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0 TITE . 3T0I.XISG OKEGOXIAy. FRIDAY. JCTTE 2, 1911. . ) I METOUDS' WELLS PROOF OF ENERGY and AMD GIRLS B0 BOYS JAIL Do You Want this Handsome Shetland Pony, Prize-Winning Queen Wilhelmina and Her Beautiful Little Colt, Princess of SunnybrookOnly Three Weeks Old They are going to be given free to one of you, August IS Abundance of Water Now Handy Where Car Tanks Were Once Relied Upon. TOWN READY FOR MAINS For 50 Miles Sarronndinjc Station on IIIII Line Country Is Rich land That Awaits About -100 Thrifty rirmm. St ADPISOV BENNETT. HETOLIUS. Crook County. Ore ton. Juna 1 tSuff Correspondence.) The M tollm Rirer ton Into the Deschutes about three miles balow tha mouth of Crooked River. It la quits a large stream, "early as large as Crooked, but not rery lone It rlKi on the northwest of Black Hutte. north of Sisters, and cornea ruah tnit out from several sprlnss, a river fr-nn the start. For a number of mllea tha Metollua la the southerly and westerly boundary of ttie Warm Sprtncs reservation, and It 1. said to flow through a Terr flne coun try, one day to be the homes of many people. When the Mill people were looking out far nams for the atatlons along their road, they gave tha name of that river the nearest alte. Hence we have the town of Metollua situated a few miles to the east uf the mouth of that stream. Perhaps the hrM and primal reason the railway people had for building a nation here was that they might es tablish a division point on tha line, the run from the Columbia River, lis miles, being as far as an ordinary engine should ron. or a freight crew work. But for tha accommodation of men and machin ery at a division point It Is necessary to have an abundance of purs water, and water Is a scares commodity In many parts of the interior, but here It was thought a sufficient supply could b had from wells, and such Is the case. One welt has already been sunk from which was pumped .ooo gallops In a test of three days: from this tha town and rail war are being supplied, and two mora will bs put down at once, ona being al ready started. Large tanka at high altitudes are be ing erected, and within a week or 19 days at least one of these tanks will afford tiro, protection to all of tbo rail road property, as well as much of tha town property all of the lumber yards and warehouses and other buildings along tha right of way. Well Supersedes Tanks. The water question being one of first consideration towards city building In ail places, and particularly In this sec tion. It must be said that tha builders of this town had the problem solved be fore they sold a lot. and the trenches fr tha waterplpes were dug through every alley b-fore there was a real bullying erected hi the town, and Just as soon as the pipe arrives Metollus will t'ave a splendid water system. And these pipes are now overdue, conse quently men may be laying them before this article appears In print. My excuse lor starting this tetter with the river and water supply will appeal t all who are Interested la any portion of Crook County, so it Is useless to ex plain conditions to them. But to others It may be well to say that up to tha rompirtloln of the well hers a few days a a'l of the water used by the railway people along their line south of Willow frees. Canyon at Madras, was hauled In tankrars from the leschutes River, seven or eight mllrs north of Madras. Hence ths Metollus supply means a great deal to tha railway people, as It does to Metollus. As a town cannot live without water, neither can one nourish on. water alone. Tl-ere must ha other reasons for Us ex istence, other reuses for Us prosperity, and the Metollus people have shown me so much to convince me that they have a tributary country large enough and rKh enough to support a city, that I can say 1 am sura there are sufficient assets in tha surrounding territory to build a town or city as large as any now east of the mountains. In Oregon. Tribu tary country! Yes. but other towns ars lighting for this trade. Madras on the north. Culver on tha south, other towns yet to spring up on the east will strive for it. and the p'.sca that gets the most of It will be "the"' place of this section. No argument Is necessary to prove that. Kkb Lands Waiting. Recently 1 was .taken through the ter ritory to tha west, south and east of M-toMus. the trip being made In the t'atlHUc of C. S. Marsh, president of the Clttx-ns" State Bank, the other passen gers being w. M Ittman. son of the cashier of the Metollus State Bank, and that ubiquitous individual of Crook tunty. Tillman Reuter. The trip