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12r THE 3I0KMXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1907, PHASES OF PLENTY OF MONEY If RMS ' Coos Ranchers Find Cows Big Source of Steady Profit. MILKING MACHINES HELP A Woman the First to Introduce This Device in the Famous Dairy County Milk Boats Collect Dairy Products. MARSHFIETD, Or., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) Fortune seems to be promised to those who follow the dairy busi ness in Coos County. The industry is an old one in this locality and for years farmers have been selling milk and butter, but it is only recently that the real possibilities of the business ' have been fully realized and the re eult is the introduction of better stock, modern appliances and milking ma chines. Dairymen say there is no more Ideal part of the country than Coos County for handling milch cows. Most of the ranchers are along the many rivers which are tributary to Coos Hay and the regular service of the gasoline launches on these rivers makes the marketing of the milk at creameries and condensed milk fac tories an easy matter and a means of transportation which can be depended upon at all times of the year, regardless of bad roads. The best of prices are paid for milk and butter fat at the various estab lishments. There are In the. county nearly a dozen creameries, several cheese factories and a condensed milk factory nt North Hend. All of these are turning out a fine quality of dairy products and are running at full ca pacity. The Introduction of the milking ma chine has made a greater revolution In the dairy business in the county than any other one thing. The task of milking by the use of the machine Is made much easier and quicker and one man can attend to a large herd of cows which would otherwise require a number of hired hands. Quite a number of milking machines are now in use, and it is expected that as many ( "as 80 dairymen will be using the ma chines by next Summer. The first machines In the county were Installed by a woman, Mrs. S. A. Yoakam, who without the assistance of any help but her two daughters, conducts one of the largest ' and most successful dairy ranches in the county. The machines have now proved to be an addition which increases the proceeds of the dairy and are conse quently being adopted by the most progressive of the ranch owners. The keeping of a better grade of stock is a matter which is also receiving at tention and the blood of many of the big herda is being improved by the Introduction of thoroughbred animals. The Romewhat slow progress of the dairy business in Coos County Is probably due to the fact that selling milk lias been too easy a way of making a living. Many of the ranchers found that they could get a comfortable living and more, too. by milking a few cows and expending very little effort and the consequence has been tiiat the business was never pushed Lately a realization of the profits from a dairy ranch properly conducted has put new life into the Industry and the produc tion of butter, cheese and condensed milk, in Coos County, promises to be a big item and in a few years will compare with the dairy business of any county in the Unittd States. The fine bottom and bench lands used for pasture afford feed the year around. Some dairymen feed hay during the months of Feliruary und March, but the grain feed necessary in the cold climates is not needed. For money getting and the converting of one's efforts into ready cash there seems to he no opportunity In the Coos Bay country as good as the dairy business. The sale of the milk in a ready market brings a monthly cash Income which is almoht clear profit above expenses and the man with only a dozen cows and a small ranch makes money In the same proportion as those who have thousands invested. A failure from a financial standpoint In the dairy business Is practically unheard of in Coos County excepting where it has been due to absolute neglect, and on the other hand there are many examples of big money being made. One dairyman' who started on a rented ranch some ten or twelve years ago has new retired with about $18,000 In bank. Many of the dairy. , men who are still In the business have grown wealthy. , One farmer who is milking from 60 to 70 cows Is drawing checks for over $500 every month for the milk that he delivers prac tically at his dooryard to the creamery boats which collect the day's supply. Some of the most desirable ranches on Coos River are held and are sold at high figures but there are many bargains of fered and many smaller ranches which can be bought by persons of moderate means. For the man who understands anything