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Oregon City Enterprise. OREGON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1868. VOL. S7. NO. 40. CLACICAMAS AND ' ITS RESOURCES Nibe Splendid Fagms Eighty-acre fruit and vogtnbl farm at Ciintiy on lino of Hotithnrn Pacific railroad, all lovol, 74 aero In nlco cultivation. All foncod, bunion on Molnlla rlvor, 18 aero prunos In Al condition, 13 noro pnrln 4 acre applo, S arroa strawbnrrlos, 6 room framo dwelling, Inrgo bnrn, 40x 60, prune drynr 24x40, coiit $1000, gralnnry, warohouso, mile to achool, H nuln to railroad station, onn mile to steamboat landing. To go with the place: 1 span horsos, 2 cows, chlckons, 3 plows, wagon, hark, harrow, mowor and all other fur in Inn ImpUimont and growing crop at time of salo. Price 1X000; $5000 cash, balance In S yoan at 6 nor cent Intorost. 8tock and timber: 252 acre, T. S 8, R. 8 K., one mile from Molulla rlvor and on linn of extension of motor railway. 200 acres lovol, 50 aoros fimcnd, 30 ncrnw In cultivation, no hotixo, barn 50x75, living water, 200 aero heavy timber, fir and codar, valunblo, would cniUa (lvo million or mciro foi't of khxI, merchantable tlm !mr, bouillon piling. 'A ttillo to achtxil, great outrangx. 17 mlli to Oregon City. prfi'ct tlilu. Price $12.50 per acre; $1000 cash; balance In 3 yean at 5, per cent IntoroHt. Two hundred and fifty-acre Block ranch, rolling enough for good drain ago, soil good. t() acrns In cultivation, 80 acre moro slushed and burned and could bo put Into cultivation for $10 per acre, balance pasture land, smail creek run through the place. 3 living Hprlngn, 3 acre orchard, 8-ruuni box house, covered with rustic, painted, 1 Vd tory, big home made barn 30x00, budded all round, large outrange, ou ' A great many at all sorts of CROSS and SHAW Main Street, Oregon City, rL. POUTER, J' ATTORNEY AT LAW Offlcs dcx to Oregon CIl? Eaterpri-e. )R. GRACE E. HAIN OSTEOPATHIC PHT81CIAN, Aoutt and Chronlo Dlsesses. Nervous Disorders. Women's and Children's Dis eases a Specialty. Graduate of Still Col let of Osteopathy, De Moines. la. Of fice Hours: 9:10 a. m. to p. m., Monday. Wednesday and Friday. Concultatlon free. Boom 1. Oardo Building. Oregon City. f) W. EAHTHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Land Titles Examined. Ueeda, Mortgages Drawn. Abstract. Made. Money Loaned orrn'i ovsa Bank)l 'Oregon City. Ohiuon City, Ou. W. 8. 0'Ba 0. Bohuebel I uiien & schuehkl ; Attorneys: at Law. i pcutTdjcr buoliat. Will practice in all courts, mske collections ! Furnish shstrscts of itle, lend you money and lend your money on flrst niorgage. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon. 1,1 VY STIPP Attorney at Law. JuHtice of the I'eace. .Ii gfer Bldg., Oregon Cl'y J U. CAMPBELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BlON CITT, Oatuos. Will practice In alltheoonrtf of theaute. Of oe, In Cnunuli building. c D.4 D.C. LATODHKTTE 1TTORNEY8 AND COUNSELORS AT LA i MAIM STBS IT OBSOOK CITY, OBgOOH rurnUh Abstracts of Title, Loan Money, roraoloM Mortsace. and transact General Law Buslnaasv How about those bill heads, statements, letterheads and envelopes? The Enter prise has Just received a lot of new type and we are now prepared to give you Just what you want and Just whan you want It. Our work la not surpassed anywhere, Olve us a trial. For Gentlemen Farmers of some means. We can recommend every one of them, and the price is right main road 22 mile from Oregon City. Vt mile from Wllholt Spring. :'0 per aero; $2000 down, balance on long tlmo at 0 per cont per annum. Two hundred and twenty-five acre at !ognn, 6 mile duo east of Oregon City, 10 mile from Portland, 100 acre In cultivation, 60 acre more nearly roady to break, 8 acrea prune orchard, whole place fenced, mountain trout atream running through the ranch. Hnveral largo springs, frame dwelling 6 rooms, cuNt $500, pottt barn, 2 miles to cheese, factory, same distance to creamery that aelli $1000 worth of butter a month, achool Vi mile, aplon did neighborhood. $30 per acre; term to ault. Ono hundred and sixty five acre at, Ignn. 130 aero In splendid cultiva tion and In crop, four mile of board and wire fencing, 4 acre orchard, two dwelling worth $2000, two largo burn, living water In nearly all tho fluid, place I In good ropulr and ev erything nent and tidy, V4 mllo to achool, 10 mile to Portland, 9 miles to Oregon City, creamery and choee factory In tho neighborhood. $8000: linlf down, balance on euxy terms at C per cent Interest. Stock Farm InveHtment. 