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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1903. 12 3 Phases of the Industrial Growth in the Pacific Northwest ACTIVE SEASON BAKER MIES Several Old Properties Will Be Reopened and Others Improved. MEW RAILROAD PROJECTS Lines Are Being: Constructed and Others Planned Which Will Facilitate Shipment of Ore In Eastern Oregon. PENDLETON'. Or., June 28. (Special.) A correspondent who has just returned from a week's journey through the mines of Baker County and the agricultural districts of Baker nd Umatilla counties was struck with many evidences of im provement and growth. Baker City, the county seat of Baker County, is putting up many substantial business blocks, including the Citizens National Bank and the new County Courthouse, which is to be three stories high, built entirely of stone, with ce ment floor to the basement. The build ing will be heated by steam, lighted by both gas and electricity. The jail will be on the third floor and a private stair way will lead to the courtroom below. This arrangement lessens the chance of escape of prisoners. There will be an elevator, private offices for County Clerk. Sheriff, County Surveyor and Assessor, und ample sanitary arrangements throughout the structure. As it is now, all the county officers are using the new City Hall, the Council Chamber being ' "used as a courtroom. The -new Court house will be under cover by January 1 next and it will then take another year to entirely complete and furnish the building. The total cost wilf approx imate J1TSXK). The mines of Baker County are all more or less active this year. The Highland mine, on the same ledge as the United Elkhorn, 25 miles west of Baker City, under new management and with Eastern stockholders behind the mine, resumed work last February. A force of men is crosacutting a tunnel on the BOD level which it contemplates developing as rapidly as possible. Operating Virtue Mine. The famous old Virtue is now- running under the management of J. K. Romig, who has put in a new electric hoist, and the mine is also lighted by electricity. The drills are operated by air. In Its , day this was one of the richest producers in the state. The Red Boy,- once the property of Godfrey & Taber, near Granite, is under new ownership. It is also operated by electricity, developed at Olive Lake, where the Fremont Power Company has a large plant, only a few miles from the mine. This plant also furnishes power and lights to other mines near Bourne. In the Bourne district, eight miles north of Sumpter, the Columbia and North Pole are turning out their usual monthly dividends. At Geiser. the celebrated Bonanza mine, which made the fortune of the Geisers and also that of part of the Tollman family in Baker City, after ups and downs and passing through various hands was some time ago re-leased to Al Geiser, the original discoverer, who has taken, out some gold from it since he acquired the lease. May Ueopen Elkhorn. it is reported that the United Elkhorn, the property of F. P. Hays, of Phila delphia, will reopen this season, but Mr. Field, the manager, is in the East and no confirmation of the report is at hand. The Golden Star mine. In Camp Car son, some 26 miles northwest of Baker City, is a rich lead and silver property, equipped with modern machinery. It be longs to an Eastern syndicate and is under the management of J: V. Messner. At present the mine employs only about 12 men. Twenty miles east of Baker City is the well-known Indian mine, also the prop erty of an Eastern syndicate, under the management of J. W. Messner. This mine is not doing much this season, but It Is expected to put on a larger force of men next "Winter. In the Cornucopia district, 60 miles east of Baker City, the Union Companion mine, the property of Searles, of New York, Is BKain more or less a rich pro ducer, and employs quite a number of men. 1 Down on Snake River, some 75 miles southeast of Baker City, Is the Iron Dyke mine, a copper property, under the man It."? - va 1 a J -s - "!S k'- fVV ft,.