about the business and has the capital to start there Is no better money making chance offered in Southern Ore gon than Coos County dairying. COOS HAS MIJiER.VL WEALTH Gold and Copper Prospects Exist in Coast County. MARSHFIELD. Or., Nov. 3. (Special. ) That there Is mineral wealth in the southern part of Coos County and In Cur ry County Is a matter which is not dis puted but In the past has never been in vestigated to any great extent. Recently mine experts representing different inter ests have been investigating In Coos County and with satisfactory results. Gold has been found in a number of places. One large ranch, which, however, cannot be bougtit from the present owner, offers a rich placer proposition. It is not worked by the owner and he, who is an old man, will not sell. Most of the gold found in Curry County is in such shape that dredging will be necessary and It Is likely that one or two big projects of that nature will be at tempted before long. There is no end of black sand in Coos and Curry Counties. "While the process for handling the black and profitably Is yet something of an un certainty, if it ever can be economically mined, there is a wealth of it in these two counties, the deposits being rich In both gold and platinum. One rancher in Curry County has dis covered a four-foot velri of unusually rich Iron ore and several copper veins which have been opened are said to be very rich. INDUSTRIAL A mine expert recently from Goldfield, Nev., says that If the Nevada people had some of the Curry County copper veins they would go wild about them. During the past Summer many Investi gations for outside companies and Indi viduals have- been made quietly and mine men say that their is promise for the development in the future of great min eral wealth in Coos and Curry Counties. AV111 Make Spray Materials. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.) La salle Brothers, who operate in this city the biggest prune-packing establishment in Oregon, are preparing to Install a plant here for the manufacture of ma terial for spraying all kinds of fruit trees. They have purchased the ma chinery for the plant and . have begun the erection of a building adjoining their prune-packing plant for the new enter prise. This will be "the first industry of the kind in Oregon, but Iasalle Brothers believe the big demand last year for spraying material Justifies the installa tion of the plant. New Pipe for Water Works. MYRTLE POINT, Or., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) Thi3 city has been dry in more than one sense during the Summer. It is a prohibition town, and for a greater part of the Summer there has been little water fn the water-works system. The wooden pipes used have rotted away until they leak like sieves. A betterment in the service, however, is near at hand. The Council has or dered from a Portland firm 6000 feet of iron pipe, expected soon, and the work of repairing the system Is under way. The city has had fire protection from a large reservoir which has not been tapped for ordinary city needs. SEE THERE KLAMATH COUNTY REMAINS UNDISTURBED. Bis Production of Cattle and Agri cultural Products Brings Money in From the Outside. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) Klamath Basin is one section of the Pacific Coast that is unmindful of the shortage of actual cash complained of in many localities at the present time. Banks . of this county are fortunate in having a good percentage of cash on hand and the business of the past week has gone ahead without regard to the holidays declared. There Is no feeling of alarm whatever among depositors and confidence Is unshaken In the ability of the financial powers to soon restore the balance in commercial conditions throughout the country. The particular ly fortunate condition of Klamath at this time may be attributed in a large measure to the fact that production of agricultural products is largely con sumed within the basin and a heavy vol ume of money has been flowing into lo cal trade from the expenditures of the Reclamation Service and for railroad construction work. In addition there have been a great many thousands of dollars received during the past B0 days in payment for cattle sent to market from this region, a large proportion of which is In vaults of the local banks. It is stated on good authority that work on the California Northeastern Railway will not be interrupted by rea son of the retrenchment orders recently announced from headquarters of the Harriman system. Contractors engaged on different sections of the work be tween Weed and Klamath Falls are un der penalized clauses of their contracts to finish the work