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s 12 THE M0RN1XG OKEGOXIAJf, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1907. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VALLEY OF YiMHILL begun. Prices are good, 75 cents being offered today by local buyers, but some of the farmers who are not In Immediate need of money are storing their wheat In the warehouses, expecting still higher prices later In the season. This week will about finish harvesting in the Horse Heaven country, most of the wheat raisers having already finished the Work. James Lowry, who hal 5000 acres in vheat this year, expects to pull in his combine the last of the week, and harvest on the hill will be over. All the farmers are cheerful and say they do not expect any more crop failures, believing that as the country Is all brought under cultivation there will be more rainfall and conse quently better crops. Preparations are under way for seeding, and with the first Fall rains grain sowing win begin. KLAMATH RESOURCES SHOWN AT THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS WEALTH LIES IDLE Lincoln County's Resources Are Not Developed. Clover Seed and Walnuts Have Now Become Staple Products. MORE LABORERS NEEDED GROWS new chops Hi? AN - : - , DEMAND RAISES PRICES Eastern Buyers Seek Both and Ship Them Away Millard O. Lowns dale Spreads Fame of County as an Apple Section. M'MINNYILLE. Or.. Oct. IS. (Special.) That Yamhill County, or rather the Valley of the Yamhill, as the younger and more progressive element Is pleased to term It, is becoming more famous each year is evidenced by the fact that pro ducts of this territory are attracting at tention from outside sources. During the past few weeks several Eastern buyers have had their agents in the Held pur chasing clover seed and thus far about IB carloads have been shipped to the Kast. Minnesota and Wisconsin being the destination of the larger portion. These Eastern buyers report that the oeed grown in this county is far super ior to any they have ever handled before. Their activity has advanced the price from about 10 cents to 1294 cents per pound, which makes it a very profitable crop. Tt Is estimated that the farmers of this county have sold this year over $180, 000 worth of clover -seed and the land upon which the seed was gjjwn has been much improved. M. O. Lownsdale has brought the county to the front as an apple producing section and Is now engaged gathering apgles for an exhibit to be held in this city early in November. Through his courtesy, the Walunt Growers' Club of the Valley of the Yamhill has been granted permission to make a display of English walnuts grown In this county. It may not be gen erally known, but there are many walnut trees In the county that have been pro ducing choice nuts for several years. During the past two or three years there has been planted In the county 600 to 800 acres of nuts. Thomas Prince & Son. of Dundee, are at the present tinie the only shippers of nuts. Their crop this year Is estimated at from 10 to 12 tons. In the vicinity of McMinnvllle there are 'everal walnut trees from nine to 13 years old which have seen (producing choice nuU for several years past, the yield being 60 to 100 pounds- to the tree. tThere are also several younger trees in this vicinity that nave nuts on them this year, the age of these trees being from J to 4 years. The Walnut Club has been gathering Information and giving the culture of the French varieties special attention and has been thoroughly convinced that this county will In time produce nuts in large quantities and of superior quality. - Much Interest Is being taken In this matter and the club hopes to make arrangements so that the exhibit of "English Walnuts grown In the Valley of the Yamhill" may be placed on exhibition in the City of Portland at some future date. KELSO IS GROWING RAPIDLY Washington Town Makes Great Ad vances In Building. KELSO. Wash., Oct. 13. (Special.) This place is growing entirely beyond the fondest hope of the most optimistic citi zen. The prosperous condition of the log ging mill, mining and farming interests of this district are giving the town of Kelso an Impetus greater than any here tofore experienced. Through the acceptance by the City Council last night of the work of the contractors Secor Brothers and Hears, Kelso now has the finest sewer system In Southwest Washington. Over two miles of sewer pipe covers the principal busi ness and residence districts of the place and the cost of the improvement is be ing paid by the property holders along the route. A $4000 Presbyterian church Is in pro cess of erection which, when completed, will be the finest in this part of the state. Sand