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13 PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY ' 6 1 90S. WILL PACK MEAT AT THE RANGES Klamath Company Organizes to Slaughter Cattle at Merrill. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 Klamath and Lake County Beef, Mutton and Pork Will Be Packed Under Most Fa vorable Conditions. MERRILL, Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.) The organization of the Klamath Packing & Commercial Company, incorporated. Is about complete and the following officers for the ensuing year are announced: President, E. E. Fitch; vice-president, J. A. Thompson: secretary, R. G. O'Brien; treasurer, C. A. Bunting; directors, Frank Graybael, R. O. O'Brien, E. E. Fitch, J. A. Thompson. C. A. Bunting. The capital Block Is $600,000. The company has purchased of N. S. Merrill ten acres of land at the foot of Front street bordering on Lost River. The object of the concern will be to pack and ship all kinds of meat. During the past season over 25.0ne head of cattle and heap hare been driven through this city to Montague and thence shipped to Sac ramento and Oakland, where they are slaughtered for market. There are many conditions which make this long drive and shipment unsatisfac tory. Among these are the loss of flesh on the 100-mile drive, the damaging of mnat caused by the goad stick of the cartender, the fevered condition resulting from the close confinement, the cramped position im the crowded cars, and the general unfitness for market of the four footers upon arrival at their destination. The slaughter of these animals In this county will Insure perfectly healthful and palatable meat, will eliminate the shrinkage, and will double the profits of the stock raiser as he will receive not only his first profit as producer, but as a stockholder In the company will receive a second profit as wholesaler. Because of the lateness in the season, comparatively little work -can be done this year, but the company will be put upon a working basis and several hun dred head of hogs will be converted Into ham. bacon and lard- Early next Spring conveniences for the preparation of all by-products will be Installed. Before the organization of the company, a careful investigation demonstrated the fact that the climatic conditions here are particularly adapted to the packing of meat. Bacon, which had been prepared for several months, (was entirely free from ths blue mold so commonly found in other sections, while all of the original sweetness and flavor was unimpaired.. Tha nAmnnnv hv lt MrtiMea nf Incor poration, Is permitted to engage in trans portation and other commercial lines. It will be the business of the company to seo that the plant is connected with the railroad as soon as it enters the county. This will be done either by electric line or branch railroad, with junction prob ably at Midland. Local stockmen and capitalists are subscribing liberally to the stock. TO DEVELOP OREGON BORAX Company Will Utilize Alkaline De posits of Lake County. BURNS. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) The Oregon Borax Company, of which Joseph Gaston,, of Portland, is president, has commenced the work of developing the soda and borax deposits at Alkali Lake, on the edge of Lake County near the Harney County line at Gray's Butte. A large amount of lumber has been ordered for permanent buildings and Superin tendent Zell Young, with a party of car penters, is on the ground to carry on the work. In addition to these prepara tions, the sheet iron for boiling and set tling tanks has been ordered in Califor nia and will be shipped up to' the lake by the narrow-gauge railroad from Reno to Alturas. where the tanks will be con structed on the grounds. This company has already done a large amount of exploration work to ascertain the alkaline deposits of Central Oregon. For three months, Mr. Leon T. Bowser, a chemist, with a party of men, has been engaged in sinking shafts and also mak ing borings, working out the problem whether these alkaline deposits could be handled profitably as a commercial prop osition. The experience of this company will be watched with great interest; for If suc cessful there is plenty more ground in Harney County that can be worked at a profit. There are several others who have filed claims on large tracts of alka line lands in this county and during 1908 the Intention is to begin active develop ment of the possibilities. BEETS DO WELL- IX KLAMATH Government Tests Show High Per Cent of Sugar. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 5. (Spe cial.) That Klamath basin is to become one of the leading sugar beet districts of the country Is evidenced by the results of analysis of sugar beets Just received from C. O. Townsend, pathologist in charge of sugar beet investigations of the Department of Agriculture at Wash ington. The sample sent was of three beets grown on a test patch of a quarter acre or land a milo from Klamath Falls, on which was produced S3S5 pounds of beets, or nearly 17 tons per acre, and the analysis gave the following result: Average weight of beets, pounds "...3 Sugar in juice, per cent 21.90 Coefficient of purity P2.0 The result Is deemed most satisfactory and there will be a number of tests made this year by farmers of the valley who have become Interested as a result of the high returns on the small lots grown. Colorado men interested In sugar factor ies in that state hare been making In vestigations and securing data relative to the Klamath country and It is prob able that development nf sugar Indus tries will be hastened by the splendid showing In productive powers of the soil and climate of the region. Buy Herd of Pat Cattle. GARFIELD, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.) Colonel William Duling and William Bishop have just purchased 900 head of fat cattle and will bring them to Gar field for shipment to Portland and Seat tle the latter part of this week. These buyers are scouring the country and are picking up all the fat stock that is offered for sale by the farmers throughout this nart of Eastern Washington. ' EUGENE HAS . ' v - , .y - ,- ' j - ad : - - l Wrn Bm& -i" llf 1 - ' v . - - VIEW SHOWING NEW EUGENE, Or.. Jan. S. (Special.) The accompanying picture, taken for The Oregonian, shows the homo of theEugene Commercial Club, the street railway and the paved Willamette street, looking south, with Spencers Butte In the distance. The Commercial Club, which , has one of the finest homes In the Pacific Northwest, has a membership of 200. The people of Eugene have subscribed a fund of $12,000 to be spent for advertising the city and Lane County, under the management of the Commercial Club. The Eugene & Eastern-Kailway has built within the last year and has in operation in the city lines extending from the Southern Pacific depot to Falrmou'nt and from the University of Oregon BEAT ALL FORMER RECORDS VANCOUVER HOLIDAY BUSINESS BEST EVER. Past Year Has Smiled on Nearby Washington City, Which Grows Very ' Rapidly. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 5. (Spe cial.) Despite the panics and rumors of panics that have been afloat during the past few months, the business done in Vancouver during the recent holidays was greater than in any other like sea son in the history of the city. The mer chants of this city, without exception, are emphatic in stating that business was much better than during the cor responding period of 1908. '' Although the 'temporory money short age reduced the price of produce some what, the producers of the county are in no way dissatisfied .with 'their year's income, and their holiday expenditures were not in the least curtailed, as the increased receipts of the retail mer chants testify. . ' The year 1907 has been one of unex celled prosperity to Vancouver and Clarke County. Vancouver's population has Increased over 1000 during the year. Railroad building has gone on-apace In the county and a system; of street rail ways Is in process of buildini?. The growth of the city during the past two years, and more especially, the present year, has been nothing less than phe nomenal. During that time Vancouver has outgrown the village state and' is now a fulr-fledged city In every sense of the word. To replace the old mud and plank streets of the city, contracts are let and work is under way on the construction of 30 blocks of bitullthto pavement. This improvement will cost tho city over $100,000, but the Increase in property value and the bettered ap- John H. Hartes Minacrr Eu gene Commercial Club. pearance of the city win more than offset the cost. Among the modern an "costly buildings that have been erected during the year the new St. Elmo Hotel and the under taking establishment of the ' Vancouver Undertaking Company are the most re markable. The St. Elmo Hotel was erected by Gustav Freiwald, of Portland, at a cost of $55,000. It is a magnificent structure and would do credit to any PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL, CLUB, WITH MEMBERSHIP OF 12,000 COMMERCIAL CLL'B BUILDING AND city in the land. It contains 80 rooms, with - all. the modern conveniences, in cluding hot and cold water, gas and elec tric lights and has the first and only electric passenger elevator in Vancouver, The building was leased to John A. Pad den, of Vancouver, who furnished the building with a view to comfort at - a cost of $20,000. The . hostelery now en tertains from 50 to 100 persons daily, and employs 22 people. The Vancouver Undertaking