314 acres, two mile from tormlnu of O. W. P. & Ily. ('.. line at Sprlngwator, 1C0 acre In cultivation, whole place fenced, CO acre In clover, 14 acres orchard, two million feet good mer chantable timber, three fine living spring of pure water, small dwelling, large new barn C0xS4, outrange of elk weed and pea vino for a tliouHand head of stock, about 40 head cattle. other places, large aand small, for sale prices, and to suit all sorts of people Or 233 Washington Street, Portland, jt E JUST RECEIVED A FULL LINE OF $ I jKHir Tight I i PpY; STEEL I vzzsV RANGES Ll - 'ii mil I I . i.i III i- If 1 'M r., If you iifftl anything in the way of Hardware, Crockery, Glass-ware or (!tanite-ware, I can supply your wants. Call and intipeot my ntock. Complete Inn- ill new and second-hand FURNITURE carried. Let in eiipply you with a bonce- keeping outfit WALL PAPER of the bent quality and latest styles at right prices. Attention, Here's a Bargain I 5000 fi'i't, 1'4 iiii h firMtrlam Manila rope, in one piece, is offered for sale, it a l tiurfin for a few da) . ! Main Street, Brunswick House & Kcstanrant Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only Firnt Class Restaurant In town UNDERTKKINC. We aie ia a posi tion to save yon from 10 to 20 per cent, on niilertk er'i enppliea of which rsrrv a complete stock. R. L. HOL-7VKN, Undertaker & Embalmer OrflcH: One door son'ta of Court Housor at Cigar Store oppoaita Bank ol Urenou CUT. span horses, wagon, now binder, and all farming tool with present crop for $30 per aero; very easy term, Oood school and growing neighbor- hood. One hundred and sixty acres In Highland, 120 acres levol, good soil, all fonred, 40 acres In cultivation, run ning stream through the place, water In all fields, 1 acre orchard, 4-room box hoiiHo, barn 44x50, 20 acres In clo vor, 20 acres In grain and vegetables, great outrange, 7 miles to Cazadero, 10 hood stock with lncroae, all for $2C00; half down, balance In 6 years at C per coul InterosL A gentleman's suburban home, 81! acres, all fenced and cross-fenced, soli Al. 31 acre In splendid cultivation, 7 acre heavy timber, living spring and cistern, 5 acres orcnara, an va rieties of fruit, 8-room 1 story house In good condition, new barn 20x60, dry bonne with outfit, other outbuild ings, 10 head milk cows, 2 horses, cream separator, wagon bupiry, grow ing crop, fanning tools. This fine homo Is 3 miles from Oregon City, mile to school. Price $4500; $1500 down, balance In 6 years at 6 per cent Interest. Three hundred and forty-nine acres of level, rich soil, In Marlon county, 5 miles from Woodburn, 220 acres in good cultivation, free from stumps apd rocks, balance In pasture, whole place fenced and cross-fenced, one fair old dwelling, 8 rooms, two largo barns, other outbuildings convenient to place, C acres orchard, 7 acres hops, mllo to school, title perfect Price $35 per acre; terms made to ault the purchaser. This Is a rare bargain. I. TOLPOLAR ! Oregon City. i.J CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor i We are onder small exp nse. Have no middle men to pay, own our bearae and will treat you fair. Ohs Pricsto All County's Agficulttttal, Stock. Timbef. Manufacturing and Other Industries A COMPREHENSIVE The North Pacific Raral Spirit Gives Much Detailed In formation in a Special Edition Concerning This Matchless Region In a recent lamie the North Pacific Rural Bplrlt contained the followlriK cred itable write-up of Cla'-kaman county and Km remiuifea. C'liir kamne County la eltuated south of Muliniimnh. juiiiltiif onto the city limits of t'orllund, n city of 100.000 Inhabitants, and la bounded on the aotith by Marlon, went by WuslilnKton and by the Cancade raiiKe on tho eaist. It contains, accord -Inif to the pres'-nt year's wiwmiTit, S 1 . 4 r, 4 arrea of tillable land, valued at $2. 512, 440, and 623,173 acrea of non tlllablc lands, valued at . 220.0115. The area of the county la nearly 1000 square nilNa. or marly a million aires, with a populatlon of about 30,000. It la larger than the entire state of Rhode Island, which hn a imputation of about 400,000. In natural resorces. there is no compar ison between the two sections. Clack amas county lias the advantage In manu facturing, farming, timber, water power and in many other respects. Oregon City the county seat. Is within a half day's drive of Portland, the best market in the Northwest, while it la well supplied with water, railroad and electric car sen-Ice. at present, and more routes are being constructed. The net valuation for tax able purposes of all property la 19,034,377. This la at a rate of about one-third of actual cash value, not being far out of the ivay by placing the value at $27. 