Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 8, 1893, Page 7

e THE OMAHA DAILY BER: SUNDAY, Horonen 8, SAVED CHADRON'S OFFICE Lend Distriots of Nebraska May Be Changed from the Late Crder, #IAY ABOLISH THE BROKEN EOW STATION Argaments to that Effect Submitted to the Interior hy » Department Alle: tion for Westers Nenntors fer a Protecs ners, WasHINGTON Brreav oF Tne Bee, ) 515 FOURTEENTH STREET, _ WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 Allen today Hoke Smitk and Land spect to the oftic Chadron objections to the the attachment Kenators ealled Mandor 1pon Secrotary Connnissioner La abolition of the land Thoy submitted their Bbolition of that office and ©of the district to Alliance and stated their grounds as strongly as possible. They were requested to submit the proofs in their pos. ®ession from those direcily interested in maintaining the office at Chadron, and these will b the futerior devart mont week, together witu o written argument in favor of retaining the ofice at Chadron They also stated that sreaux in transmitied to arly next if four districts in {4 hraska must be sacrificed it would bo otter to abolish the Broken Bow oftice and they submitted the line of argument upon that point, which wus given as coming from Representative Kem in these specials of last nizht upon the solidation of the Ne- praska land districts, The interviews wero gatistactory to the senators, boh of whom believe the oftice at Chadron will be retained aud the one at Broken Bow abolished, It will thus be scen that when the Interior de- artment has reat light shed upon the sub. ect and the peonio 1 ard from the Bction is different from that where it is had upon the recommendation of politictuns and failrond representatives, Thore is not the t doubt that had general intercst been dand the pat of tho districts heard from the results of the consolidations would have bean considerably different from What they were Wil Proteet the Miner, In the senato today » Pottigrew presented a memorial signed by 200 miners of Hiul City, S, D., remonstrating against the passage of the Woleott bill, suspending fovone year the operation of seetion 2,824 of the Revised Statutes, which requires an ex penditure of than §100 worth of nbor or in improvenents made during each year upon all mining ited and for- biddinz the issue of any patent until this is done. “The J1ill City miners in theie memo. rial state that the prop ispend the statute comes from mine owners and holders of 1 numoers of wining claims, and toat it would work a hardship upon miners The presentation of this memorial was the equence to an objection made by Senator | R R e to the Bdoption of the Wolcott bill. The mensure was culled up in the senate for considern tion and would have been passed, had not the South Dakota senator offered dbjection Toaay Senator Pettigrew submitted the following amendment to the measure *Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shull apply only to the bona fide Fesidents of the state or territory in which the minine claim 1s Jocated, and no corpora- sion. domestic or foreign, shall be considered & resident of such state or territo Senator Pettigrew stated to Tue Ber gorrespondent this afternoon that the ob- Ject oi nis amendment was to except from he operation of seetion 2,324 of the Revised Btatutes vihose residents of s and tervi- tories who individually held mining claims and were unfortunate in the financial panic He stated that he had no doubt there wero individuals who held these claims who'sheuld notbe compelled to make the éxpenditure requived by law, The entire Question, however, was one he objected to the injustic s which would be done by the adopdon of the bill in Jts present form, it would exempt wealthy corporations ¢ liens from the Performunice of vequir which were Intended only for bona fide residents and operatives, Pocutinr Work of 4 Cd A special committee of the s will be headed by Senator Har nessee for the majorily and Senator Mander- 8on of Nebraska for the republicans, will be soou appointed for i peculiar and sting irpose. I is proposed that the ittee shull determine the question of how far the government i ves) ousible or should be held ‘morally liable when ¢ e in ured in the dischargc duties hrough no fault of their own. “The Ford thentor ¢ to bo the text. The o determue and report by bill swhat, if any thing, the feacral government should do for tho familics of those who were killed and the employes of the government who were mjured by the collapse of that old historical buildin Senator Manderson said to Tug Ber cor responaent toduy that he had no doubt that the federal goverument is both legally and morally linble for damages when its exceutive ‘officers compel the cmployes of the government to work in places where they are injured by such disasters as the Fora theater ¢ und where the in Juries cannot be t to any neglivence