Company, consisting of Messrs. Wilkins, Hamilton and Kirch, has just completed a splendid undertaking establishment. The building and equipment cost upwards of $15,000. The establishment is replete with modern appliances and conveniences. It contains over 9000 feet of floor space. The feature of the building Is the chapel, with a seat ing capacity of 100, and Is finished and furnished in spotless white in every de tail. The Pittock-Leadbetter Lumber Com pany, the largest lumber manufacturing establishment in Southwestern Washing ton, has resumed operations after a tem porary shut-down, which was necessi tated by the condition of the market. With the resumption of operations by this mill, and the starting of numerous smaller mills and logging camps through out the country, the number of unem ployed men In Clarke County is very small. The men who are laid off In the logging camps have small trouble finding employment on the farms.' There is still a good demand for cord wood, and woodcutters are still wanted by men who are in the cordwood busi ness throughout the couhty. Slowly and steadily Vancouver is push ing to the front. Nothing but a dire ful calamity can stop the slogan of the Commercial Club "10,000 population by 1910" from being realized. MAKES PROGRESS IN 17 Montesano in Better Condition Than Ever In History. MONTESANO, Wash., . Jan, 5. (Spe cial.) The year Just closed has been a good one for Montesano. While there has been no boom, there has been a steady growth and at the end of the year Montesano was far ahead of -where she was at the end of 1906. In the neighborhood of 50 new residences have been built, all .substantial houses, and some of them very fine. : With the price of lumber as high as it has been most of the year, this speaks very highly for Montesano as a city of homes. And while the people have been building homes, the city has not neglected the streets or sidewalks; over $3000 being spent on the streets alone, thus placing all the principal streets in excellent con dition. One new shingle mill, that of the Sun set Shingle Company has been built dur ing the year and is now ready for opera tion as soon as the market opens up. This mill has a capacity of 200.000 shingles per day. :The Incorporators are all Monte sano men. The Montesano Lumber Manufacturing Company made extensive Improvements to its plant; enlarging the dock room so that three vessels can load at the same time; building a large con crete dry kiln and a large drying shed in which to place their finished product The Montesano Planing Mill Company was in corporated, 'by Montesano men, ' and Is now running steadily. The Montesano Fruit Growers' Associa tion has been organized and incorporated and 'arrangements axe now being made to build a large cannery with which to han dle next years crop of small fruit and vegetables. The Mohay Logging Com pany has also been Incorporated. Several new business blocks have been built while others are now under course of construc tion. The two banks are in excellent condition and have stood the financial flurry in a very creditable manner, the people generally standing behind them, by keeping their money on deposit and not drawing it out and -hoarding it. The Christmas trade was theargest that the merchants of Montesano have ever ex perienced. Altogether the year 1907 has been a notable one for this city and vi- cuuty. STREETCAR LINE OV NEWLY - PAVED campus to the utmost southerly limits of the city, over which the com pany gives a good service. This line will be extended in the city during the Summer and wti connect with Springfield before Fall. Eugene has spent during the past six months nearly $35,000 for pavement on Willamette street, making a total of eight and one-half blocks. So satisfactory has this investment been to the property-owners that contracts have already been closed to pave eleven more blocks at a cost of approximately $50,000, and petitions are before the Crty Council " from the residents on. Eleventh street, which connects the business sec tion of Eugene with the University of Oregon, asking permission, to pave, the street from Willamette to the campus, which is nearly a mile. BETTER RESULTS IN FRUIT NOTICEABLE AWAKENING CLACKAMAS GROWERS. OF Proper Care of Orchards Has Dem onstrated Great Possibilities in Horticulture. OREGON - CITY, Or., Jan. (Spe cial.) Bright prospects for the growth of better UJfrult In Clackamas County are indicated at the opening of 1908. Eastern capital has been slowly com ing in during the past few years, and the realization of the vast natural re sources of the county has awakened the growers to the fact that while the field exists, the results have not been attained, because of the apathy of many of - the farmers, whose orchards have