and gravel are now betng hauled for the construction of Dr. Jeremiah Bal lard's new brick and concrete store and office building on the corner of Second and Allen streets. The new structure will occupy a ground space 65x70 feet and will be two stories high. This will be the fourth building of a substantial nature to be erected here for over, a year. Dayton Apple Crop Large. DAYTON, Wash., Oct. IS. (Special.) The fruit-growers here are Jubilant this Fall and are Jingling dollars In their puekets while they draw mental pictures of the wealth they will have by another year. The apple yield in this vicinity has been excellent considering the fact that most of the owners of orchards have not had the time to take good care of thein. There will be 100 cars of apples shipped from here to W. N. White & Company, of New York. J. J- Dumass will have the largest apple crop of any one here and It Is estimated by the buyers for Mr. White that he will have in the neighbor hood of 60,000 boxes; George Thompson will have at least 3009: R. E. Peabody will have about 1500 boxes. Besides these there are the King brothers who will, have & large crop and Mr. Gentry and Mr. Glenville both have an excellent crop. The buyers for W. N White & t'nmpany say that the apple crop around Dayton compares very favorably with that of Yakima and other large fruit dis tricts. Make Progress on New Road. COLV1LLE, Wash., Oct. 13.Special.) F. A. Davis, who was selected by the Colvllle Commercial Club to supervise the expenditure of $2000 appropriated by that organisation to be applied on the con struction of the Oolville-Metalan wagon road, returned from the scene of opera tions this week. Mr. Davis reports that the work is well advanced and with the assistance being rendered by the county and by the people on the east end of the road it will be in good hape for traffic within the next 30 days. The Oolvllle Commercial Club Is anxious to entertain a proposition from responsible parties to place a stage line upon this road. As soon as this arrangement can be completed the mail route which traverses a part of the distance from Colvllle will be extended over the range. Kiona Farmers Hold Wheat. KIOXA. Wash.. Oct. H.-Speclal.) Wheat Is beginning to pour into the Xlona warehouses at a livelier rate this week, 1650 sacks having come In yesterday vod th movement not yet having fairly NATIONAL BANK FOR LEBANON I Application Made for Incorporation or 550,000 Institution. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) Ap plication was forwarded to Washington, D.C., today for the approval of the In corporation of the First National' Bank of Lebanon. The Incorporators are Samuel M. Garland, a leading attorney of Lebanon; 9. P. Bach, a Lebanon mer chant and present Mayor of Lebanon; P. M. Scroggin, now president of P. M. Scroggin & Company's Bank, which will be merged with the new Institution; Sey mour Washbume, present cashier of Bcroggin's Bank; N. R. Lang, general manager of the paper mills at Oregon City and Lebanon, and Franklin T. Grif fith, an attorney of Oregon City. The bank will be Incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000, but many times that amount of capital Is represented in the stockholders, each one of whom Is pro bably worth the amount of the capital stock. A well founded rumor says that S. P. Bach will be president of the ew bank, P. M. Scroggin vice-president and Seymour Washburne cashier. The fact that the owners of the big paper mills at Oregon City and Lebanon are backing the new Institution is evi denced not only by Mr. Lang's connection with it but by the fact that among the Incorporators are Franklin T. Griffith, of Hedges & Griffith, general counsel for the paper company, and Samuel M. Gar land, local attorney for the company. The establishment 'of a National Bank In Lebanon is regarded as another Import ant step in the town's industrial growth, which has been very marked the past year. Want Fair (or Marshfleld. MARSHFIBLD, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) F. B. Waite has been sefit to Roseburg by the Marshfleld Chamber of Commerce with a view of securing the district fair of Southern Oregon for this city next year. An exhibit of fruit and local dairy products recently held In Marshfleld aroused so much Interest and developed the fact that Coos County can make a fine showing in the way of exhibits that it was decided to try to bring the district fair here next year. Church Building Remodeled. MARSHF1ELD. Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) The congregation of the Methodist Church of Marshfleld has Just finished remodeling the church building. It is now practically a new structure. In ad dition a new residence for the pastor was built. About 13000 was expended on the Improvement and the building will be dedicated October 20. The Catholic con gregation of Marshfleld is also planning a new church edifice which will cost about $15,000. St. John Day at the Fair. Thursday, October 17, has been selected by the St. John Commercial Club as St. John day at the county fair and carnival at Gresham. The fare from and return to St. John to Gresham will be 35 cents. It Is desired that every resident who can make it convenient to go do so, and swell the crowd from St. John as much as possible. Miss Ida Jones Is St. John's candidate for queen of the fair and car nival and is making a good race. Makes High Dive Safely. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Oct. 13. (Special.) Olaf Martinson, a Swedish sailor who attempted to Jump from the Heron-street bridge a few days ago but was prevented by the police, made a second trial today, and succeeded In diving from a yard-arm of a schooner lying in the harbor. He struck on his back and was not hurt, swimming to shore in safety. Plan New Furniture Factory. ALBANY. Or., Oct. IS. (Special.) Plans are now on foot to establish a large fur niture factory in the buildings of the old carriage and organ factory In this city. John MacXeal. of Albany, who owns the now vacant buildings, and J. M. Gllklson, of Washington, are behind the enterprise. Ixx-al citizens are now solicited to take IcOOO worth of stock in the Industry. New Power Dam Complete. ELM A, Wash., Oct. 11 (Special.) The new power dam of the El ma Light and Power Company on the Cloquallum creek near EJma is almost completed, and the company in a few weeks will be receiving Its power from this source. This will ef fect a saving of thousands of dollars an nually to this company which is now using steam power. Cne difference Between a Ranan Shoe and others is that the Hanan fits better all over than the others do to pots. Sold at Rosenthal's. "Obencbaln Perpetual' Crabnpple. 1 1 ........ 4 ,w,Jt rWfV? LA MATH FALLS, ' Or., Sept. 13. W (Special.) Probably the enterprise ' ' ol i single county never attracted more favorable publicity to Oregon than did the showing made by Klamath County at the National irrigation congress, at Sacramento last month. Good effects of the effort are being felt not only In in terest aroused In Klamath County throughout the irrigated states, but In exceptional activity of Klamath basin farmers and fruitgrowers to make the Klamath County Agricultural Association Fair this week of a magnitude never be fore attempted. Without resorting to the usual incentives for arousing public senti ment for a showing at the Fair, It is now realized that the Bpace for ex hibits is not nearly adequate to the de mand that will be made on the manage ment. The Fair opens Thursday morning and continues until Saturday night, and already some districts have their display In readiness for installation. There will be no horseraces, except such as may be arranged by owners of horses, the association hanging up no prizes for that sport. Broncho-busting is the only equine entertainment "for which prizes are offered and In that case the best prizes are for the owner of the most vicious and unmanagable outlaw horse, THREE CROPS OF APPLES TREK IN "itLAMATH FALLS PROVES A WONDER. New Variety of Ever-Bearing Crab apples Will Be Developed by Orchardlsts. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) There is to be placed to the credit of Klamath County the origin of an ever-bearing; variety of Siberian crab apples. Accompanying Is a photograph showing two crops of the fruit and the third in blossom Just beginning to de velop, the apples developed from the first blossoming now being mature and the second crop about half grown. Thls unique and remarkable tree is on the lawn of Silas Obenchain. sheriff of Kla math County, at his borne in this city, and has attracted a great deal of in terest. It was set out last Spring, being one of a number of three-year-old trees received from a nursery. Being favor ably situated and well eared for, the tree put out its first blossoms about the mid dle of April, six in number, from which one mature apple developed as indicated in the illustration. The second blossom ing occurred about the middle of June, from which a number of apples are now approaching maturity, and the third blossoming came about September 10, from which a number of apples have formed and are designated in the illus tration. It,is believed that the tree may be made the source of a new variety of Siberians, which In climates such as the Willamette Valley would mature a con tinuous succession of crops throughout the year, not unlike the lemon and other fruits of the citrus type. Locally the new variety will be known as the "Obenchain Perpetual." and the tree is being watched by many citizens having horticultural interests, and Its owner, who is enthusiastic over the fruit possibilities of Klamath basin, will be stow upon the enterprising tree such care y ";CrfV H ia- A? :- 1 II t ,i:'.n lhrrJW 1 H - in mm. w. m:mmMml ..M.