within certain periods of time. There are several of these con tractors who have fully equipped camps, numbers of such camps being established on some sections and with good forces of men now employed. Owing to the unsettled conditions elsewhere, these men are now inclined to remain perma nently. Archie W. Mason, who has the contract for constructing the embank ment across the swamp lands of Lower Klamath Lake, has resumed operations with tle big dredger, after having been Idle for a week because of a breakdown of the machinery. A second dredger will be in operation In a short time, the equiprncnt for which is in readiness to be mounted on the big barge used in dredging "the outlet from Link River to the big irrigation canal at the headgntes Just below I'pper Klamath Lake. This dredge has just been delivered on the waterfront of Lake Ewauna by the con tractor, who moved it from the Upper Lake. . . . . . t wmmm fa IS 'SB IfSfS mwm EH m 0ml NEW POWER-HOUSE FOR GRAYS HARBOR ELECTRIC INTERESTS AND JAY W. CHARY, MANAGER OF THE COMPANY. j GROWTH IN TO SPEND MILLION Grays Harbor Electric Inter ests Make Improvements. HELPS IN DEVELOPMENT After Building an Electric Line, Linking Harbor Cities, a Mod ern Power House and Other New Features are Planned. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 3. (Special.) To invest a round million of dollars in an enterprise on Grays Harbor. Is. "going some," to use the popular vernacular of the public of today. This enormous sum of money Is not yet all spent by the Grays Harbor Power & Lighting Com pany in its plant and equipment, but un doubtedly will be by the close of the present year. A very few persons In tills community doubtless have taken time to consider that within the past four years Eastern capital in the amount named has been invested in electrifying a railway line, a little over eight miles In extent, and equipping it with the necessary rolling stock and the power to operate it. It indicates a faith in the future pros perity and growth of this section which had been predicted by the early pioneers who have already seen verified some of their guesses in the past ten years. The Grays Harbor Power & Lighting Company controls about eight miles of track extending between the cities of Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. It is unquestionably the best paying piece of property of its length and character in the country. Before the road was projected, Aber deen and Hoquiam's population depended for its transportation on one" train a day each way on the Northern Pacific railway and an old-fashioned omnibus between the two enterprising places. The omnibus labored behind a pair' of wind broken animals two or three times a day over a shaky plank road and for this convenience 25 cents, was charged. Two or three trips a day were made, for the passenger list was light. The omnibus was succeeded a little more than four and a half years ago by a long, .unwieldy car in the front of which the motive power was placed. This piece of cumbersome property lumbered over the road between the cities for a few months, meeting with accidents of a more or less dangerous character until finally the engineer lost control of the machine and it plunged headlong with a number of passengers into a ditch at the side of the rails, where it ended its days. Two of the passengers went to the hos pital with broken, legs. The old omni bus was reinstated in favor again and the public despaired of having any other substitute. It remained for Edward R. Finch, a pioneer of Grays Harbor, to take up the project of an electric line between' the cities and although it was predicted that it would never pay, Mr. Finch obtained capital to carry the enterprise to a suc cessful start, and the people saw an ele6 tric line In full and paying operation. The line was popular from its initial trip, and from one car run each hour there are now 15 cars between the three cities operated at intervals of 15 minutes. The patronage has been something sur prising. So promising was the business that the company purchased the electric lighting plants in both Aberdeen and Hoquiam at a good figure, and has since added new machinery and the latest street lamps and a modern equipment and serv ice in . every particular. The lighting of the cities, which was never satisfactory under the old regime, was almost in stantly made popular with consumers. The new company purchased a large natural park between the two towns which it has beautified from time to time by the clearing of land, the erection of a pavilion, baseball grounds and the es tablishment of a zoo. The ball park Is one of the best equipped on the