or Tault upon the part of the emploves. For fustance, if the building in which is located the government printing oftice should col Tapsc, as has been frequently anticipatod, Senator Manderson says the government ought to pey the injured or the defendants of the killed damaces. A number of bills have been mtroduced proposing to give sums of woney ranging f1 00 10 15,000 cach 10 the fumilics of the government employes who were killed by the Ford disuster and Lo those who were permanently disabled it Wilson of Town, & Tnterior depar ite, which is of Ten. tastropho mittee v try July is 10 wrsonit Willinm clerk in the _ signed, W . Richardson democratic etor of the Ebbit, 1t 15 helieved that ex-Public | aore I Benedietof New York pointed public printer again nceeptuble oflicer bofore and with the president Revresentutive Willinm Jennings Bryan returned Lo Washingion from Nebraska this evening, Ho is reported to bo not so chipper as when he left here for his Waterloo, and 10 be 1iko tho boy tho calf , having nothiug to say by way of expla 2,000 law nent, has e iember of the mumittee for lowa and Davenport Democerat, vistional propri is at the inter Theo will scon heap e made an Western Penstons, Pensions & are Nobraska Oconee, Plutte Gosper, Renewa Hoss, Ansel ( and nere Incre kins. lowa: Original--Jacob ellville, Polic; Henry G, Porwer 18 Cooper, Douahiug MeAlister, ~ Weldon, 1 Young, CGarden (rove, Adams, Drakesville William Glasgow, New Lester Benoit, Clare, Nobles, Wirt, Ringgold Disbrow. Atlautie, Cass; William Wade, Birmingham, Van Buren; Sylvester S Auderson, Ashiton, Osceola; John H. Ridg way, Centerville, Avpanoose. Reissue George Clurk, Keswick, Keokuk; ducob Rudevour, Troy, Davis, lucrease—Robert G Hawkins, Sioux Falls. Minnehaha, Original widows, ‘ete.—Adolia Hule, Hale Kapids Minuchaha nted, issue of S ) ember 23, Original—Patrick 1. Kolley, than Branson, Elwood, 1 jucrease —William 1, ter. Kenewa SilisJ. MeClure Alvy A, Hamblin " Madrid, Per Madrid Jones, Centra S Mitch City, WL James Atur: John Decatur; Davis. Murket, Wobster; Hiram A Miscellnneous. Chairman Outhwaite from th mittoe on wilitary affairs reported ably today bis bill inercasiog the number of uvmy oMcers, who 1 B INSLEUCTONS 1h (o fave waxumun be detailed vies frow 100 to 110, 1. M. Taylor wus today appointed pos waggster at Antoione, Alturas county, lduho MG W iKendall ut Biine: Dasls y Ihie Indian bureas has de tise for I8 for the erection of the buidings at the Lower Brule ageucy iu South Dakots ided to readyer- stands high | reissue | | notes The lowest bidder failed to comply with reg. ulations regarding bonds. Penrny S. Heaa, CARLISLE'S MISSION, e Vidits the Capitol and Counaels the Re. penl Senntors to Remain Firm, Wasnivarox, Oct. 7.—Secretary Carlisla a visit to the sen; wing at the capl ng at this junctur senators incluaed made when everyone, pecting the u created a mild sensation from acl Con y are ox visit 1sual to happen, the He had just ¢ »se conference with the s naturally supposed he for individual berefit of the body at large such was the case he did not take b furnish the public with the same i tion. He About two hours tir ference wi irious democratic senators in the marble room and in_the room of th finance committee, but did not enter the senate chamber. Among others with whom he conversed were Senators Voorlices and Hurris A TepoTt was 8¢ had been sent presidont had wnd it w some important message ors it ns to forma s in con or for the n set in circulation that ho s the president’s personal and official representative to arrange the terms with the opposing forces of the democrat ranks in the senate, ana there wero senator ready to name tho terms which he had of- fered. Inquiry, however, developed the fact that they were merely dealing in surmises, ‘The purpose of the sceretary’s visit seems to have been just the opposite to that at tributed to him by the majority. Senutc Vance otold o reoresentative of the Asso viated press that Mr. Carlisle had gone to the capitol for the purpose of preventing a compr and Senator Voorhees vi tualiy confirmed this statement. After his conference with Mr. Carlislo he said to the Associated press representative that the ad- ministration forces had no compromise to suggest or ask; that thoy were still doter- mincd to fight on the old lines. That the contest would continue the first days of uext week as it had up to date and would be devoted to speechmaking : that on Wednes- day the night sessions would be begun; that he had assurances that there would be a auorum of repeal senators on hand; that they would remain until the bill nad been disposed of and that there would be no 1- curnment untii it had passed. 