-! .J.I w as well as for the champion riders of the range. - Almost entirely the Fair will be an agricultural, horticultural and domestic as will Insure its growth and protection from damage from any cause that can b prevented. The mature fruit from this tree will be exhibited at the Klamath County fair, together with some of the apples of the second crop. In the fruit display, which will probably be the most elaborate and varied that has yet been made in this county. Diligence on the part of the orchardlsts of this county as a result of the work done by the local fruit inspector Is now being intelligently directed to pre vent the introduction of pests, from which orchards are remakably free. Ap ples, pears peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, berries of all kinds and rare varieties of some of these fruits will be included in the exhibits. All of these thrive in Klamath County, and what has been done in the. older orchards demon strates what may be expected by those who are now putting out hundreds of fruit trees on farms throughout the basin. More fruit has been planted in Klamath County this year than during all of the previous years probably, and people are just awakening to the splen did chances in this avenue of investment and development. Brick Clay at Centralla. CBNTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 13 (Special.) There are great possibilities for brick and tile manufacture in the vicinity of Centralia if a company will take hold of the proposition in a business-like man ner. A expert brick and tile manufac turer has made a thorough examination of the clay and pronounces it suitable for making the very best of brick and tile, provided the right kind of machinery is used. The trouble with brick making in this part of the state is that out-of-date machinery and appliances have been used. There Is a large local demand at present for brick for building purposes. Prepare Permanent Exhibit. NORTH BEND, Or.. Oct 13. (Special.) The Chamber of Commerce of North Bend is preparing a permanent exhibit of the various products of the city and the surrounding country. The exhibit will be arranged attractively in one of the warehouses on the wharf so that it may be inspected by passengers on the boats which stop here. There will be samples of many different kinds of products. ,Va i l.'Titfrj r.--iVUA 1 Mi mm arts demonstration that will show the "Portland day" visitors what the people of this county are doing and the fruitful character of the soil. There will be a showing of thorough-bred and well-bred livestock, embracing prise-winning cat tle, swine and horses, angora goats and poultry. In all of these classes the man agement of the Fair has offered attrac tive rewards for the energy of growers to enter their best specimens. The accompanying illustrations give a glimpse of the grains, grasses, vegetables and products shown at Sacramento and is a suggestion of the large exhibit that will be brought together in Klamath Falls' this week. So widespread has been FRUIT LANDS IN DEMAND MANY SALES. OF ROGUE" RIVER VALLEY ORCHARDS. Prices Were Never So High Berore and Many Outsiders Are Buying. ASHLAND, Or.. . Oct . 13. (Special.) Things have "been doing In Rogue River Valley orchard lands recently as never before and numerous sales have been made In every portion of the valley at prices that a few years ago would have been counted fabulous, but which in reality are demonstrated to be only fair values when the returns from them and the possibilities of the future are taken into consideration. Hundreds of thou sands of dollars of outside capital are be ing poured into the orchard industry in the Rogue River Valley. In the purchase of bearing orchards, as well as In .the planting of new ' orchards. Inquiries for larger or smaller tracts of the highly prized real estate of this valley are com ing in from many states. Those who thought prices of orchard lands had reached the top notch a year or two ago are still wondering where it is going to stop, and people who sold too soon are sorry. An apple orchard adjoining Ashland sold the other day for $14,000 (40 acres in fruit) that a year or two ago went beg ging at half the price, and it is generally conceded that the recent purchaser se cured a big bargain. 