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cago Ex- Governor Furnas of Nebraska 

 was re-elected president of the association. 



Dr. W. H. H. Duun, who farms near 

 Lincoln, has found hemp a very profitable 

 crop. 



Northwestern Nebraska is ong on hay 

 and short on cattle. There should by rights 

 be thousands of young cattle up in that 

 country. But the fact is that the whole 

 country is short on cattle. 



Nothing could be more directly in line 

 with the demands of the hour than ex- 

 tensive cold storage facilities at some cent- 

 ral point, as Omaha, for instance, for car- 

 ing for the dairy and fruit products of 

 Nebraska and Iowa. 



"Alfalfa is all right and so are sugar 

 beets," says Peter Youngers, of Geneva, 

 "but as for me I propose to stand by the 

 sub -soil plow through thick and thin." 



NEW MEXICO. 



The Marguerite Canal Company has 

 bought the Pioneer canal at Barstow. 



A large tract of land, of about 2,100 

 acres on the lower Mimbres near Doming, 

 was sold recently by Mr. Spaulding to a 

 stock company organized in New York. 

 It is the purpose of the company to turn 

 this vast area of land into a canaigre farm. 



The building of the El Paso, Chicago 

 & Mexican railway will be commenced 

 some time during the latter part of this 

 month. 



Papers have been filed with the secre- 

 tary of state incorporating the Albuquer- 

 que, Colorado & Pacific railroad, capital- 

 ized at $100,000. 



It is believed that the Wichita reserva- 

 tion will soon be open to settlement. 



The sugar beet factory in the Pecos 

 valley seems to be assured. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



There is the same opportunity in this 

 State to irrigate by means of artesian 

 wells that there is in South Dakota, and 

 numerous contracts are being let for the 

 sinking of wells. 



The Grand Forks PI aindealer says there 

 is enough fuel beneath the soil of North 

 Dakota to furnish heat for the entire na- 

 tion for years. 



Bismarck business men are agitating 

 the question of building a railroad for 



twenty miles north of that city to the coal 

 fields. Experts estimate that a section of 

 land containing the coal will produce 

 5,849,088 tons. 



The Sherbrooke Tribune is authority 

 for the statement that Hon. J. O. Smith 

 had 750 acres of flax on his Plainview 

 farm in Newburgh township the past sea- 

 son from which he gets over 12,000 bushels 

 of flax. 



OKLAHOMA. 



One of the largest and most representa- 

 tive conventions ever held in the Territory in 

 favor of Statehood has just adjourned. 

 The population now is 275,000. 



Taxable property in Oklahoma increased 

 from $19,947,922.86 in 1894 to $39,275,- 

 189.21 in 1895. 



Secretary Lowe, of Oklahoma Territory, 

 has issued a charter to the Santa Fe, 

 Oklahoma & Western Railroad Company, 

 which also includes a land and town site 

 company, capital stock beino- fixed at 

 $1,500,000. 



The value of alfalfa for Oklahoma is 

 emphasized by the behavior of the crop at 

 the agricultural experiment station. 



Canadian county land is quoted as more 

 valuable than that of any other county in 

 Oklahoma. 



The report respecting the leasing of 

 school, college and public building lands 

 in Oklahoma is very satisfactory, and 

 shows the net proceeds for the year 1895 

 to have been $88,627.97. 



The governor asks that all the public 

 lands in the Territory, not filed on at this 

 time, be donated to the Territory for the 

 use and benefit of public schools. 



OREGON. 



A rich discovery of gold quartz is re- 

 ported from Baker City. The discovery 

 was made by George McCarty in the Vir- 

 tue district at a depth of 20 feet. The 

 ledge is five feet wide, the ore showing 

 gold in large quantities. 



The American Bar Company, at Kla- 

 math river, near Ashcreek, has taken out 

 considerable gold this season, realizing as 

 high as $200 per day in some clean-ups. 



The secretary of the Oregon Board of Hor- 

 ticulture estimates that there are 565,000 

 acres of pit and core fruit in the State, and 

 1,500 acres of a berry variety. There are 