1t would would scem, therefore, that if thero 1s to b a compromise it cannot conio until after the night sessions have expirved [t is but fair to say that there aros the repeal senators as sanguine of the night session or of its success as Mr. Voorhees, A large majority of the senators as t that the bill cannot be passed except in a moditicd form, and others agree with Senator Man- derson in the assertion that if no compro- mise is reached a recess of the senate until December is uecessary, which would vir- tually mean the abandonment of the bill, A senator who has not so far identified himself with cither side said_the inevitable vesult of the night m would be an zrecment upon the compromise bill, w of UNDER INVESTIGATION, Nuomber of Pension Cases Now Recelving Consideration, WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—More cases under investigation by special examiners of the pension bureau than have confronted the special examination division for a great many vears. ‘The total number of cases for investization uow is 16,500, This is an increase of 2.200 over the number pending onJuly 1, the beginning of the present fiscal i, AL that time the number of special ammers in the Gield was 160, aud this num- has now been sed to 2i8. The work of investigating pension steadily increasing. This is due to the fa that each yoar claims_become more dificult to establish be use of death or failure to recall facts or uncertainty about them, “The number of ficld examinations have been greatly reduced during the past four rs. Al the beginning of the fiscal year, 1880, the number was 2; in 1 30; in ISO1, 1985 in 1502, 119; in 1803, nd in 160. Duving this period the number of cases? for special investigation, and th proprintion for the work on July 1 of each year, was as follows: 188 S ca and 000 appropriations opriat K0 appropriations 215,000 appropriations, and in 139: 1ses und ,000 appropriations. The pres priation is beheved to bo utterly juate for the work of dis- posing of the great. volume of pending cases. re now cases CHEROKEE N 2 Kailroad Companies Protest Agaiust the Ruilng ot the lut Department, WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The bill which pro vides that railroads operating in the Chero- kee Strip shall e lish stations at town- sites established by the Tuterior department meet with opposition. The trouble, Delegate Flynn says. is caused by the selec tion made by Inaians of all iblished by the railroad several instances the companies have offered to buy the Indians out and turn the lands over to the government for townsites, These ffers have been refused and the luterior department has established towusites from oue to two wiles distant from the s or nally established by the railvoads. The ulrouds claim that the sites selected by Lhe deparunent ave in miany cas on rough and uneven ground, which will put the people to an expense of, many thousunds of dotlars tograde for use. The companics de- mand a hearing. DWNSITES, the stations mpanies. In For the Collection of Tuxes. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Senutor Morgan has introduced a bill providing that when taxes lawfully assessed and levied are duo to any state or municipality upon any property seized by the order of any United States court, the state or municipality may proceed w0 collect the tuxes by sale, in the same man- ner as if the property had ' remained in the possession of the persons or corporation from whom the taxes are due. The bill grows out of a state ot affairs existing in reia and, possibly, in other states. Tho Central Railvoad and’ Banking compuny of that state, now in the hands of a receive oves Lhe state large sums for tuxes und re fuses Lo | \em ana there appears no law 10 cou v payment. ¢ Populist Sehem WastiNGTon, Oct. 7.— Senator Peffer has introduced in the senate a bill to provide for i of all the gold and siiver i the treasury, ana for all that shall be offered, and for the Issuing of enough paper mon 0 bring the volume of the currency up to F0,000,000,000. Of this amount §500,000,000 is 10 be distributed to the various states and tervitories, pro rata, according to population, to be expended in public improvements, ‘I'he bill further provides that all citizens floving their Jabor shall be employed undec tho conditions of the bill ‘The bill was in troduced by request, Mr. Pefler explaining that he did nov consider the coungy ripe for such legislation coinug Appointed 1o Ofice, Wasmsaron, Oet, 7.