61x thousand five hundred dollars was offered a few days ago for a five-acre peach tract in the suburbs of Ashland, tout was declined. E. E. Fobs recently solf a 25-acre peach and apple orchard In the Wagner Creek Valley, near Talent, four miles north west of Ashland, for $10,000 and is sorry of the bargain he made with the Cali fornian who made the purchase. But be has mora orchard left. M. L. Pellett recently sold 30 acres of apple orchard - iiiiiimriiiniiii ' r" 'r IT the effect on local people of the results achieved away from home that every person met by the stranger In Klamath Falls has some choice bundle of grain, jar of fruit or bushel of potatoes, beets or a bunchvof celery that is worth walk ing several blocks to inspect. Nearly all of the windows of business houses are decorated with fruits of the harvest, and offices resemble the booths at the fair grounds. Portland will share Saturday with Mer rill, the second- town in population of the basin, and the day will bear the honor of both the metropolis of the State and the trade center of the southern end of the Valley. in the same vicinity for $12,000 to W. G Estep, of Spokane. It is reported that $15,000 has been of fered Eromett Beeson for his 13-acre home place, located in the same vicinity as the two sales last reported, in the beautiful Wagner Creek Valley, which Is one of the most attractive fruit and gar den regions in the vicinity of Ashland. It was reported a few days ago that T D. Austin has sold ten acres of his or chard, the McCarthy place, located be tween Ashland and Talent, for $10,000. a. G. Simon has sold his ranch near Phoenix to W. C. Kiser, Jr., of Redfield, S. D., for 5,O00. Sam G. Van Dyke, it is reported, n sold his place, 160 acres on the main county thoroughfare between Medford and Phoenix, to J. F. Wortman and J. S. Kiel, of Twin Falls. Idaho, for $24,000. Fifty acres Is planted to apples and pears, and the remainder is to be set out by the new owners, it is said. Last week Honors Palmer, the minion aire son of Mrs. Potter-Palmer, of Chi cago, who paid a visit to the Rogue River -Valley with his distinguished mother, made the purchase of the Al fred Weeks orchard property near Med ford. The price was $36,720 for the 102 acres of young apples and pears. Whale Thrown on Beach. MARSHFIBLD. Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) During the past few days much interest has been taken In a dead whale which was thrown up on the beach about ten miles north of Coos Bay. The whale reported to be about B0 feet long. Many went from the Bay cities to view the un Usual sight. , A NEW DEPAHTIRK. The eost of interments has been greatly reduced by the Holman Undertaking Company. Heretofore it has been the custom of funeral directors to make charges for sll incidentals connected with a funeral. The Edward Holman Undertaking Company, the leading funeral directors of Portland, have departed from that custom. When casket Is furnished by us we make no extra charges for embalming, hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be required of us, except clothing, cemetery nd carriages, thus effecting a saving of $25 to $75 on each funeral. THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAK ING CO.. 220 Third St.. cor. Balmon. Colonel F. J. Parker Writes of Con ditions as He Knows Them ' Where Living Is Easy and People Are Indolent- BY FRANK J. PARKER. Lincoln County has a railroad travers ing the whole county from a point near Corvallls to Taqulna Bay. It is a coun try replete with everything to make life desirable. There is hardly anything put into the ground but yields famous re sults.- Oats, barley, rye,- clover and all kinds of grasses grow to perfection. Fruit also is perfection and the apples of Yaqulna Bay and country adjacent are something that must be tasted to be appreciated. And with these apples there Is no irrigation or spraying required, in fact the people down there have a stand ing offer that they will give a dollar for every wormy apple you may find in their orchards. Asparagus virtually grows wild, while potatoes, beans, squash and such vegetables yield enormously. The whole county Is a rich sandy loam and virtually inexhaustible. - Pears, plums and all the berries yield wonderfully. The country Is hill and dale with little rugged or rocky land, and this is left entirely neglected, the people being sat isfied with what the little flats will yield. In fact they are an easy-going community down there, and take life as it comes. With plenty of deer meat and fish they are pretty near content- In a district from Elk City, at the head of navigation on Yaqulna River, a distance of ten miles, on both sides of the Elk River, which combines with the