- '!?, l fTnV & ti. f -r r ..., rrwn vmi 1 MTiift i rmhJ g. turn feaag zkiiaSm&itimUi titmaiMifr-fe iiiiiggS-xiaeiWsa To the left of the College buildings is Faculty Hill, on which ar the right of the college buildings is the new College Park addition, on all the houses was broken. agement of F. E. Pearce, which is not doing much but surface work this Sum mer, waiting for the railroad, which Is now under construction. In Baker County there will be large crops this year, as there are much more land under cultivation and many more miles of irrigation ditches than ever be fore in the history of the county. Fruits promise not so well as usual, as the late fiosts in April nipped the buds. But veg etables will be abundant in all sections of the county. . It is thought the peaches of Snake River will produce abundantly, and they are of the finest varieties. Arid Land 3Iade Fertile. Surrounding Echo, a lithe station on the main line of the O. R. & N. Railroad, about 27 miles west of Pendleton, is a large body of what was once sagebrush land, the home of the rabbit only. Now capital has built many miles of irrigation ditches, taking the water from the Uma tilla River, and thousands of acres have been redeemed and are readily selling at high prices to Eastern farmers who are tired of the uncertainty of crops In Kan sas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. These Irri gated lands near Echo produce three crops of alfalfa each season, and alfalfa now is a better product than the output of some of the copper mines In Baker County. Much activity is also noticeable In rail road circles in Eastern Oregon. In Baker County, the Oregon Short' Line Is build ing the long-talked-of line of road down Snake River on the Oregon side, former ly known as the Northwest Railway, now the Snake River Railroad. The contrac tors are under bonds to have the line built as far as the Iron Dyke by January T-.mwTV TONS M? AT.FAT.FA COUNTY. ! rt i FIELD OX FARM OF JOHN M. CRAWFORD, JiEAB'SEWBERG. HAY . CUT FROM JUKE 8 TO 12. SECOND CROP NOW 15 INCHES HIGH. 1 next. This will give an outlet by rail for all the ores of the mines of the Seven Devils section of Idaho and the mines of the Oregon side of the Snake, even those In the Cornucopia district. It is said that an electric road will be built from the Snake River, at Iron Dyke, to Pine, which will lessen the haul by team from Cornu copia. W. L. Vinson has finally floated the scheme of building a narrow-gauge rail road from Baker City to Eagle Valley and on through to Pine and perhaps even tually to the Snake River. The name of the road is the Eagle Valley Railway Company. A Cincinnati syndicate fur nished the money for building the first 25 miles. Another scheme talked of in Baker City is the building of an electric rail road from Baker City, skirting the hills to the west, thence through the little town of Haines and back to BakerN City thrpugh the rich Missouri Flat farming country. CREAMERY FOR CLATSKANIE Farmers Sign Contracts for Cream Output of Next Five Years. CLATSKANIE, Or., June 28. (Spe cial.) A meeting of Nehalem Valley farmers -was held at Mist, nine miles from here, Tuesday afternoon, to make arrangements for the establishment of a creamery at that" plaee. J. C. Lang, a practical creamery man from Wis consin, has been working: the proposi tion up among the farmers for the past three weeks and has succeeded in in teresting them to the extent of ob taining contracts for five years to take all their cream at within one and one half cents per pound of the highest market price for butter, they also to put up suitable buildings and furnish the boiler for the operation of the plant. Between 4000 and 5000 gallons of crcira are shipped monthly from this district to Portland creameries, and dairying is yet in its infancy. Newest effects In Garden Ties. $3.50 and $4.00. at Rosenthal's, Seventh and Washington. PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, LOOKING TOWARD THE IRRIGATION FOR CROPS -IN VALLEY Experiments, Show Increased Yields Valuable in Pro ducing Forage. FIGURES ON COST LACKING Work of Government Incomplete, Yet Reports Satisfactory In Proving Possibilities of Add ing to Farmers' Profits. SALEM, Or., June 28. (Special.) That Irrigation In the Willamette Valley will Insure crops in seasons of early drought and will Increase the yield of crops In A OFF 25 ACRES IN YAMHILL t ordinary seasons are conclusions reached by A. P. Stover, who Is in charge of ir rigation experiments In this state. The use of irrigation in this part of the state he finds particularly valuable In the production of garden crops and In the, growing of forage crops for dairy herds. These tentative conclusions are announced in a. report just issued from the United States Department of Agri culture, giving an account of experi mental work in Willamette Valley. To what extent irrigation farming in this valley may be conducted with finan cial success is a matter not discussed in the report and apparently not very definitely indicated by the experiments. Mr. Stover says that in order to arrive at conclusive results the experiments must be extended over a period of years. His present reporf is made chiefly for the purpose of showing what progress has been made and encouraging and aiding others to conduct experiments along this line. Cost and Profit Figures Lacking. The report is very complete and satis factory so far as It relates to methods pursued and results attained In the form of