—The pointments were made yes president: Postmasters--( ter, Conway, Ark.; Tewpo, Ariz.; W, D. 1. Whitsit, Hill, Mo.: John I, Murray, Lewistown, Mont.; James H. Messimer, T James G. Wickham, Beloit, Wis. ; James Wightmun, Elroy, Wis.; Nicholus Donohut New Richmond, Wis.; Freeman W. Sac Phillips, Wis.; Oliver P. Havua, Si Wyo. Charles A. Rummley of Montanu to ninter of the United States ussay office Hel following duy by the W. Chis. Hallbert, Pleasant ap- Andrew J be at Notos. WASHINGTON, ( A statement issued at the Treasury departmont shows the total paper currency outstauding September 30, exclusive of $LO00,000 estimated to have Leen lost or destroyed, was §1 825, an increase of §14.504.58 during the wmouth of Scptember. The total is made up as follows: United States notes. #40,081,010; treasury of 15, #1 M0; uational bank , $208,443.403; wold certificutes, 9,750, silver cortificates, #850,504,504 ; currency I'here was a still furthor reduction in the national rescrve of Lhe Lreasury today, the iount being $50.152,250, about §H00,000 lower thun it was in June last. when it touchod the lowest point in its hiswory to that tume. ‘The curvency balance, however, shows au ucrease, and today stands ut FATE OF FREAKS AND FAKES Tossed on a Tidal Wave of Trouble and Litigation, NOW IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF Story of & Publie Resort t Thentrical Too Many at Hood Congress Has Made Mistory voed by Names of Curlos, With woek one of Omaha's place of amusement closed its doors, and in the classic language of the it went to the wall," leaving behind only the dim remembrances of the Eden Musee, | the B theatef, alias the Wonde the Peoples New theater, which for years had been catching the people w wanted a cheap show and those who we ready and wiliing to stake the that every freak and fake enough reality. 1t was a long Museo blossomed building ou lower Lawlor the freaks and uncanny things of and s the ending of last street, and, lins last dol was a time ago when the Eden forth in the arnam st arth, Lawler was an ideal manager, made money hand over tist by small stave show and putting up wax | pictures of the lincal descandents of some wristocrat who walked the earth long years before the extremely wet spell in which old Noah and his family played o star engage- ment. One sad day, orrather one sad night, a fire came along and burned off the upper story of the buildi destroying many of the curious thines which had astonished and amused the multitudes, awler Wa Lake the ghost of some name has been connee: Ier would not down, and in the language of the circus man, “he opencd up, grander. wter and more georgeous than ever be- Before the ashes of the old Fden Musce had cooled he had opened negotia- tions and had sccured a long time lease the Grand Opora house at Fifteentl street and Capitol avenue, where he moved all of his freaks that were not burned out of all resomblance of their former selves. Tn ad dition to moving the burned and shop-worn stock, he sot out, going into the jungles of Afvica and Asing the forests of Amer nd other out of the way places to gather in unother lot of curios would satisfy his old time patrons and make their hearts” glad again, as in the good o1d days of yore, when the ay Omaha | young man was willing to give up a dime in exchiange for fow minutes talk with one o the mouths of the two headed girl or the woman witl iron jaw. ‘The openine in | the new location was attended with a blaze of glory, red fire and slow m but there | was something wrong and the erowd could | never be worked down Fifteenth street. 1t | was not_long until r discovered this fact and after by the place with the high sounding name of the Bijou theater he tried it again, but with no better success. Then he comug 1 to look for a customer and in so doing he did not have to hunt vel faror very long, for there were several young men who saw a sure winner in the freak business and were anxious to blow tneir woney against that kind of a game, Lawler wanted them to do this very thing, and almost as soon as the negotiations wore commeunced they were closed. Loaded Down with N The buyers woere young and an account of stock they changed of the place and called it the and as such they kept it for a but with the open sky nd n Stayer. individual vhose with fiction, Law mes. tor the Wonderla long h of the present amuse- ment season they failed 10 meet with the suceess that they anticipated, and for luck they added anothier new name to the list which the collection of freaks had been compelled to carry his timo the w house was christencd the Peopie’s new theater, but the name was too heavy and o few weeks later Sheriff Bennett was enlled upon to go to the outer door and,in the name | of the that wi Men who have scen the sheriff, and espe- illy those who know him best, know that while he might harbor cut-throats and mur. derers in the county Jail, he would never think of haviug a living skeleton or an india rubber man about the house. When the sheriff levied upon the job lot a wail of anguish went up from each individual mem- ber of the conzlomerated aggregation. Some of them wanted to go with the sheriff, while others wanted to paddle their own canoes and start out on a starring tour, “T'o this proposition the sheriflf would listen for a moment, as he was on his bond_for the safe keeping whole lot. Calling all of the curi possession of *everything not respousiblo of tho sbout him, ho exacted & piedge from cach that whon | ward yaying