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G FARM, ORCHARD AND GARDEN By J. t, Trlgg—fcopyright, 1900. July plowing of the stubble fleldi will do tli.'in almost as much good as a summer fallow. The successful rotary steam engine and perpetual motion are two illusions Which mankind will never <juit chasing after. Prance, which very carefully pro tects all her ins. ci ivorous birds, has placed ,-i ban on the sparrow and fos ters its destruction. The most popular red rose for green house culture is the Meteor. It is a free bloomer with us and gives splen did satisfaction for summer culture in the garden. A miserable old banana trust doles us out a dozen bananas for a quarter wheja if the trust did not have a hand In the matter we would pet them at a cent apiece. Michigan Is taking more kindly to the growing of sugar beets than any other state cast of the Mississippi riv er. A state bounty has given the busi ness a fine start in that state. The failure of any staple crop in a country always lends toward diversi fying the products of the farms in such country. Thus crop failures are sometimes blessings in disguise Every farmer, regardless of the mor al phase uf the question, can afford to rest and let his animals rest one day in seven. Prom a purely physical and economical standpoint it pays to do this. The Bheep gets in its very best work on the farm when turned out into the stubble fields after the grain is har vested. It will not only get a fine liv ing, but will clean up the weeds in great shape. The interest in the goat Industry is steadily growing. The value of this beast as a clearer up of brush lands is only just beginning to be understood. Men with brush farms should look this goat business up. A small flock of them will work wonders on a brush farm. A parson always runs a great moral risk when lie gets hold of a pair of bronchos to break in or a horse which can trot inside of three minutes. There are some tilings which piety has no ousiness to encounter. When a parson gets horsy, he might just as well quit preachiii!.'. Sweet clover, which is spreading all over the west, is one of the least ob jectionable of our weed pests. It con fines its work almost wholly to road sides and tin 1 railway rights of way. is very fragrant when in bloom, affords the bees plenty of choice food and. like the other clovers, is a soil fertilizer. Trees are sometimes cranky, just as men arc A friend of ours has a large soft maple tree in his yard which In variably sheds its foliage in July and then, after a brief rest, puts out anoth er crop of leaves. It would be Inter esting to know just why this tree, en- Joying normal conditions, does this thing. Every two minutes from daylight till dark one or other of a pair of wrens has each day while their yonng were in the nest been carrying to the little birds a caterpillar or grub. As this food was all collected from the adja cent orchard and garden, it is easy to see the economic value of such a pair of birds. A woman who was of a statistical turn of mind kept count for one month and found that she cooked for a fam ily of eight 209 eggs. 802 potatoes, made 200 biscuits. 13 puddings. ('» cakes, washed 1.218 knives and forks. 1,250 spoons and 3,182 dishes. She was not a new woman, but just one of the old fashioned s >rt- In a large field of sugar beets being grown in the vicinity of a western town we lately saw 20 or more boys and girls busy at work thinning and weeding the crop. One very admirable thing about this new crop is that it will furnish employment to a large contingent of labor of this class—a class fur which it is not easy to secure employment All boys and girls of this age-from 10 to 14-would be better off every way to be partially employed during the summer vacation, and beet culture gives the opportunity. It Is ail poppycock to ask or