increased yields, but it is noticeably wanting in figures with dollar marks be fore them. The work thus far does not show the relation between cost of Irriga tion of various crops and the value of the increased yield. This Is a matter of detail which will, presumably, be worked out in the future. Mr. Stover is appar ently iquite well satisfied that Irrigation will pay when resorted to on some kinds of soil and for the production of some kinds of crops. The amount of expense a man will be warranted in incurring in order to irrigate various crops Is one of the problems yet to be solved. Corn, potatoes, onions, hops, clover and vetch are the crops with which the ex periments have thus far been conducted. The Agricultural Experiment Station at Corvallis conducted the experimental work In the Irrigation of corn and pota toes. By means of a 4-horsepower gaso line engine and a 34-inch centrifugal pump, water was pumped to a height of 15 feet and turned Into a flume 700 feet long, which conducted It to ditches In the field. The first irrigation was on June 29, when the corn was three inches high, and the second a month later. The being erected $66,950 worth of buildings. Only a few years ago this hill was planted with sugar beets. To which $16,700 Is now being invested in new homes. The picture was taken a few weeks ago before ground for corn was harvested in October and showed the following results In yield of green fodder per acre; Corn, unlrrlgated. 5647 tiounds. Corn, irrigated once, 7000 pounds. Corn, irrigated twice, 9666 pounds. Potatoes given the same treatment showed the following yields per acre: Potatoes, unlrrlgated, 2604 pounds. Potatoes. Irrigated once, 67rtO pounds. Potatoes, irrigated twice, 7500 pounds. Effect on Onions and Hops. The effect of Irrigation upon onions was shown by work conducted by Rob ert Gellatly, a market gardener, of Philomath. The water was secured from a ditch by gravity flow and the amount applied during the season was 3.51 feet. The harvest showed that from 24 rows unlrrlgated the yield was 350 pounds, while from the same number of rows of equal length, irri gated, the yield was 850 pounds. The Increase was not only total in quantity, but in size and quality of the onions. Oswald West, who has a hop-yard at Corvallis, furnishes the information as to the effects of irrigation upon hops. He irrigated part of his yard by means of a four-inch centrifugal pump, op erated by a six-horse power gasoline engine, pumping the water to a height of 25 feet and discharging Into an 800 foot flume which conducted . the water to the yard. Furrows were plowed alongside the hop rows for the water to run In through the yard. The cost of gasoline for the season was $17.25. About ID acres of a 25-acre yard was lrrogated for a period of about 15 days in July and August. Apparently the crop from the Irrigated portion was not harvested separate from that on the unlrrlgated portion, for no sepa rate results are given. The yard pro duced 800 pounds per acre In 1906 and 1150 pounds per acre in 1907, the crop on the unlrrlgated portion being esti mated at about the same as In 1906. ' Clover Hay Experiments. G. R. Bagley, of Hillsboro, conducted experiments in the use of water on vetch and clover crops. The land had been cropped with grain for years and an artificial hard-pan had formed at a depth of about 8 to 10 inches. In pre paring the ground, it. was subsoiled to a depth of 16 to 2D inches. Vetch and oats were sown In November and red clover was sown in February. The vetch crop was taken off by July 5. Between July 10 and 25 water was ap plied from a gravity ditch and 52 days later the clover on tne subsoiled land had grown to a height of three feet, and that on land not subsoiled to a height of 10 inches. The crops were used for soiling during the months of August, September, October and part of November. Upon part of the Irri gated land a second crop of clover was harvested. No accurate weights were secured, but it is estimated by Mr.' Bagley that from the tract of eight acres he took 20 tons of vetch hay, 100 tons of grten clover, four and one half tons of clover hay and eight tons of clover silage, besides having a mulch crop left 6 to 10 inches high. Mr. Bagley says this is the only in stance within his knowledge in which clover was harvested the same season it was seeded. The irrigation required only the work of one man for not to exceed two days, making the cost not to exceed 50 cents per acre. MAKES TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS State Engineer Ascertaining Fitness of Oregon Lands for Irrigation. SALEM, Or., June 28. (Special Cor respondence.) Now that irrigation ex periments are being conducted In the Willamette Valley, the United States Geological Survey, in