for a fully improved tract with buildings and be; they were wanted in court they would be hy Having taken these pledges the sheriff locked the door from e outside, and putting the key in his pocket, went his way, leaving the fat boy, who tips the beam it 670 pounds and s only 10 years of age, in charge. The first night wore away and with the night wore the day, Bennett look ing in now «».d then and pushing the supply of food through the slot in the bottom of the door, Carnival of Curiox, “The second night after the door was locked upon this mixed crowd there was i revelation, and one that tore ub the echoes and startled the surrounding nerzhborhood Iu fact there was a revelry by might, and it all came from the stage of the People's new theater, nished the starthing information that u con- vention of freaks was in progress, The cases which had contained the mummies d split asunder and the superannuated souvenirs of several centennial birthdays were ambling toward the front seats, thou_ b it was apparent thatage and exposure to the inclemency of several kinds of weather had stiffened thew joints and slightly disfi ured their personal beauty The old Greek, who has dono pertection for five or loud as he saw the antiquated Keyptinns shufMling past, and in his best classical lan- gunge asked: +Bedad ! and sure and whero in the divil are ye going now " The living skeleton, who had food for a month, $L into g laugh and joined the procession started for the stage, The procession moved along until all w soated, after which the man with the iron nerve was ciected chaivwan ana pounded for order, inviting the four-handed gl to act as the seeretary of the mecting, Tmitated Political Harmao The wax figures of the Joneses. murdered by Ed Neil, objected to the pro . and as they shook the dust from insisted upon form- ny and going it alouc. This prop- osition was bowled down by the india rub- ber man, who insisted that he would refuse ‘1o take partin any performance in which nwho ate glass was o member. That, individual roared for fair play, while the bearded woman ealled for ordor. A row was one of the things that the bills, and a8 it was about to be tated all of the freaks crawled Ltheir respective bhoxes and cases, lights went cut and quiet rewned agam The next morning thé sheviff carted oddities away und placed them in o hoase, where they will rens 1 until of sale. that s, smiled out not tasted sepulehral whieh had 1y, who were was on precipi back into while the the ware the duy GERMAN DAY mal Demonsteation in O duy for Several 1 % No coucentrated effort was wade by Omaha's thirty-tive German socictios o cel ate German day yesterday. President Peonner of the an-American society, which was organized prineipally for the pur pose of furnishing the incentive power for the annual observance of such eveuts, after repeated meetings, at which ouly o wha Veators fow s0. celebratiug the day this yeur Those taking an interest vealized that the attempt would crowned with success at this time and it wis therefore thought best o posipoueat untii pext year. The day was celebra v South Omaha, however German day was tirst gererally celebrated throughout this country three years ago t comniemorate the la of blan y o Germuns under the leadership of Wililam | Peuns in the mavter not be South | that | | One glimpso into the buildmg fur- | act to | 1893~SIXTEEN PAGI SECURE In Clarke County, Wash WHERE IT IS. OME he Gontineni PROGRESS, | ins Creighton | t, with Will | the managerial head that handled | ruuning a | | | | How We Can Aftord to Return the M | money is used to plant the land in prune | mnkes the land wor | trees wore set | tract in this respect. | cieties were represented, guve up the ides of | I MR hR o Tl Tho time was when the secker of & bbbl Al aow home in the west took all of his bas longings ina wagon and went forth to an unknown countiy, braving unknowa terross, and perhups death. Then eame the railroad teain to disste pate the terrors of the unknown, Now the Stearns 1"ruit Land Company, which prepares the now home and makos it ready with s fncome secure. so that moving into & new couns tryis a plensure jourrey, with peace, plenty and happiness at tho end. It ia WPOFanY 1o vou thit you read corefuly o whole of thisadvertissseant 15t anross the Columbin river from Portland ed with that city by clectric atroot oar lines, It has boc n sottled si A prosperous farming country, and it is now being rapidly dividod and being level will soon have a systom of ravid transit connecting with Portland N—— nce 1845, und bas been into small fruit farn lines radisting through it e 1 comes NO IRRICATION, irrigation is required in ( { county, Washington, bla 1<l ri zod with to ul owth of e which has to be burned oft befor frunt s are planted on it. A well driven to the depth of thirty fect any where produces an abundant supply of the purest water, containing no line