been allowed to grow without proper care and cultivation. This is especial ly true of the districts around Clacka mas, Damascus, Canby, Garfield. Maple Lane and a portion of the Molalla sec tion, where excellent fruitlands abound. The first annual 'Clackamas County Fair at Gladstone Park last October was a great educator, and the fruit exhibited there demonstrated the pos sibilities. Pears are a comparatively difficult erop to handle, but the acre age in apples has Increased, and the new orchards are being carefully set out and are watched closely by men who are profiting by paet errors and who are making a close study of the conditions around them. - , Three years ago spraying was rare, but the organization of the Clackamas County Horticultural Society, the-coun-ty Institutes that have been held every Fall for several years, the first straw berry fair last Summer, and the County Fair have all contributed their quota toward teaching the growers that a TYPE, OF BUILDINGS 1 i - L-v-'':. t HPC f - i u 4,iftr . i?ST- Jar te!lF U 1! 2'V; '3 t tfr f P - SU iff- - V J lArloh, i n'-JO'L d i viri fci lnm-i ifnjaBriai-'w'.. WILLAMETTE STREET. high standard in fruit is necessary be- iore nnanciai success will come. i-u treses nave yet strucK the or. chards, and this w.eek A. C. Newell, of Damascus, Drought to the city an apple tree that had been planted last Spring, still shooting forth its green leaves. Mr. Mewell also displayed some fine specimens or walnuts that had been grown at Damascus, where they had had no cultivation at all. The possi bilities' in walnut culture in" this city are many, for little care Is necessary for the successful growing of some varieties. Several weeks ago the County Hor ticultural Society placed on foot i movement for the erection of a fruit canning establishment at or near Ore gon City. Mr. Brittian, who purchased the property of State Treasurer. Steel at Meldrum Station, is prepared to finance the scheme, providing a suitable site is given at or near Oregon City. Thousands of pounds of fruit go to waste here every, year because there Is no cannery, and there is some pros pect that one will be constructed in time to handle the crop next Fall. AVH1 Build Big Granaries. LIND, Wash., Jan. 5. (Special.) Samuel Thomas, who farms nearly 5000 acres of land in Adams County, will erect storage granaries on his big ranch at an early date. This will be done to down the sack graft, and to do away with sacks. . Mr. Thomas will arrange to ship his grain In bulk and says he can get within 2 cents of what it will bring In sacks.... .... . ;. Astoria's Postal Receipts. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) The receipts at the Astoria Postofflce during .: the month of December from the sale of stamps, - postal cards and envelopes and the rental for boxes were $2537.55. -- During the cor responding month of 1906 the receipts from the same source were $1967.78. showing an increase for the past month of $619.77 or about 33 1-3 . per cent. Fine shoes at factory cost at Rosen thal's bouse cleaning sale. : NOW BEING ERECTED IN tiEW ST. ELMO HOTEL. MAKES GOOD ROADS Clatsop County Opens Up Iso lated Districts. MUCH WORK DURING YEAR Many New Projects Mapped Out for 1 90S That Will Make Travel Easy Between Astoria and Farming Sections. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)-One of the most important matters in connec tion with the development of any farming community Is the construction of good roads that can be used for heavy traffic at all seasons of the year and leading to the district's market center. Realizing this and ' that Clatsop County is capaole or being transformed Into a most valuable farming and dairying section, the mem bers 'of the County Court have during the past few years given special attention to the improvement of the public highways, leading from Astoria to all parts of the county. While it has been only a -comparatively few years since the building of roads in a permanent manner and on scientific principles has been undertaken, much good has been accomplished. . Clatsop County has at the present time about 60 miles of public thoroughfares, many of them constructed of macadam or gravel and on easy grades and It has .built a number of large drawbridges across the Lewis and Clark, Toung's and Walluskl Rivers, as well as numerous smaller structures over various other streams, so that now several farming sections, which until recently were en tirely isolated through having no means of reaching the markets, are tapped by substantially built public highways. Under a law which was passed by the Legislature a few years ago, the various road districts are allowed to levy a spe cial tax of not to exceed 10 mills for road improvement purposes. In that manner