expect the average farmer to keep his front door yard nicely trimmed with a lawn mower, as may and should be done by a city resident. There is too much to You Should Remember that winter is.coming and that by baying your fuel in large quantities you can get better rates. OODD & MACKENZIE The Leading Fuel Dealers. do*"arid~loo£ after V> 1 ;il< < ■ PaTe of ■ farmhouse door yard In this manner. The best way to care for the front yard lv the country is to make it large, not havt too many trees in it and then run the farm mowing machine over it ev ery two or three week?. By so doing the grass can be kept in very good shape and the yard made attractive. During dry seasons there is much temptation to plow up and try to cul tivate spots of land which are quag holes in a wei season. While it is all right to subdue these spots and the right thing to tile drain them, if they cannot he yn tile drained they should be u r"t into grass as soon as possible and be so kept. The Argentine government has sent r.n of its brlghl young men to take a course of study in the agricultural schools of this country. In no country is 1 ictter work being done along the lines of an improved agriculture, and nowhere are there better schools for the technical training in this profes sion than in America. The Oregon bred cayuse, which, at $2.. r>(> per head, went to the canneries on the>coast and from there to France as choice canned corned beef, is now be ing shipped to the central states and sold to sood people who jeopardize their lives and their eternal happiness by trying to break them in to do the work of decent horses. The federal courts have recently held that a fanner cannot be forced into bankruptcy by his creditors, as may a merchant or men in other professions. The courts seem to wisely recognize the fact that a farmer's ability to meet his obligations is more subject to cli matic conditions than is the case with other lines of business. Observation leads us to the opinion that when three inches of rainfall oc curs within one hour and a half, as sometimes happens, not more than half of it will flnd its way into the ground, the surplus finning off into the natu ral drainage channels of the locality. This explains why the effects of a heavy summer rain are often transient. We have taken a three-year-old straw berry bed and lately treated It as fol lows: We mowed it off, then covered it with three Inches of rotten manure and raked it off smooth. We expect that enough good, strong strawberry plants will force their way through this covering to set the bed for a crop next year, while the grass and weeds will be smothered. A very large and successful business has been built up in evaporated eggs. It takes four dozen eggs to make one pound of the evaporated product and for all purposes save cooking to eat as eggs are usually served they are in this form Just as good as the fresh product. It would seem as thougb in this channel eggs of questionable age and repute might find a sphere of usefulness. The product goes mostly to the mining countries of the far north, where fresh eggs are of necessi ty an unknown commodity. MAM FAOTfRING PLANTS. A farmer friend wants us to tell why it is that manufacturing interests so largely center In the east and why it is so difficult to secure any sort of man ufacturing pfents for our smaller west ern towns. There are several reasons which conspire to bring about this con dition, one, and not the least, that the money necessary to carry on such en terprises is more easily obtainable in the east than in the west and always at a lower rate of Interest; another that transportation facilities are bet ter in the east than in the west; anoth er that in the matter of always being able to secure skilled mechanical help for repairs to machinery and men skill ed in operating machinery the east