Pacific Coast and upon it the Black Cats have been, enabled to win a portion of the games that helped secure -the pennant of the Northwest League. Not satisfied with the expenditure of large sums In the purchase and rebuild ing of the two electric light plants the company decided to Invest $250,000 In a power house In the center of its park, and through it control not only Its elec tric cars but furnish the light for the THE PACIFIC v entire Grays Harbor country. This building is now ncarlng completion and promises to be one of the best equipped on the entire Pacific Coast. The road has been an Important factor in assisting the building of the Grays Harbor country and creating a fraternal feeling between the cities of this lo cality. It furnishes a means of com munieatlon of - gathering people of the three toWns whenever there are meetings of Importance. Without the cars it would be difficult to bring these various bodies together. It has also been the means of building the territory between Aberdeen and Hoquiam which before the advent of the railway was an uninhabited waste. Many hundred homes have been erected the past four years on this land, for the reason that the cars give direct com munication with the cities named. It also has brought large capital and large In terests and gives employment to a good many persons. The capital invested to date is about JT50.000 and with the ex tensions being made in Hoquiam and those planned in Aberdeen as stated be fore, by the dawn of the new year, a round million dollars will have been ex pended. Knappton Makes Improvements. KNAPPTON, Wash., Nov. 3. (Special.) Many Improvements are now under way here, the most important of which is the construction of a new dyke or bulkhead 16 feet in width and extending from the mill to the store the entire length of the log boom, a distance of a quarter of a mile. It is being made of rfp-rap work, composed of refuse slabs and timbers from the mill, put together In a thoroughly substantial manner to successfully resist the onslaught of the tides, which In a short time would un dermine an ordinary inland river em bankment. A number of dwelling houses a scarcity of which has always existed are also being built for the accommo dation of employes and families. An extension is also being commenced to the planing shed, which will greatly increase the storage capacity of that department. Changes at Myrtle Point. MYRTLE POINT, Or., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) This has been a week of busi ness changes here. The stock of gen oral merchandise of J. T. Bridges, formerly Register of the United States Land Office at Roseburg, has been sold to N. P. Peterson, formerly in the same line of business at Ferndale, Calif. The former owner is absent from the city and the transfer of the busi ness has been conducted by Mrs. Bridges. County Commissioner Lloyd Spires has purchased the Dr. K. A. Leep drug stock' and fixtures and will place his son, Oliver, a graduate pharmacist, in charge. Dr. Leep will devote his at tention to his practice. t T. D. Guerln, of the Guerln Hotel, has 'bought the C. M. Trlprlett barber shop and has placed Jack Abbott In charge. E. A. Dodge, United States Commissioner, has resigned as agent of the C. B. R. & E. Railroad at this place and has been succeeded by Paul Sterling, lately of Drain. Fruit Men to Organize. MARSHFIELD, Or... Nov. 3. (Special.) The ranch owners and members of the Chamber of Commerce are agitating the plan of organizing a Coos County fruit growers' association. Such organizations have done much for other communities and as the fruit-growing business is now attracting much attention In thisounty. it is likely that the society will be formed here and systematic plans for advertising the fruit of this section fol lowed out. Columbia Pomona Meets. Mrs. H. L. Vail, a state deputy of South Mount Tabor, attended a meeting of Columbia County Pomona Grange at Clatskanle Saturday for the purpose of In specting Its work. James Barr Is the master. Reports received from the subordinate Granges In Columbia County showed that they were generally pros perous and growing. A resolution was passed recommending that the County Court make a levy of 3 mills for the building of more roads. The Pomona also went on record as supporting the initi ative law proposed by the State Crange to prevent the .Legislature from repeal ing a law that has been passed by the Initiative. Mrs. Vail gave an encourag ing talk to Columbia Pomona. Nibbling at the Bait. Chicago Tribune. "What name?" asked the young woman at the laundry office, as she took the customer's bundle. "William Arrimee," answered the customer. "I