about $25,000 was raised by the several districts in Clatsop in 1WJ7. All this has been expended on building highways, as well as about $30,000 that was appro priated by the County Court from the general fund, making a total of $35,000 tha'. has been spent during the past 12 months in bettering the public roads. Of course all the money for the building and repairing of bridges is, in accordance with the law, paid out of the county's general fund, but the court has gone even further than this hi its efforts to assist in the good work and while no special levy was made by It for road improvements, it has followed the plan of assisting any district wheM the people have shown a desire of securing better highways by raising money among themselves for the pur pose. While considerable work in this line has been done in various parts of the county during the past year, the prin cipal improvements which have been com pleted or for which contracts have been let are as follows: Grading and rocking about seven miles, on the Xebalem road between the Olney Schoolhouse and the 16-mile post, at a cost of $1850 per mile; forming the connection between the Young's River and Tucker Creek roads at an expense of about $3000; the con struction of a 20-foot macadam road from the waterworks powerhouse- to Williams port, costing $3600; the building of a half mile on the Elk Creek road for whiclv the contract price was $1500 and the comple tion of the road from the Lewis and Clark drawbridge to Warrenton at an expense of $3000. Considerable work has also been performed on the Necanicum River road and on the highway between Jewell and Vesper. Plans are now being made by the court to undertake even a greater amount of road work during the coming Summer. Among the principal Improvements con templated are: The extension of the Nehalem road from the 16-mile post as far as the junction with the Elsie road, a distance of approximately eight miles, thus removing the worst spots of the highway as far as Jewell: the completion of the road between Jewell and the coun ty line near Vesper;-the building of a road from Tongue point toward Svensen, probably to a connection with the county bridge across the John Day River; the completion of the remaining three miles on the Elk Creek road, provided those in terested in that section assist by raising funds by subscription as they have prom ised to do; the completion of the Necani cum road as far as Hamlet, thus making a good highway for a distance of 20 miles from Seaside. In addition to these improvements,' the court will probably lay out and start work on building roads to the Tillamook County line by-what are known as the shore and inland -routes. The work for these contracts will be letthis year on the Nehalem road and will complete Clat sop County's portion of the proposed au tomobile highway from Portland to As toria. Big Increase In Business. . WESTON. Or., Jan. 5. An index- of the thriving -trade conditions that have prevailed at Weston during the past year VANCOUVER," WASH. is given by the report of C. C. Walters, agent of the O." R. & N. Company,, at this station. General freight business in 1907 was double that of 1906-and largely In excess of the 190W. transactions. - Ship ments of merchandise to Weston for 1907 show an Increase of 20 per cent over 190R, and were more than double those of 1905. Local merchants report a gratifying In crease In their volume of business Over preceding years. MICH BUILDING IN BAKER New Buildings Now Assured Make Total of $430,000. BAKER CITT. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.) New buildings now assured for this city and to be erected In the Spring will cost more than $425,000. The reduced price of lumber, labor and other building ma terial will result In many new homes being built this Spring and Summer. Plans for the following buildings have been made and their construction Is as sured: , . New Courthouse, estimated cost, $100. 000; new Federal and Postofflce building, $150,000: new hospital, $1(10,000: new Car negie Library. $20,000; new Citizens' Bank; building, $30,000; new O. R. & X. depot, $15,000; new addition to the Adler build ing. $10,000: new residence. Dr. Huff, $5000. Total, $430,000. - - Tiis Is not a bad start for the new year and business men and merchants are all preparing for a good Spring busi ness. Any evidence of a nnanciai nurry that has ever been apparent Is now a matter of history only. It may be interesting to many people who are not familiar with the splendid growth of Baker City to know that there is now Invested in fraternal lodge homes almost $200,000. The Masons, the EJlks, the Oddfellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Eagles and the Woodmen of the World all have splendid homes