al ways has the advantage of the west. In time the west will manufacture far more things than it now does. The re duction of freight rates enables the manufacturer to consider less the ques tion of being near his supply of raw material and. more, that of being lo cated near what may be termed manu facturing centers. Creameries, cheese factories, tow mills, canneries, agricul tural implement factories, those which use wood as raw material, such as wagon, buggy, butter tub, pump, sash and door factories, locate naturally in the west, while the workers in steel and iron, art work of all kinds, leather, textile fabrics, rubber and the rarer metals almost invariably locate in the east. It would seem as if It would be greatly to the advantage of the work ers in these factories could they live In less crow ded places, and it would be greatly to the advantage of the west ern farmer and producer could he have this valuable class of consumers close to his doors. WHAT HURTS A PASTURE. Many a pood pasture receives a per manent injury by overstocking. Some men seem to think that it is all right to feed a pasture off clear down to the roots of the grass. This Is always a mistake. This gives the weeds a chance to grow, and when they start the grass has no show. Close feeding also gives the grass no chance to grow, and we repeat what we have said here tofore in these notes—that if you want grass to grow above ground you must give the roots a chance to grow under ground, and this they will not do un less the grass is given a chance above ground. A pasture should be so used that there is always an abundance of grass in it. and there Is no better way to use it than to divide it and let the stock have the run of one-half of it at a time. Many an old pasture can be greatly improved by simply plowing up and reseeding or by giving it a thor ough disking in the early spring and :i good sprinkling of medium clover seed. COLFAX GAZETTE, COLFAX, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 23, 1900. . \ Makeshift Strnetnre and a Simple, 1 in- \|m ii»i >«• House. "Do you say you are not able to build tn Icehouse?" You have plenty of mils. .lust take them and build a double pen aud fill in between with old straw, chaff, forest leaves or any thing of like nature. Tramp it in solid; then hike the old boards, fasten them on the inside of inner pen, vertically, do matter if they don't join up closely. \m\v put eight or ten Inches of your packing material in the bottom, build fesMKI " Jim LLili PERSPECTIVE OF ICEHOUSE. your Ice in a solid block on top of this, filling all crevices with pounded Ice. If it be freezing weather, throw some water over each layer, and it will freeze and be united in a solid mass. Build your Ice eight or ten Inches from the sides of the pen, and as you build it up tramp in your packing material, whatever it may be. Build your ice as high as the pen. Now over all put plenty of sawdust, chaff or anything that will exclude the air, which is one of the principal factors in keeping ice. Now put up a few rafters made of poles, spike them to the top rail of the outer pen, allowing them to extend over a considerable distance. This will, a Her the roof is on, shade the walls somewhat and prevent the rain from reaching the ice. The rooting material may be of rough boards well nailed. Now, according to an Ohio Farmer writer, you will be surprised if you do all this at the length of time you can keep Ice, but if you wish a better house this can be built as follows: The first cut represents a more ex pensive house, with a vertical section and plan of foundation in the second cut. This is not a very expensive house and in the times of joist frames can be kept up with a very little cash outlay. The size of building is 14 feet over all. First lay a foundation of cobble or broken stone, and on this