covered almost So miles, and I am tree to say there He hereabouts more latent and partially-developed agri cultural and horticultural resources than can be discovered as the mum for Ufa of many Eastern cities of lw people. Take a trip of W miles, with the coun try to be seen as far as the era can carry on all hands, and It cannot be described slthln the bounds of an ordinary news paper article, so I ran only touch ths "high spots," so to speak. To the west the country Is rather level, most It In cultivation, or rather much of It now In cultivation, the remainder held .v ncn-res!dnt owners, snd not In crop. But there will be less ami less cause for rm. patlnt about these absentee holders, for these places are being sold rapidly to newcomers. TMs Immediate terri tory nee.'., more than anything else about M land buvers to take up these holdings ami "gl busy" with p'.ow and harrow and drill and seeder. And tha lucky ! w-o do come wl'.l be within a few years the prosperous ones of ths community, for these lands ara among tha best In tMs section. And the prices are not unreasonable. In tact, below their real value, as can be ascertained by a note to the Commercial Club here. Irj-larm Lands Rk-h. Coins eorth a few miles, tha country la practical;' the same as to the west, thence to the east to the old Haystack pt off! a t'..e road Is through a section more rolling but cf great beauty, rich not only n possibilities, but In the crops It has been producing not an untried but a tried and tested section, with as fine wheat Bcids en every hand as there ara In Oregon. Wheat fields? Po not think from that statement that I mean that the "neMe niece. y are Bne level anl all that. I mean the yo-jng wheat, w Setter Kail or Spring-sown. This Is a dry-farming district exclusively, but tha tu'k of the wheat of tha past bss been raised on the lands hereabouts, and much of the wheat of the future will be rale'd en this same land and Had Its market at Metollus. A rolling country seems to appeal to m the little no, ks and valleys tha hillsides and hilltops, the northern slopes where the orchards cf the pres ent ara planted, where tha orchards of tha future will flourish. I like garden spots and vineyard sltea and This $500 Outfit includes the pony the colt, the cart and a brand new set of harness. Most generous FREE OFFER ever made in the City of Portland. u 4 - v Contest ends on August fifteenth. Every child has an equal oppor tunity. No time too late to enter. You might as well have it as anyone The Shetland, Her Colt, Cart and Harness Full Particulars Furnished at Either of Our Two Stores Entire Outfit on Exhibition Daily Third and Morrison . ... . , .. . i i ,:.. e- -.-. snrl is nnp wav we have devised to Tnis magnificent donation no some nappy v ? . TiT I A ii nMrtrt c:fsi h-i- call attention of parents of Portland to the equally enriittt itetW we nave maae x siapic xl uic v made of Oregon Cloth, Oregon Wool for Oregon Men can attention 01 FOIR "From the Sheep's Back to the Man's- Back,'With no Cotton Added in the Making" BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILL STORE THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS (TWO STORES) THIRD AND STARK STREETS as a setting; for all tha emerald fields of young; wheat and barley and oats. And then on every hand, for this Is not a newly-settled country, ara the homes of the thrifty owners, many of them pretentious and commodious, and tnsny of the occupants belonging to the SiO of tha county who own automobiles. Ranch Has 18.000 Acre. At tha old Haystack Postofflce site, now superseded by a rural route. Is tha home of A. W. Boyca. who cama hera about IS years ago. Ha was not at home, so I could not ret tha facts ex pected about tha early days. Ha la now a prosperous landowner, and baa one of tha best dry-lnl orcharda In this section. His ranch Is about seven miles to the southeast of Metollua Tha office received Its name from Haystack Hutte. which lies to the south a couple of miles. This butta resembles a long stack of hay or grain: hence tha name. From Haystack southeast to the north of Orlssly Butte, Is a country practically tha same, but perhaps nof qulta so good as to soil value. But the young- grain looks One. Lamonta Is two miles to the northwest of Grlzsly Butte. This little town, with a couple of stores, hotel, echoolhouse. black smith shop, feed barn and a half dosen residences. Is In a beautiful valley, and tha wheat fields still look "all to tha good. North and east through tha valley Is the range of the Ortnly Livestock Land Company, otherwise Andy Morrow and Jim Keenan. for they own all of tha ftook of the company, save a few shares held by Mr. Morrow's sister. Their ranch covers about 18.000 acres, and Is apread out over quite a territory. The home ranch visited la on Willow Creek, In section tl, township 11. south, rang 18 east. They pretty nearly make Willow Creek a dry run, for they have tha oldest water rights on that stream. Buck Worth $500 Each. Morrow & Keenan. as they ara usual ly spoken of, have some 1000 sheep. 