and the lodges are all in a prosperous condi tion. ' ' . The construction of the Eagle Valley Railroad, which is now well under- way, and other public Improvements for the Spring of 1908. assOres a 'large payroll and ' there will be no occasion for any man to be idle. MAKE WARE M SCALE MARION FRUITMEN LEARN FIGHT PEST. TO Inspector Talks to Orchardisls Urg ing Unremitting Vigilance Agains Fruit Enemies. SALEM, Or. Jan. 6. (Special.) The most practical, interesting and instruc tive discussion of San Jose scale ever given in Marion County was heard here last week when County Fruit Inspector B. C. Armstrong addressed the meeting of the Marion County Horticultural So ciety. About 200 growers of Marion and Polk counties were 'present and it was the unanimous opinion that if similar talks and demonstrations were given In every part of the Willamette Valley this Winter, it would be but a short time until the great enemy of the fruit in dustry would be under controV That a very large number of growers do :.not know scale when they see it, and, there fore, are In a. vprv nnnr nnsitinn to fishtl , it, was eviaeni. Mr. Armstrong maae ui address so plain and illustrated it so fully that no one who was present will ever have trouble in distinguishing this pest. Mr. Armstrong brought with him to the meeting twigs and branches of trees that are infested with scale, and also cuttings from trees that are free from the disease. Growers could see at a glance the exact appearance of the pest. No amount of description and no number of pictures would have given as complete an un derstanding of the nature and appear ance of the scale as was given in this simple illustration. "Mr. Armstrong also had with him a piece of limb taken from a mountain ash tree three years ago when it was infected with scale. He had another piece taken from the same tree a few days ago after it had been sprayed three years. The first cutting was com pletely covered with scale. The second was free from the pest. This demon stration left no doubt as to the effective ness of spraying with proper materials. Mr. Armstrong created a strong Im pression upon the minds of .his audience showing two branches he had recently cut . from a cherry tree. Though the leaves should have fallen from the tree many weeks ago and the branch should now be clean and free from foliage,, all the : leaves were still hanging on and were dark brown and dead. It was ex plained that the scale caused this con dition and that it may be taken as an invariable rule that trees which do not shed their leaves at the proper time are diseased and orobablv affected with San Jose scale. At the same time, trees may have some scale and shed their leaves at the proper season. The fact" that they shed their leaves should not be taken as evidence that they are free from the pest. Failure to shed the leaves should be taken as evidence that they need prompt and thorough treatment. That a very large proportion of the growers have been using spray solutions that are too weak to be of any benefit, was asserted by Mr. Armstrong and also by Fruit Inspector Goodrich, of Yamhill County. Mr. Goodrich, told of a trip of Inspectlon during which he saw growers spraying their orchards with material which would do no more good than an ordinary Winter's rain. The growers were not only wasting tne money they spent for the material but the labor of spraying the trees. Mr. Armstrong was of the opinion that nearly all growers use material slightly weaker than It should be, this being particularly true where growers procure ready prepared spray mixture and weaken it too much with water In order to save cost. In his address yesterday Mr. Arm strong also gave a practical demonstra tion of the maimer in which a hydro meter, otherwise known as an areometer, is used in determining the strength of spray mixtures. In his future addresses before fruitgrowers lie will present the same subject, and will advise growers to procure these Instruments and learn their use. There are a number of different makes. The Instruments cost from 15 cents to $1. DROPS DEAD BY THE STOVE Daughter of C. B. Keg ley Stricken at Her Work. SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. .3. ( Spe cial.) Henrietta Kegley. aged 20 years, second daughter of C. B. Kegloy, master of the ..Washington State Grange and one of the best-known farmers hi this section, dropped dead of heart failure while getting break fast at her father's home In Pullman, Wash., this- morning. She was standing near the kitchen Btove. assisting her mother, when she fell to the floor in a sitting position. Her mother rushed to her aid. calling to Mr. Kegley. who assisted in laying her on the bed. but she never spoke. Death, had come almost Instantane ously, '