lay sills made of 2 by 8 joist spaced apart by spiking in four Inch blocks at the place where studding is to be set, which are 2 by 8, using three on each side be tween the corner posts, which are formed of one 2 by 8 and two 2 by G Bcantlings. This gives a good chance to fasten the lining at the corners. The height of building being eight feet, use 2 by 8 short pieces cut between each studding for nail ties to fasten the siding. Line up inside horizontally, fill ing the space between the sawdust as you line up. Making the siding ver tical and the lining horizontal is suffi cient bracing for a building of this size. The plate is of a single 2 by 8, spiked well on top of studding. The rafters Pill* 1 VERTICAL SECTION —GROUNTD PLAK. are 2 by 4, with short collar beam to every third set of rafters. The roof may be of any material suitable for the purpose. The drawing shows a board roof. The ventilator is easily understood from the cuts. Two doors are used. The lower one is used to store away the ice and the upper one to throw in sawdust, which can be easily done from a wagon, as the height is on ly eight feet. fey -^aJu^ _ Traveler— Can you direct me to Hol low Meadows! Hodge (who stutters frightfully)— Ye-yc-ye-yes. You t-t-t-t-take the f-f-f --first t-t-t-t-turniug on th-the right and ku-ku-ku-keep straight on over th' b-b --b-bridge, bu-bub-bub-but you'd bub bnb-bub-better be go-go-go-goin on. You'll gu-gu-get there quicker th-th-th thau I can t-t-t-tell you.—Punch. ICE STORAGE. ■Wasting Hi* Time. A Great A i%-*-111 \^ guarantee of There are many superior brands of baking worth powders, but 44 Royal Baking Powder" is recognized at once as the brand of great name, the powder of highest favor and reputation. Everyone has absolute confi dence in the food where Royal is used. Pure and healthful food is a matter of vital importance to every individual. Royal Baking Powder assures the finest and most wholesome food. There are many imitation baking powders, made from alum, mostly sold cheap. Avoid them, as they make the food unwholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. RECORDS FOR THE WEEK. History of tlie Transactions in Whit man County Lands. Patents and Receipts. Deeds. L T Neace to T H Logsdon It 7 8 bk 2 Endicott 400 00 C E Averili to J T Perm Its 14 15 bk 11 Elberton 900 00 E M Warner to Tillie Kennel 1 8 bk 52 Cotfax 150 00 Wm Huntley to J Sittner c hf It 2 bk 13 Endicott .... 175 00 C C Hooks to A Schent w hf It 2 bk 13 Endicott 55 00 Bragg & Wolfard to J W Janney nw qr ne qr 23 1(5 43 800 00 W Crippene to Ellen E Harwood Its 6 7 bk i) Ist ad St John 50 00 J Tobin to Arminda Brown It 3 bk 8 Perkins & Prescot'.'s Riv ad to Col fax 125 00 J Ogle Tr to C F Grimm Its 13 14 bk 12 Oake->dale 792 00 F Bakala to Sarah O Bragg It 5 bk 6 Colfax 150 00 J W Janney to Sarah O Bragg It 5 bk 6 Colfax 1 00 Archie White to J & F Gustafuon Its 4 5 bk 16 Main St extension ad to Pullman 9500 00 M E Hooper to W D Woodward It 4 bk 12 Johnson 300 00 R B Gaineß to E C Perry Its 12 13 bk 3St John 125 00 J L Flowers executor to Josephine Stockley nw qr ne qr 22 13 45 1 00 A J Smith to O B Uollis et al leases ne qr, w hf sw qr s 28 w hf ne qr 27 20 42 1 00 H N Johes to O B Hollis et al s hf nw <jr w hf sw qr 14 20 41 lease 100 G O Jones to O B Hollis et al leases sw qr 27 s hf se qr ac qr sw qr 23 20 42 1 00 H X Funston to O B Hollis et al lease Its 3 4 se hf sw qr 18 It 1 ne qr nw qr 19 20 42 1 00 G W Gustin to O B Hollis et al leases whf sl9 ehf sw qr nw qr sw qr nw qr se qr 18 20 42 1 00 L F Kirum to OB Hollis et al leases ne qr 32 20 42 1 00 J Kimm to O B Hollis et al leases a hf ne qr Its 1 2 419 42 pt ehf se qr s 33 ne qr 29 20 42 1 00 L D Addington to O B Hollis et al a hf ne qr 25 20 41 ne qr 30 20 42 100 S O Allen to O B Holha et al leases nwqr322042 100 J A Aecher to O B Hollis et ale