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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1885)
182 THE WEST SHORE. DRAIN, OREGON. WE present on another page a view of the thriving town of Drain. Of this place "The History of Southern Oregon" (published in 18S4) onyB: One of the most important business centres of Doug las County is Drain, a station on the Oregon & Califor nia Railroad, thirty-six milos northerly of Bosoburg and twonty milos north from Oakland. It is also the point from which stages run to Scottsburg, Gardiner and other coast point. The town lies on Pass Creek, near its junc tion with Elk Creek. It is some twelve milos south of tho boundary line of Lane County, and is the shipping point for an extensive region. The greater portion of the land in the immediate vicinity is used for grazing pnrxmos. The town lies in a canyon, and the surround ing hills furnish good grass and plenty of limber. On the oust is the fertile Scott's Valley, on tho north Pass Crock Canyon, on the west Futnara Valley and other agricultural districts and on the south a portion of Yon calla Valley, all tributary to Drain. Northeast, north west and southwest is a considerable aroa of Government and railroad land, valuable for grazing, timber Bnd farm ing purposes, as yet unsurveyed and ur Ulod. Tho site of the town was first Bottled upon in 1847, by Warren N. Gxxloll, who took up a donation claim of 320 acres. Thia was purchased in 1858 by Jesse Applegate, who sold it in lHtiO to Charles Drain for farming and agricultural purixmes. When the Oreiron & C, ifnrnin Railroad reached this point in 1872, in its progress south ward, it waa surveyor and platted for a town, and was named in honor of Charles and John C. Drain, who donated to the company the sixty acres ujxm which the town was laid out Two stores wore At mim hnitt. i. t W. Krewson and 0. E. Tracy, also a hall, which was used lor a ciiurcli, school room and other purposes until 1882. Drain has grown steadily in size, population Biul business sinoo iU founding -until tho iast two v.r .i - 1 .mm; nunu ita progi-osa has been more rapid. Since 1881 the popu lation has doubled, and the town is in l.ii,i.. oua condition. Fully 500 people are living within the iiiwia ui in aciiooi uislncL The businetta interest of Drain ar n.;u . C & C D. Drain are proprietors of a genoral store, ..... uiito jum oomiiien a largo i.rick building. Joseph Cellera has a large store, which was founded by a Grange " m 10 nrewson & (Jo. in 1878 and in 1883 waa purchaaed bv the nnwnt i- ' kendall A Este. have a variety and drug dure, 'founded in 1882, alao tho t office and Wells, Fargo & Co.s express office. Jcwta Grow eetabl in 18811. M. M. McCulland keoa a hotel. R L Shelly haa a atom and harmws shop in Dr. Strykor'a brick build ing. This structure waa erected in 1881 by the Doctor and Ida aona, buruinir aud Uvinu Mm t-;..b n. i... There are alao a blacksmith ahols cabinet shop, butcl.r .uu ... rjr u.u.u. vn rasa week Johnson & Ellen berg own aud ojwraU a grist mill, built in 1877 by Krew son Sc Drain. The mill rnnniM 18.0W hmli.'ls of gn't annually, or all that is raised iu its uoighboi hood. PuIuri & Bros, have a steam saw mill on Pass Creek, in Drain. The yearly product is 1,500,000 feet, though the mill haa a capacity of 10,000 feet per day. The timber, princi pally fir, with BomoHbli, oak, alder aud maple, is out on Pass and Sandy creeks and rafted down to the mill. Another mill is situated on Ritchey Creek, a tributary of Pass Creek, and is owned by B. R. Fitch. The annual output is about 1,500,000 feet MOVING LARGE TREES. rPHE span of human life in the present era of the l worm s existence, even in the ease of those who live to be old, is of short duration compared with that of trees, tue progress of whiob to a state of maturity is pro portionately so much slower than that of man. that those who plant small trees do not live long enough to see much of the effect they produce. In the case of that favorite fruit the pear, it used to be said that those who plant tliom plant for their heirs, and with the ordinary kind of trees planted to give effect or shelter there is still longer to waii To shorten time in waiting is the mani fest object of those who T0 to the trnnhln nf nWinir o - 2rm""""a large trees instead of little ones in the grounds about tueir dwellings or other conspicuous places, where the presence of such are required. Where work of this kind uas to oe clone, it often happens that enough forethought is not brought to bear on the proceedings. In place of taking the precaution to previously prepare the trees by trenching round them, and severing the roots tn within a movable compass, so as to admit of a season's growth oeiore mey are taken up, they are at once transferred from where they have been growing for perhaps a score of years or more with their roots unchecked in any way; the result of which is that the progress made for a year or two afterward is not near so much as it would be if the roots had been previously shortened back in the way named. The omission of this timely preparation of trees that are to be transplanted, when mch above the ordi nary planting size, is the less excusable when it is remem- u now mue labor cutting in the roots aa described involves. To the too frequent absence of judgment and reasonable care in moving trees that have attained con siderable size is attributable the failures that occur, and that have led many to the conclusion that it is better to plant small trees and wait for them to grow up, even in positions where it is desirable to have such as would give effect at once. In the case of deciduous kinds of a size such as are under notice, and that are intended for re moval next fall or winter, the sooner the root shortening preparation is now completed the better, before there is any appreciable movement in the buds. With evergreens it is better to defer this work until the time that the dry. "ig March winds are over, especially in cases where the u-eos are largo and in vigorous condition, aa with such .e root severance necessary is proportionately more felt than with smaller examples. CA?1LhiLmenU ,rom 0re8n nJ Washington will -mount to 40,000 head this year, valued at $750,000.