600 cattle. 100 boas and a number of horses. But those figures do not tell the story. They are engaged In raising; Una sheep aheep of pedigree. Recent ly they shipped In three bucks at a cost of more than $500 each. And their swlna are of a high grade. We were pointed to the old home steads of Morrow and Keenan. Morrow took his In 1885. Keenan entered his In 1I0. And from those two home steads, hard work, frugality and In telligence of these two men .came their present large holdings worth perhaps well over a quarter of a mil lion, soon to bo worth double that, paying Interest on still more. North and west across a flat but some what broken country through the range of the Morrow-Keenan ranch, part of tha way to the west of the Hay Creek ranch. Is the famous old ranch of the Baldwin Company. Thence across a cently taken In ona day. and winding around to the north and west one comes to the ranch of Tillman Reuter Reuter the ubiquitous, for he Is always In evidence In Crook County. I am not going to write up Reuters ranch. I did that two months ago. I am not going to write up Reuter for the same reason. But I will ask the disappointed, the despondent, the dis satisfied, the unbelievers In Crook County, to go and see the Reuter place. It Tillman can raise anything from tomatoes to corn on his place what can be done on other places? Remember we had Reuter as a mentor and guida on this trip, and he seems to know everybody In this sec tion, and all about them. He pointed out to us fields where corn was planted last week, the total area being 155 acres. Mighty small, the reader will say. True. But who ever thought corn could be raised here at all? No body, until the Reuters of Crook tried It. And now you can see at Metollus and other places as line samples of corn as you can Bnd anywhere on earth. I examined a number of ears at the Metollua State Bank. It being of the yellow dent variety, and no finer ears were ever shown. Every kernel was llrm. every row regular, fully de veloped to the very end of the cob, perfectly matured. 1 tell you It means something to Crook County, something to Metollus. to be able to have lands where such corn can be grown, even If the yield Is only three-quarters what It Is in the corn country, with its sweltering nights and suffocating days. Ftour Wedded at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., June L (Spe cial.) John Dunmlre and Olive Fried- rickson. of Portland, were married here today and a marriage license was Issued to Joseph Balogh and Miss Martha Ot tom. also of Portland. A. D. Bronson and Miss Lizzie Evans, both of Sheridan, Or., were married here today. Henwood'8 Second Victim Dies. DENVER. June 1. Almost one week to the hour after 8. L. Von Phul, of St. Louis, was shot and killed by Harold F. Henwood. In the Brown Palace Hotel barroom, George E. Copeland, a wealthy mining man of Victor, Colo., a specta tor wounded by Kenwood's bullets, died at 12:30 this morning from the effects of his woundB. ' The Officers and Directors of Eilers Music House announce the Formal Opening Days of their New Establishment on Saturday, June 3d; Monday, June 5th Tuesday, June 6th, and Wednesday, June 7th, in the new Eilers Building, 7th and Alder, in the City of Portland, Oregon. The Nation's Largest Dealers. Headquarters for all makes cf Talking Machines. Every reader of The Oregonian is cordially invited to attend. Souvenirs for boys and girls who are accompanied by their elders. No goods sold Saturday after 2 P.M. Jest I nought BALLOT TITLE. An Ordinance providing that during certain hours each passenger of a streetcar operated in the City of Portland from whom a fare is de manded shall be furnished a seat in such car, and making it unlawful to demand such fare until a seat is provided, and making it unlawful during certain hours to permit any person to board or remain upon any streetcar in which no seat is available for such person. The real meaning of this ordinance, as you will perceive by reading it, is IF THERE IS NO SEAT, YOU GET NO RIDE! For the conductor, under the law, must decline to let you board the car VOTE 127 NO! Portland Railway, Light & Power Company (Paid Advertisement.)