hf nw qr ne qr sw qr nw qr nw qr 28 20 42 1 00 Thomas Edwards to O B Hollis et al leases sw <ir 29 20 42 1 00 E P Arms to J F Young ehfaw qr Its 3 4 7 14 44 1 00 D Tallbott to A E Benner bond c hf sw qr Us 3 4 19 15 41 1600 00 J McGuire to A McGregor 9 14 38 1500 00 L Schwenne et al to J Kramer Its 7 9 bk "R ' Schwenne's ad Uniontown 90 00 Real Mortgages. W H James to P Love c hf nw qr aw qr nw qr ne qr sw qr 20 14 40 750 00 C H Coryell to Investors Mtg Sec Co Ld w hf nw qr 7 lft 45 800 00 Mary A Benson to Bui four Guthrie Inv Co ne qr 22 19 45 1500 00 A I Jenkins to AJSchurra n hf n hf 22 18 41 900 00 F W Ridout to Ida J McClung ne qr 23 19 39 300 00 W F Bernard to Ladd & Bush se qr 8 18 44 1500 00 E C Moye to N W McGee n hf a hf as qr se qr s hf n hf 5 14 43 350 00 J E Moak to Tekoa Co ne qr a 30 lta 1 2 29 20 46 360 00 J W Janey to Bragg & Wolfard nw qr ne qr 23 16 43 650 00 R H Hutcheson to Balfour Gutbrie Inv Co n hf Be qr ne qr sw qr and It 3 3018 43 1000 00 j J SusUfson et al to A White Its 4 5 - bk 16 Main St Ex ad Pullman.... 4500 00 S A Warren to G N Lamphere n hf neqr2sl7 45 800 00 j J F Young to Ist Nat'l Bank Pull man c hf ew qr Its 3 4 7 14 44 568 75 i F P Ransom to J C Andrews c hf 30 15 39 • 500 00 L Plowman to J C Andrews bw qr 20 15 39 • 300 00 Releases of Mortgages. Amer Freehold L & M Co Ld to I X Luce Deming Inv Co to C P Chamberlin .. 3500 00 J W Steams to J W Dickinson 2907 00 Harry Cornwell to Frank M Bailey 150 00 Jas H Tallman to Geo R Carter.. .. 800 00 H Cornwell to G R Carter 125 00 J H Tallman to G R Carter 500 00 J H Tallman to G R Getty 900 00 H Cornwell to G R Getty. 135 00 J H Tallman to Q Dimond 3006 00 J H Tal man to J Carlisle 1800 00 E W Wagner to Abraham Hicks.... G Comegya to W Dillon 575 00 C A Leighton to G Howell 373 50 Louis Loinoßson to F G Barger chattel 140 00 J Cairna to B F Harm Ist Bank Tekoa to WSDickinaon et al 2533 00 Ist Bank Tekoa to J W Dickinson... 2500 00 Chattel Mortgages. J Moraach to Wm Huntley plow 40 50 F E Stanneld to Wm Huntley 2 cowa plow 150 00 H P Newt.n h Sons to Wm Huntley header 145 00 J M Cochran to Jaa Cairna 1-3 crop a hf nw qr 19 18 44 horses etc 300 00 W H James to P Love 84 head cattle 750 00 W C Campbell to Plough & Waters truck buggy harness .... 77 50 T W Ripley to J Cairna homes buggy 105 00 C Hoback to Hay field Bros horses harness, farm impa 95 00 T H Ellis to 2nd Nat'l Bonk Colfax cattle 209 60 R B Hately to J T Lobaugh &Co separator 250 00 C O Browder to 2nd Nat'l Bank Col fax crop se qr 6 17 44 2-3 crop ne qr and ac qr 12 17 43 200 00 J C McAninch to G W Reed crop ne qr 15 15 45 500 00 J H Schreiver to Gilbert Hunt Co 3-4 crop nw qr 23 17 41 2000 00 A D Huber to Haytield Bros horses drill buggy 216 55 W J Davis to Piano Mfg Co Binder.. 175 00 Henry Wolf to N W McGee 2-3 crop nw qr 4 14 44 cattle etc 120 00 G Askins to 2nd Nat'l Bank Colfax 1 2 crop a hf ne qr 27 16 44 125 00 B F Haun to J Cams cattle hack wagon 100 00 W p] Callihan to Gilbert Hunt Co Feeder crop ne qr ne qr 30 14 4C... 195 70 Suits Filed. Nettie Gilbert vs John Gilbert dirorce. In tne matter of the diabaarment of M. O. Reed. E H Letterman va Chaa S Hill et al fore closure. Bills of Hale. E C Moys to Arteaian M &L Co farm implements J P Birdaell to J A Anderson 300 bu wheat ne qr 23 20 44 95 44 Judgments. Laura E Fuller va J T Fuller $22 coata. J Ogle va F C Kuehl «951 and costs. G B Wilaon vb L D & M Patton transcript of judgment from justice court. Pennsylvania Mtg Inv Co vs Erford & White $1784.26 and costs. Miscellaneous E H Letterman vs t 'has L Hill et al Lis Pendens. The End of the World in 1914. A famous scientist predicts that the world will come to an end in 1914, bas ing hie calculations on the revelations of the bible. If this is so, it is well for us to get what pleasure we can out of the few years that remain for us to live. One of the surest ways to eDjoy life is the possession of good health, and a well regulated stomach. HoHtetter's Stomach Bitters will enable anyone to obtain tbia. It is the greatest medicine for the cure of ills that arise from a bad stomach. It cures dyspepsia.