co-operation with the rstate engineer of Oregon, has be gun a topographic survey of the val ley for. the purpose of mapping the lands and ascertaining the fitness of their location for irrigation In the dry Summer and drainage In the wet sea son. The geological survey and the state have been making topographic surveys In Oregon for 20 years, but so far only one quadrangle, that of Portland, has ever been mapped in the Willamette Valley. Up to the present time 18 quadrangles have been mapped and these are about evenly divided between areas located In National forests and sections containing reclamation pro jects. The work is very complete, and at this time excellent maps can be secured from the geological survey at Washington, of tha following quad rangles, which are either wholly or partially In Oregon: Nampa, Welser and Mitchell Butte on the Oregon Idaho line; Telocaset, Baker City, Sumpter and Ironside Mountain quad rangles In the Blue Mountains; Port land. Blalock Island and Umatilla quad rangles along the Columbia River; Coos Bay, Port Orford, Roseburg. Riddles, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath and Crater Lake quadrangles in Southern Oregon. Most of these maps are on the scale of two miles to the inch, and show every detail of the country .in cluding the elevations, contours, roads, houses and many other features, and are disposed of by the survey at cost, 5 cents a sheet. Olympla Malt Extract, good for grand ma or baby. Only 15-100 of 1 per cent alcohol. v Phone: Main 671. A 2467. STATE COLLEGE "S ? 12. STRUCTURES COSTING $423,150 BEIXG ERECTED. Six New Buildings on Campus of State Agricultural College In Course of Construction. STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Wash., June 27. (Special.) The activity in ' the building of new homes in Pullman and the erection of new college buildings now exceeds any previous record that has been made In this city. There are under con struction at the present time $423,150 worth of new buildings In the town, which num bers between 2000 and 3000 Inhabitants. On the campus of the State College of Washington six new buildings are being erected at the cost of $322,000, namely, the library and auditorium building, the reci tation building, the domestic economy building, a wing to the new veterinary hospital, a new hydraulic laboratory building and a new farm barn. These buildings, when completed, will add about 160.000 square feet to the floor surface oc cupied by the Washington State College, nearly doubling Its present space. In the new College Park Addition, re centy opened up just southof the campus, $16,700 is being invested in new buildings. On Faculty Hill residence property costing $66,950 is being erected. Twenty-five thou sand dollars of this amount, however, con sists of the cost of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, and $10,000 of the amount is for a students' clubhouse. On Sunnyside Hill and Military Hill new buildings are being erected at an approxi mate cost of $2700. and on Methodist Hill residence property costing $2500 1s being built. In the business part of the city new buildings and improvements are be ing made at an approximate cost of $12,300. GRANTS PASS BOOK ISSUES Sets Forth Resources of Great Fruit District Strongly. GRANTS PASS, Or., June 28. (Special.) The Grarits Pass Commercial Club has Just received from the printers' shop the first installment of its beautiful advertis ing book, consisting of about 100 pagjs highly embellished with appropriate pic tures portraying the natural resources of the county and the various Industries. In the make-up of the book the con stant aim kept in view, was to obtain pictures that would give a comprehensive idea of lumbering, fruit culture, berry raising, mining, fishing, stockraising. manufacturing interests and many views of real life, while here and there an occasional picture appears of mountain streams and trails that are delightful and interesting to look upon. Principal views of the business sections of the city have found ample space, and In an appropriate manner several types of residences have been brought out. All the cuts are clear, well defined and fin ished in a brown tone so pleasing to the eye that each full page illustration forms a scene fit to be framed. The front page Is embellished with the Flame Tokay grape. The back cover Is a representation of a river scene characteristic of the Rogue as it Is wearing away its solid bed of rock through a canyon of high walls. Besides the pictures there are many short topics to the point on timber, gold, grapes, fruit, the town, climate, peaches, cherries, vineyards, hopgrowing. stock raising, poultry, lumbering, mining, rents and. wages, education and various other interesting Items specially