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Our Spring and Summer Goods are coming by the trainload and we must move all our surplus goods out to make room
for the new. Space will not permit us to enumerate more than a few of what we have and which will go at extraordinarily
low prices. Writeus and state what you want, and we will send samples and prices. ; , . , ,„,,. : , •n-.r.'.rtiy
I il^. II SWISS RUFFLED CURTAINS. ■ FINE NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. pggfpspißßH
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something cheaper than the heavy, expensive variety we keep constantly on hand. We can « • •/<»#>
curtains, and this necessity the Swiss Ruffled »»1 Vpur order same day as it Is received. . ,-/ jJK ■
Curtains (ill. These dainty curtains have «ample, for example: White, width 45 inches, , : NV^fcafiß
Pleased thousands and we know they will length three yards, Marie Antoinette Pattern, , ''V<^lSffiffl9^|y
pease you. We have them with Pure White Point d'Esprit center or ground—very dainty
Plan Centers, with fancy insertion; Polka for chambers; will wash and do^ upi like a f ?^^^^^^^l
Dot Centers; Fancy Stripe Centers and Medal- piece of cotton. Regular retail price, $2 Our
H lion Centers. Prices, per pair, are: 65c, 85c, Price, freight paid, $1.15 the Pair. You will MMMWm^^^^^^
m vi 'I'/viroß^a 5c $1.00, $1.25. Let us aye a trial order< never regret ordering a pair of these curtalns-, W^^^WvW^^
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_jL^Le>i^ \—-\iHl Stoves, Floor Coverings, Window Shades, Bedding of all kinds, Etc. ,- : fr^£_^» ». 1 .-„ .^.
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f^retfyWlifyfynira^Ton Prepaid, $3.00 the Pair. rrilirmHTlllTii'l ._.^.
FLOOR COVERINGS «4QR\dk£R&^ BRUSSELS CARPETS.
m.WWW^»W m.^/^ All wool Art Squares, all wool Ingrain Carpets, half
of every description may be had at our store at prices . , , -•__—-Brtß^^"^, wool Ingrains, Rugs of all sizes, at extremely low flgf
that will surprise you. All grades of Linoleums, Oil 4F9to&99m^m*Jof?BjliA im W ures. All Carpets are sewed and lining furnished free,
Cloth Straw Carpets, Matting, Etc. Send for. samples V^ *WJjfafi*3jj,i:i>M+^ w £»£ freight is paid. Can you do better than that?
today. We pay the freight to . your nearest depot. .^ SEATTLE, WASH. "'" ' . I . ■
MAY WORK HARDSHIP ON GBOW
EBS.
IF the new Washington state statute,
known as the Paulhamus law, is to be
literally enforced by the state, there
is every probability that it will work
a greater hardship upon the fruitgrow
ers than on the commission men at
whom it Is aimed, according to J. B.
Powles, president and manager of J. B.
Powles & Co., the well known Seattle
commission merchants.
Mr. Powles is not inclined at the pres
ent time to express his full opinion of
this new measure as he has been un
able as yet to secure a complete copy
of the law as passed by the state legis
lature, although he Is acquainted with
the measure as it was presented to the
legislature for consideration. He says
that as soon as he secures a copy of
the law, he will consult his attorney at
length regarding it, and will be dis
posed to comply with every feature of
it that will be possible without ma
terially increasing expenses and work
ing too great a hardship upon his cli
ents.
"The measure which compels houses
doing business to furnish a $3,000 bond
can be easily complied with by the
larger commission houses, but it will
work an especial hardship on the
smaller houses —which is unquestionably
a serious feature because the number
of these houses and the business they
transact makes them an important fac
tor in the regulation and control of
the commission business.
"The effort made by means of this
measure to prevent combinations in the
matter of receipts or prices is entirely
unnecessary and uncalled for as sucr
a thing has never been attempted on
the part of the commission houses, and
probably never would be. Prices rise
and fall in proportion to the supply
and the demand, the weather and other
mitigating circumstances.
"For the most part the law operates
to increase the operating expenses of
the commission men, and this must of
a necessity work a hardship principally
upon the grower, as it will compel the
manager to increase the percentage of
the commission and make it more ex
pensive for the grower to market hia
fruit or produce. Any commission man
can acknowledge truthfully that the
average expenses of doing business to
THE RANCH
d.iy are between 8 and 9 per cent, and
when a measure passed by the state
tends to increase these expenses, \t is
not working for the interest of the fruit
growers whose interests certainly should
be primarily consulted. It works an
injustice both to the grower and to the
broker and accomplishes good for none.
"The regulation of consignments is
a simple matter, considering the pres
ent organized condition of the fruit
growers. It places the regulation strict
ly under their own control, and is en
tirely up to them so there needs to be
little legislation in this respect.