^constipation, fever and ague, malaria, rheumatism and insom nia. No other medicine can show a record equal to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the standard medicine of the American people for over fifty years. Just received, a fresh shipment of Gunther's fine candies; assorted choco late, bonbons, etc., at The Elk Drug Store o If you want to buy a stock ranch, fruit farm or choice wheat lands, see Eacho, Larue & Co o F. A. Blackstone sells Mason & Ham lin pianos aud organs. The best is the cheapest. Qnntber's hoarhound drops for colds, at The Elk Drug Store o Go to Hotel Hart, Winona, for good treatment. First class house o Call on H. W. Qoff for Lnscrance. W. G. BUSSE ban just received a nice Hoe of Chamber Suits Cheffoniers and Side Boards Also h ir»)«.i| line of Stoves and Ranges Which will be Hold Ht Greatly BedOMd PricHH Have You Tri«»<l Our Saratoga Chips In liulk aud in half pound package**. Fresh and tTinp. Warm Them Before Serving LACEY & SHELDON, Telephone Main 4M. Mhlti St., Colfax, \Nanli. Hiram Mitchell Auctioneer. Will pay prompt attention to advertising and posting bills for all sal™ put in my hands. Free corrals at Colfax for stock brought to mo to Bell. Parties at a distance will find it to their advantage to communicate with me be fore fixing date* or making final arrangements for wales. Cali on or address me at Colfax, and your sale will receive prompt and careful attention. s^&s CLOSING OUT %fs '.'*" '7*^]^lof 75 thoroughbred, '■z.-*L~' v" '•■.:' IQi high-scoring White Ply- B. BUBOUNBEB COIjFAX, - - WASHINGTON. OLIVER HALL Bells the Bent Pumps and Windmills in the Palouse Country. See him before buying. GEO. L. (MNELIUS Lock and $ Sewing Machines * Guns and Gunsmith. Ammunition, All Kindt* of Repairing. CO.LF A X Marble and Granite Works D. MILLGARD & CO. Proprietors. Monuments, Headstones, Tablets All Kinds of Cemetery Work. Call fturt nof> RRinple*. Wall Htree; FRED H. BROWN Bu yß Cattle and Hogs. Pays highest market price. Colfax, Washington /StW/Ny rhe Shortest, \SjO) To NEBRASKA, tiISSOIKI And All Points East Huns Pullman Sleeping Cars, Elegant Dining Cars, Tourist Sleeping Cars, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS To DULUTfI, FARGO, HELENA and BUTTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOBTON, And All Points EAST and SOUTH. Through tickets to Japan and Ch'na vi» Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steam aip Co. For further information, time cards, maim and tickets, call on or write GEO. H. LENNOX, Railway and European Steamship Agent, Colfar, Washington, or— a A- ?•£ h«J*«n. Awistont General Pa- 8 en R e Agent, No. 255 Morrison street, corner Third rortland. Oreeon. • Notice to Creditors. In thp superior court of the state of Wash ington in and for the county of Whitman i V ma; tter of the eßtate of Nancy Beas ley, deceased. * Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the eatate of Nancy SSw deceased to the creditors of an.? all p erß ons having clainm against said deceased, or S estate, to present their claim, with the ne^T saiy vonchers withm one year after the da^ of the first publication of this not.cc to said admioutrator, at hi, office in the d£ of Si fax Whitman county, Washington Dated November 9,1900 First publication, November 9 1000 l^ast publigation, December 7,1900." Notice of Diwolution of Partner ship. Notice is hereby eiven thaf fi— ship heretofore e/isting under the Z***™ and style of Davh & M»Xtt hL k T e solved by mutual consent ' been dU- Dated this Ist day of November, 1900 A. J. Davis, ". M. MotTfATT