa tion estimate that 150,000 persons will register there; 100,000 for the Spokane; and 50,000 for the Flat head. As the latter is much ihe larger reservation of the three, and !.as more than twice as much land Hi both the others, It stands to rea son that the person registering there stands a muoh better show thun those registering for the drawing in either of the other reservations. The registration began yesterday at Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Mlssoula and Kallspel, Montana, the two lat ter glares being registration points for the Flathead reservation. The norch bound trains on the Northern Pacific were jammed with passenjers when the train left Pullman. They were filled uncomfortably full when they reached Pullman and a large crowd got on here. When the 11 o'clock train left Pullman every seat was taken and the aisles were pack ed with people bo it was Impossible to w;ilk through them, while the platforms were also loaded. What the cott'litlon of the train would be when it reached Spokane, with half a dozen more stations from which people would get on, can be imagined. Many Pullman people went to Sp<i kain svtr.il days ago in order to be am hand early. leorM of others will go later. It Is nafe to say that ii>o[»lf will be goin< from the Pa louac country every day until the reKistraiion closes on August :>.