Yaquina River at Elk City, there are less than ten families, and the country all around Is well adapted for the proper kind of people to make happy homes. This year the apple crop is better and in finer condition than ever was known, , yet today an apple box cannot be ob-' talned. jny man going down tnere with a cider mill could make 100 barrels of cider from the fruit that is now rotting on the ground. While the sawmill men are kicking be cause, as they say, they cannot get cars for lumber, it Is a fact today that, al though there are sawmills everywhere, ! you cannot get a bill filled for dressed lumber or an apple box to save your life. Tillamook and Coos Bay, Lincoln Coun ty lying between, have no railroad, yet they are booming to beat the band; work men cannot be got because there are none there and those who will work oc casionally are very independent and will work Just to get spending money. Dairy Interests Dormant. The dairy Interests are. nearly as dor mant. Men who rent land from out siders are never satisfactory, and do as little as they can and are not to be de pended upon as is the case with renters everywhere in Oregon. Lincoln County has the reputation of being the only county In the state that has no promo tion club. Yet the people are In favor of it or anything else that will help the county, but there has to be some moral dynamite used to bring them to the front. It is a case, as it is even in Port land, "let someone else do it, we won't put up a cent as long as we can get Harriman or someone else to do it." And so it goes. There is no county in the state today that offers more inducements to indus trious settlers than Lincoln County If they want to work. To work aye there's the 'rub; no one wants to- work nowadays except some poor foreigner, and then when they come there Is trouble about the influx of for eigners and the labor unions take hold and raise more trouble. The writer will make a bet of 100 acres of land that if any practical man. ac quainted with Hood River, Ashland and Rogue River or even Burns, will get in and put out fruit adapted to the soli and climate and cultivate the same he will raise apples as good as if not superior to any of these now favored locations, and we will waive all spraying for cod lin moth or irrigation. Cold springs, creeks and mineral springs are everywhere. The county is dormant at present and anyone leaving Elk City, on Big Elk River, going up stream two or three miles, would think he was JO00 miles from a rallroau. People Too. Easy Going. The people are easy going, as hospit able and generous as any people In the world, but they want and need a good leader to do things and then they will do them. As we understand the situation, the Southern Pacific people are going to operate the Corvallls & Eastern from Al bany and Corvallls to Yaqulna Bay with their system next month. We all know Mr. Harrlmon wants productive property along his systems, and that he can get along the C. & E. if he works it right The whole county has been tied up for years, since 1SS5-6. One of those beau tiful grafts gave any railroad about 50,000 acres of land from Corvallis to Yaquina Bay to build a county road. There was already a road from Corval lls to Elk City and some perfunctory work was dofe and the road declared established. Then Billy Hogg came along and he raised merry Cain. He bought out the men who put the road through for $45(0. made them directors and no one knows what else as the head of the Oregon Pa cific Railroad. This done, he incorporated , the Oregon Pacific, took the bonds to London and Paris and raised $11,000,000 and built the wheelbarrow road by mort gaging the land he paid or promised to pay $4500 for. , Then Congress became interested and appropriations were -made for the Ya qulna Bay jetty. It is a good port there, but as with Ben Holladay. when he built the Cali fornia & Oregon road from Portland to Corvallls, the dear people who had been hounding him for years to build the road did not or would not patronize the road to the extent of even paying interest on the ties. ' When the title for these road lands IS Benton County was to be conveyed the promoters took a certain Governor of Oregon along the so-called road. They gave him plenty to drink, cigars am God knows what else, and he conveyet th title to the land to the railroad promot ers. , No wonder Billy Hogg made his brag afterward that "any man could build a railroad with money, but I did it without any." Lincoln County can be the gem of tho coast counties, and the writer of thif will do his share, for: A marry land it might be Opulent for all and aye: With Its lands that ask for labor . A nrt tt wealth that wastes away.