written for those seeking Information concerning Grants Pass and Rogue River Valley. Resume Work on Road. HILLSBORO. Or., June 28. (Special.) Several contractors lately have been looking over the work on the Pacific Railway & Navigation between this point and Tillamook, and present indications are that construction Is soon to be re sumed. The road is completed for about 20 miles out from this point, and six months" uninterrupted work would com plete the grade and bridge building into Tillamook. Oregon Electric Near Hillsboro. HILLSBORO, Or., June 28. (Special.) The Oregon Electric will have, the grade ready for rails as far west as Hillsboro within 30 days unless there Is delay over procuring rights of way. A number of suits have been filed In the Circuit Court and condemnation will follow. Judge Mc Bride will hold an adjourned session here Monday. ' Fine New Hotel for Vale. VALE. Or.. June 28. (Special.) The new hotel at Vale is rapidly near ing completion, and is expected to be open for business August 1. F. L. Johnson, of San Francisco, has secured a lease of the building for a term of years. There are 58 rooms, with hot and cold water in each room, electric k!r A : , if r 2 t 19 aSSSk'-- i ? THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER IN PORTLAND'S BEST RESIDENCE SECTION FIVE LOTS GIVEN AWAY The building of homes is the most import ant part of developing a new residence section. For this reason, therefore, the THE JACOBS-STINE COMPANY will give away, absolutely without cost, five of the finest lots in HYDE PARK. For further information fill out and mail this coupon at once. NO INTEREST TO PAY Interest is the buabear that keens a srreat manv people from investing in THE JACOBS-STINE CO., . 148 Fifth Street. Gentlemen: Please send me complete information about prices and terms on lots in HYDE PARK, including your NO-INTEREST PLAN. Name Address WELL PAY THE TAXES Somebody said that it was cheaper to pay rent than to pay taxes. Somebody was wrong, considering the fact that T H iU JACOBS-STINE COM PANY has agreed in their contract for sale, to pay all TAXES on HYDE PARK property while you are paying for the prop erty. Learn the whole thing by mailing the ac companying coupon. THAT IS NOT ALL HYDE PARK is being finely improved, including cement walks, curbs, graded streets, Bull Run water, and already has excellent streetcar service. Its ele vation is high enough to command a view of the en tire West Side. The air is1 fresh and pure, and as a place for the bringing up of children it is unsur passed. , HYDE PARK is, without exception; the premier suburban residence section of Portland. It is well within the city limits, being only a little over 3Y2 miles from down town on the East Ankeny car line. Visit HYDE PARK any day and be satisfied with it. ilDi , '.i-'v rr v?'i-i" llsrhts. electric calls and telephones. The grrill will be one of the best in the Northwest. Hot water from the CURE WHERE OTHERS FAIL $10 In all my work T am thor iiErh. nainstakinir and careful to T-ir I Sve ust the Jrilsi'Lt treatment JTtly I required in each individual case. "IVTpk I methods have 1VJ.C I strictlv reliable. fied success is t ousrh medical education, suppie- hpfl I merited by years of experience iiXX I j,. men's sneclal (Krprsps onlv. My treatment is modern science Others may offer Inducements such as cheap treatment or quick treatment, but my fore most claim is for thoroughness. which In the long- run in EVERY CASE means the cheapest and the best. SPERMATORRHEA. "WEAKNESS." CONTRACTED DISORDERS. SPECIFIC. BI.OOD POISON, IOST STRENGTH. VARICOCELE, HYDRO CELE and STRICTURE and all reflex ailments cured promptly and per manently. FREE COXSiri.TATIOX. Call at the office if possible for Free Advice, Examination and diag nosis. If you cannot call, write for symptom blank. The DR. TAYLOR Co. CORKER MORRISON AND SECOND STREETS. Trlvate Entrance, 234 Morrliion Street, Portland, Or. THE JACOBS-STINE CO., 148 Fifth Street. Gentlemen: Please tell me upon what terms you would give me a lot if I should agree to build a home in. HYDE PARK. Name Address real estate. It's a genuine bugbear too. .L llJii J A C O BS-STINE COM PANY has found an ex cellent way of selling real estate with the interest eliminated. They simply refuse to charge it. Send for further particulars, using the coupon. THE JACOBS-STINE CO., 148 Fifth Street, Gentlemen: "Will you please mail me a complete net of HYDE PARK literature, also details about vour plan to PAY THE TAXES. Name Address THE JAG0BS- GO. 148 Fifth Street Portland, Oregon thermal springs, west of the town, will be pipctl into the building for medicinal bnths. MEN IV AM I XC OMPHCATED DISORDER always been My unquali due to a thor- as correct as can make it. DR. TAYLOR, The Landing Kpecialint