don't know," said the young woman, staring at him. "I might. But ain't you pretty tolerably familiar on short acquaintance?" Fall style Hanan shoes at Rosenthals NORTHWEST BUILDS NEW MILL Wind River Company Improves Former Plant. IS A MODERN STRUCTURE Everything Is of Latest Construction and Many Labor-Saving Devices Have Been Installed to Expedite the Work. CASCADE LOCKS. Nov. 3. (Special.) The work of reconstructing the mill plant of the Wind River Lumber Company at Cascade Locks, which was destroyed by fire July 11, is actively under way. Every- thing will be new from the ground up. The machinery will be modern through out and every mechanical device for the economical "and successful operation of a sawmill has been adopted. The owners are sparing no expense In construction or equipment to make it' one of the most modern and efficient plants of its size on the Pacific Coast. Piles are now being driven for the foundation of the sawmill. A bunkhouse containing 28 rooms Is about completed. The machine shop Is built. Work is being rushed on the boiler-house, which is to be a thoroughly fire-proof building with con crete walls and corrugated Iron roof sup ported by steel trusses. There will be in stalled in this bundling seven boilers with steel settings and Dutch ovens, which will produce 1000 horsepower. The mill machinery will be driven by pair of twin engines of 550-horsepower and a Corliss engine of 300-horsepower. In order to minimize the fire risk, the planer and dry kiln will be located at some distance from the mill on the south side of the O. R. & N tracks, where the company has purchased 30 acres of land to provide room for these buildings and also for Its lumber yard. Most of the lumber from the mill will, therefore, have to be carried acros3 the main line tracks of the O. R. & N. This will be accom plished by a system of rolls and chains extending all the way from the mill to the planer and crossing the railroad tracks at an elevation. Grading chains are also provided to sort the lumber, so that from the time the lumber leaves the sawmill until it is delivered to the teamsters for piling in the yard, no hand ling is necessary, the rolls and chains doing the entire work of grading and conveyance. The planlng-mlll will be a steel struc ture with concrete floor and will be run by electricity. The dry kiln will also be a steel structure with concrete walls. All steam and water connections will be placed under ground. One of the steam pumps Is already placed, rests on a concrete bed and is enclosed by con crete walls 16 feet high. Another pump will be placed alongside of It and the two will have a capacity of 1600 gallons a minute. Tl,e water will be pumped from the Columbia River. In connection with the plant there will be a shlngle-mill with a capacity of 40,000 shingles a day. This will be located In a separate building 300 feet distant from the sawmill. A lath machine will also be Installed which with turn out 25.000 lath per day. The sawmill will be equipped with two circular saws five feet In diameter and a resaw with ten-Inch Oregon Water Power and Railway Co. First Mortgage, 6 Per Cent, Gold Bonds. An underlying bond of the Portland, Railway, Light & Power Company, and unquestionably the most attractive investment on the market among well-established local corporation bonds,' from the standpoint of security and net returns. ThSse bonds are redeemable at 105 and interest July 1, 1912, or in approximately 4t2 years,' and, purchased at . present prices, yield better than 6- per cent. We are also offering an attractive list of high-grade city and school district bonds, netting from 4 to 52 per cent. , Prices and further information regarding the same fur nished upon request. MORRIS BROTHERS, Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or. I -AHCA People's Bank and Independent Depository for the Systematic Savings and Steady Commercial Accounts of Industrious People. . Corner Sixth and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon Opposite Oregonian Building. Modest Furnishings, Low Expense, Careful Bankers. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL S500,000.00 Louis J. WUde, President. S. A. Reed, Cashier. In Choosing Your new bank, remember the bank which remained open at all times and guarded the interests of all its depositors without a question or without a holiday. The country banker, city mer chant, professional man, builder or mechanic will appreciate a dependable depositary, ALWAYS OPEN, ALWAYS PRE PARED ALWAYS SAFE. In consideration of these superior accommodations, we courteously solicit a fair portion of your future business. Savings Accounts This Bank will pay four per cent Interest on all Term Savings Deposited; interest compounded semi-annually. Local Commercial Accounts Positively no interest paid on daily balances. Open accounts or ordinary deposits. Country Reciprocal relations with country banks solicited. Usual 2 per cent interest allowed on average balances. Prompt attention given to your collections. Information fur nished. Foreign and domestic exchange issued. Coin, currency or change forwarded. STARRE-DEUTSGHE SPAR BANK CORNER 6TH AND ALDER STS., PORTLAND, OR. Opposite Oregonian Building. N. B. : Minnesota and California Headquarters. blade, and will have a capacity of 120,000 feet per day of ten hours. The plant will cost about 1130,000 and when completed will employ about 100 men, representing a monthly payroll of JS000. The work- of construction is under the management of L. Fetcher. The company's logging operations are conducted in the Wind River Valley, Skamania County. Washington, where it has extensive timber holdings, consisting principally of fir, with some cedar, pine and hemlock. The logs are driven down the Wind River Into the Columbia and there held in a boom, and as fast as they can be sawed up the logs are towed across the Columbia and delivered to the mill here at the Locks. It is under stood that the company owns sufficient stumpage to keep Its Vnlll running steadily for 20 years. After the fire, which destroyed its plant, the Wind River Lumber Company bought the mill owned by the Menominee Lum ber Company, located on the Columbia, 3F Right All Ways IT Chicago Great Western The RIGHT ROAD between St. Paul and Minneapolis X CHICAGO KANSAS CITY OMAHA The VERY BEST Service Electric Lighted Trains Making Fast Time Full information and low rates from x G. A. COOPER, Agent, 240 Stark Street, Portland, Or. at r Ml James O'Brien, Vice-Pres't. Wro. Burg, Asst. Cashier. Banks four miles west of Hood River. They also purchased from that company its holdings of timber lands and Its logging outfit in the White Salmon Valley. The acquis!- tion of this plant enabled the Cascade 'V I Locks concern to keep the eight retail yards which it operates In Eastern Ore- j gon and Washington supplied with Ium- j her pending the completion of Its own plant here. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. THE WAY TO GO EAST NEXT TRIP TRY THE ORIBNTAIi LIMITED THE GREAT NOR THERN'S SWELL TRAIN. Dally to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, St. Louis. Chicago and all points East Crosses both mountain ranges by day light. Complete modern equipment. Including Compartment Observation cars and elegant dining car service. For tickets and sleeping car reaerva tlons, call or address H. DICKSON, C. P. & T. A, 122 Third Street,- Portland, Ore. Phones Main 680. Home A 2286. North Pacific S. S. Co's. Steamship Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder Bail for Eureka, San Francisco and Los Angeles direct every Thursdaj at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third St., near Alder. Both phones, M, 1314. H. Young, Agent. CANADIAN PACIFIC Third-class ocean rates on "Empress" 29.75 to Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp. S'8.75 to Liverpool, London, Glasgow. $32.50 to Scandinavian common ports. $35.50 to Ilnngo, Aho, Ilelslngfora. On regular steamers $1.25 lower. Two and four-berth rooms reserved. F. K. JOllNSOrC. GENERAL AGENT. 142 Third St.. Portland. Or. COOS BAY LINE The Steamship BREAKWATER leaves Portland Wednesday at 8 P. M. from Oak street dock, for Empire, North Bend and MarHhfield. Freight received till 4 P. M. on day of sailing. Passenger fare, first-class, $Hi; second-class. $7. Including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington streets, or Oak-street dock. San Francisco & PortLand S. S. Co. From Alnsworih Dork, Portland. 4 P. M. : KS. "Panama." Nov. 13, 25. Dec. T. etc. KS. "o?ta Rica." Nov. 7, 10. Dec. 1, etc. From Spear Street "Wharf, San Francisco, 11 A. St.: SS. "Costa Rica." Nov. 14. 26. Dec. 8. SS. "Panama." Nov. R. 20, Dec. 2, etc. J AH H. DEWSON. Agent. Ainsworth Dock. Phone Main 170. Columbia River Scenery REGULATOR LINK STEAMERS. Dally service between Portland and Th Dalles, except Sunday, leaving- Portland at 7 A M-, arriving about 5 P. M., carrying freight and passengers. Splendid accommo datlons for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder St., Portland; foot of Court st.t The Dalles. Phone Main 914, Portland. WILUMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamera Fomona and Ores;ona for Salem and way landings leave Taylor-street Docs C:45 A. M. dully (except Sunday). Oregon City Transportation Company Vnone Main 40. A 231. r