or alicali. The two grontest requisites | iccoss in froit growing, perfoct deai agre and subsirrigation, are overywhero present, The coil is sravelly loam, cha from tho we As n Farming Country. Asa farming coontry Clarke count Washington, produces 40 to 50 bushens of wheat to the acre, 80 to 100 of oats, 200 to 400 of potatoes and for berriesand small frus is uncquuled anywhoro on tho contine Lo largest cacamery in the United States is located at Van- couver, Clarke county, Washington. While we have o large Hine of fally im- proved farms for either wholo or broken into teacts of any sizo desived, we invite by thie special attention to our homo guarantee contract THE BASIS IS: contract and guarauteo prane s for them the crop is ¢ tain and the market sure. The producs We Money returned in trees only, ¢ full with soven por tion of prunes on the ific const has grown in the st 20 years from nothing To neurly 50,000,000 pounds annually, yet all this immense output has not” kept wmee with the incrense of consumption P'he Unitod Statos, As n tation we still imoort aboul 80,000,000 pounds of wruncs snnually, which pay a duty of tvo ceats per pound. Clarke county, Washington, prunes of the lowest grades cqual the highest grades of im- ported Prench prunes, and were never Sold for less than 8 cents per pound. An were of well kept trees in Clarko county 1 produce from four to six thousand pounds of dried prunes per annum, and tho beauty of the business is an ordinary family can take earc of tho land, hary the crop and dry the fruit on ten acres, with but a few dollars of cost for extra labor during the harvest season, cent interost w cellod coutracts. on « The St i uit Lund Company will sell under this plan 500 acres of the best fruiy and on es rth, in Clurke county, Washington, within sight of th city of Portland, O - won. Popilation 100,000. These lunds are suburban to the great city, and will natur increase in value more than 100 per cent without improvement during the sims of a years® contrace The following table 1llustrates the guaranteod value, cost, probable value an reasonable expectation of income ut the maturivy of the contract: Guaranteed| Probable | ‘ | Probaly annual lincome o matur [of contract. FARMERS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN. 1508 300/ 8 800 3001 600 600 600 1,200/ 900 1,800] 1,200| 2,400| 200 1,500 000 65,000 market m; t valueat | value at maturity |maturity of| [ of coutract.| contract, 8 500 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 10,000 T otul Time. Cost, 508 20% 100, .‘l|‘ 2000 80 800 120/ 400] 160, 500 $ 1,000/ 2,000 5 1.000] 6,000 8.000 10,000 £0,000] 5 yeurs|3 years| vears vears 1f you contemplato going to the northwest in the future, a ten acve fruit farm secured on our nlxm will make a centrally located home for you while you are 1.000 getting acquainted with the country, will be available to you wlienever you come, 1,800 poly for it before the fivst of January If you 2,400 this winter, and thcir growth will be werth one hundred 3,000 dollars an acre to you il you come next summer and the vaiue of the land with the 6.000 trees on it will inerease at the rate of one hundred dolls per ucre more per unnum for five years to come, in uny e se, ENTERPRISINC BOYS AND YCUNC LADIES. is no humbug about this. You want to go to the Oregon country some [t 18 a good country for you to getin right. It and trust to luck 2,000 miles from home, as you would going te. The chances for etting something to do'for a starter ure limited; the wage market is overfuill. Take our contract for giowing u prune orehard home for you, One acre will pay you as well in proportion as ten, It will be located with seores of other aercs, and tho fruit can all be marketed to- Ler. Then infive years you will have suved #500, and will have an income in that country which will take eare of you when you o to it, and enable you to 150k around ut your leisure for something larger. 11 you should coms souner, tho money paid us would bo an available resource 1o you in aay event. "o e whether 1t is one, two or live yeurs. the trees will be plant Each contractor can take full advanta tion of his home carried forward or five yeurs and take clear warrantee decd ot time when he is ready. While the contiact roads for 5 years in cach cage it terminable at any time. i o of theso terms and have the prepara- The time and you are going to go. won’t do to =trike out into an ndjoining st is The company has now in cultivation ten times as m: tracts of sale eall for, and is constantly adding thereto. up to full bearing. A contract-holder ¢ iy frunt by The trees 1L exchange his contract at ir 8 08 re of all s 1y time r treea comy its con- This is no Utopian colony scheme, r for every Jollarinvested it The trees carn it by their growth It is strictly business, sells our lanld, and will retarn you a Colfar a ye till they come in bearing, and