"The grower should learn that the
houses which do business on business
principles are the ones to patronize, and
those houses which do not are the ones
to studiously avoid. It is bad business
for the grower to make his consignment
to the commission merchant without
looking into the standing and business
methods of that particular house. The
money loaner never loans money on
representations made to him through
the malls, but looks carefully into the
matter before doing business. The fruit
grower often foolishly makes his con
signment to a house in answer to a
mere solicitation by letter without look
ing into the standing of the house at
all This is not doing business in a
business like way and often as a con
sequence results disastrously for the
grower.
Increasing the Potato Yield.
We have found that poor soil will
not in fact, cannot, bring big yields of
potatoes. "We all know that," some
may say, but if all do know it, why are
so many continually expressing disap
pointment to us over their potato yields,
when to our certain knowledge, poor
soil, along with its too frequent twin,
poor seed, are almost invariably the
only visible causes for failure? We
have tried rich soil, with poor seed
und a poor yield Invariably resulted.
We have reversed this with exactly
the same results; but rich ground, with
strong seed, never failed to respond
richly, providing the proper cultivation
was given, and they were planted as
they should be, and when they should
be. Prof. Sandsten, of the Wisconsin
station, in Fruitman and Gardener,
bears down on these points, particularly
the "seed end" of thfm, as follows:
Many farmers still cling to the old
idea that potatoes "run out" when
planted on the farm a number of years
and that it is necessary to "change
seed" to keep up the yield. It Is true
in some instances that the yield of po
tatoes from a given variety is not so
large the second and third years as It
was the first year, and the quality may
not be so high. It is but natural that
the increase and the decrease in the
yield of a variety should occur, also
that a new variety does, as a rule, out
yield older ones. Though the character
of the soil may affect the yield, the
reason for the decrease is not always
attributable to the soil, but to thought
less methods of providing seed for each
succeeding planting. Few farmers
would breed from the poorest and
"scrubbiest" animals in their herds to
improve them. Most of them would
practice careful selection. Animal life
seems to appeal to the farmer as some
thing that must be looked after, some
thing that is in every way superior to
plants.
The principal reason for the "running
out" of varieties of potatoes, then, is
found in the failure of the growers to
select the best potatoes from his field
for seed. There Is Individuality among
potatoes as much as there is individu
ality among cattle, but this is seldom
thought of. All potatoes and potato
hills look alike to most people. Hence
the good and the bad are planted,
grown and harvested together, without
any attempt at separation. Need we
ask, "What will the harvest be?"
The time to select seed potatoes is
when they are growing. All hills show
ing strong evidence of vigor and pro
ductiveness should be marked, and
when the potatoes are dug in the fall
the hills marked should be dug sepa
rately and the predicted productivity
be verified. Potatoes from these su
perior 111118 should be stored and used
for seed. The process of selecting the
best hill should be continued every
year, in fact it should be looked upon
as one of the cultural features in rais
ing the crop. The result rrom Bucn
continued selection would be a big sur
prise to the farmers. If some grower
wishes to test this method of selection
for himself he has only to select ten
of the best hills in his field, and at
the same time select ten of the poorest
hills. To make the experiment even,
in cutting the seed potatoes use only
one-eyed cuttings and make the cuttings
from the best and the poorest hills, the
same size, or of the same weight, in
fact, make them as identical as pos
sible. Plant the twenty hills side by
side, watch their relative vigor and
finally the yield when harvested.
Such experiments were carried on at
Wisconsin experiment station during a
period of eight years, the object being
to ascertain whether a decrease in yield
was due to the Influence of the soil or
to the universal failure of farmers to
pay attention to methods of saving
seed.
Many farmers do not realize the im
mense advantages and labor-saving
possibilities in the telephone. By Its
use, one may learn from city or village
the state of the market, the probable
demand, any shortage that exists, and
be prepared to take advantage of it
promptly, while Mr. Slowpoke is find
ing out too late that there was a brisk
demand for the very goods he had to
sell. Market reports in weekly papers
are ancient history when received these
days. What we want is advance in
formation. The telephone was certainly
the most valuable invention of the last
half century, and none have benefltted
more by it than farmers. They can now
sell their stuff in whole or in part be
fore leaving home and do not, as for
merly, have to take the risk of driv
ing to town with a load only to find
the market glutted. There is no ex
cuse now for making such mistakes
as this and it is safe to say that no
farmer who understands his business
is ever caught In such a trap.
Apple growers in the Willamette val
ley, Oregon, tired of having It said that
the Hood River apples were the best
produced in that state, and accordingly
they made a display at Portland re
cently which convinced the doubters
that Hood River is not the only good
apple section in Oregon. The Willa
mette valley fruit was said to be as
fine as ever grew anywhere.
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