will tien return 1t in annual crops. Three States. We own tried and proven prune londs Con- and 1t References. I have dealt in € avke county, Wash - ington, lands for ten years; hive sold thousands of acres of it'on time to ni ot small means. Have never foreclosed a mortgage or taken the forfeit on u bonn, and refer to tho twelve thousand people who live in thot county. D. I STEARNS, President Stearns Fruit Land Co, Inquirers are referred to the irst Nationnl banlk of Vancouver, Wash., or to uny bunk in Portiund, Ore, Tmmediate] elled C on fi T racts, yment the trecs. Two years growth of these trees th and saleable for $200 per acre more than it was when the out. You have paid a total of 90 per acre, and interest would amount to about $26. Our land is im- proved, the troes are growing and -will make it worth $1,000 an acre three years heace, So, you soe, that wo will bo more than willing to' fill the con- states, tact holders con select from cither as Our Oregon lunds are in Douglas county, necar Roseberg, and the California lands in Tulore county, near Tulare City, n all thuee of the Pacifle suits them, DIRECTIONS FOR SECURING A HOME CONTRACT. and addresses plain: sign your name, and forward to us ut 107 First street, | as well). Youcan deposit oreond the whole farth), and vay the balunce ($43) pe this winter. Five dollars an acre res Cut out the foilowing apnlication blank, fill it up properly, being reful _lo malke ""1'"5' rtland, Oregon, accompunied by the certificate of deposit (express or monoy orders V;-'l :; amount of the first payment, or you can send five dollars for ench acre you wish to contract for (as an evidence of ;_nud acre on delivery of the conteact, You can in the last case set the dute of contract us late as January 51, und have the trees planted srves it for you tiil then, APPLICATION FOR A HOME CONTRACT. 70 THE STEARNS FRUIT LAND COMPANY, ortland, Oregon: titverserisessessessssss.the undersigned, hereby make application for o guaranteo contract for acres of cultivated fruit land, according to the terms and conditions of contract attached hereto. I transmit herowith certis te of deposit of......... ...dollars in. ... Bank of.... nf: 0o isi b raat vveveessacounty, state of AR Ja8 an evid wnee of good faith, I will pay the balance of the first payment on ov before the............. ..y and the . annual premiums thereafter ut the above-named bank, provided, you execute the contract as desired and forward the same 10 tno said bank for delivery, nccompanied by satisfactory evidence of your good standing and ability to fulfill the contract. .Signature of Applicant, ... Postoflice, ... County. .. State, NOTE that 331 pr acre down secures tihe contract, the and the fival paymentof #1350 per acre gets you a doad to the lund, The laws of washington give such a homestead W euch resigent free and exempt from i take deed and full title on first payment wid enter into the cout act lor care and cuitiy of the poor man so completely, and makes the expense nud trouble of forcelosu trees on land set aside fo without othe you; #2 acre est or tuxes, tuchment or levy for debt ton and final payment separately i, thit we cann'ot deed tructs on COVENANTS OF THE CONTHACT, ant trees immedintely: to cultivate the lied perfectly; to insurat shall be of tho cesi quality, n fully settled neighborhocd, not mor r of the coniract; that the convinct shall be exchung its full fuce value at seven per cent snvuul interesy xny 1 per antnum pays for the care and ¢ ultivation, chur int Parties who will take £0 acres or move can ‘The law of Washington heoges the estate payments than #1,000 down, o the | The contracts covenant under seal of the company: to the nere tive yeurs from thedute of the contract; th rouds, near schcol ané church; to permit 1he value; that it shall be 1edeemed by the compiny ut shall be forfeited (o the comp vy in any eycrt be returned withweven per cent intercst ecded fo The compuny the lind to y(u possession. This advertisement will not appear s gair mavo it Itis to you. We are strictly ir have the Wachington property. No matter if you den't come 1o Porvand for five youis you witl find us by il Ke p the add in your will be taken us a twenty dollar bill in payinent STEARNS FRCET LANDCO., 07 1t St Portland, Oreeon. Paid up Cagital 50,0 lije and deliver 100 bearing trees than 10 miles from town, on good receivable for other lunds at its surrender we after two years atter date; that no money paid on it s that if, after poyivg first jayment, contrict holder gives notice of his inubility 1o pay more, his mon y shall the time the compiny Leld 1t with fair provisions for selection and final settiement. signing the continet, Lut the contract gives you the right 10 t ke any other piece of cquul size when you come to tuke wble or allots business best bergaing in all kinds of Oregyn und pecket und if you make a trade with us,it [} 1