000.000. The Improvements on deeded property are valued at $878,860; city or town lots at $1,034,022; Improvements on the same, $014,030; Improvements on land not deeded. $1010; on 27.68 miles of rail road bed. $140,330; on 104.00 miles of tele phone and telegraph lines, $22,135; on rolling stock. $23,056; on 2 miles of street railway bed. $t!0,650; manufacturing ma - chlnerv. $369,065; merchandise and stock in trade, $148,620; farming Implements, $66,466; money, notes, stocks and ac count. $78,200; 4193 horses and mules, valued at $91,020; 12.157 cattle. $114,870; 15.608 sheep and goats. $14,500; 2903 hogs, $4990. The soli of Clackamas county la adapt ed to every range of Industry. There are river bottoms, level pralrlas, rolling up lands, the broken foothills, the rugged fastnesses of the mountains and every intermediate character of country. Part of the land bears a heavy growth of fir, part has alder, maple, larch and other deciduous trees, and part Is entirely tree less. Soils vary frum a light loam to a heavy clay. From the banks of the Wil lamette, where snow seldom falls, to the perpetual Ice fields of Mount Hood, which la also in Clackamas county, there is a great range of climatic conditions. The streams flowing into the Wil lamette river in Clackamas county have their sources in the Cascade mountains. Along their banks are large areas of agrl- wants In Clackamas county. With its cultural land that la scarcely surpassed i immense water power, it will be the man In productive capacity. The soli in these , ufacturing center of the Northwest; with river bottoms partakes of the nature of I Its great supply of merchantable timber, alluvium and is deep and rich. What ' lu fine sbil adapted to every kind of may be termed Second bottom land, lying on the benches between the river bot toms nnd the more distinctive upland, has a soil somewhat heavier than the bot toms. The more rolling land Is a clay or clayey loam, with indications in some places of being derived from decomposed volcanic mutter. All these soils are of great strength, and with the exception of a few spots of clay In unfavorable sea sons, they are friable and easily tilled. All the common farm products are suc cessfully grown in every part of the county except far In the mountains where the altitude approaches the frost line. In many parts of the county semi-tropical crops are grown, and In the foothills, apples of unsurpassed flavor, size and color are a source of profit to the grow er. Prunes, peaches, apricots, quinces, grapes, watermelons and tomatoes are among the many kinds of fruit and vege tables grown. The ordinary cereals yield enormous crops, there being many In stances where more than sixty bushels of wheat per acre have ben harvested, not merely In selected garden patches, but In large fields. The usual harvest, however, Is only about half that number of bushels per acre. Other grains are correspondingly proline, -, Fruit Industry. Clackaujas county is taking a leading position Inljhe advancement of the fruit growing Interests of the Northwest, in cluding British Columbia. Many of the large land claims that have lain for years largely wild or with very indifferent cul tivation are being divided Into smaller tract: end given over to systematic fruit culture. Five or ten acrea In fruit will yield as much profit as a large farm in grain, the net profit usually ranging from $200 to $1000 per acre. Hops and Potato. Many thousand bushels of potatoes are annually sent to market from Clackamas county. Even merchantable sweet pota toes are raised here. The soli near the streams Is beat adapted to ptotato grow ing and with very ordinary care a large yield of tubers may safely be reckoned on. The California market reoelvas a ILLUSTRATED WRITEUP large share of the Clackamas county crop. The rich bottom lands are to a consid erable extent being covered with hop yards. Clackamas county Is among the first half dozen counties of the United States In the amount of hops produced. Huyers In London, England, have agen-cU-s In the hop yards of this county who nure the bulk of the crop and pro nounce the product of a quality that Is not, oft-n excelled. Heal estate values vary according to locations and lniprovementa. Good farms may be had at from 110 to $100 per acre, while government lands can yet be ob- talned by occupation In accordance with law. The high valued lands are gener ally put in hops or fruit. Clackamas county will become an Im portant mineral producer. In the south ern part of the county, ledges of rich gold-bearing rock have been discovered and capital invested In development There is ample evidence of the existence of coal and oil In several localities. Seekers of Plesture and Health, While the teeming streams and pic- turesque scenery entice camping parties to many pleasant places In this delight ful country, the chief summer resort is Wllholt Springs, whose famous water has brought the glow of health to many a sallowed cheek. It la reached by a drive of 20 miles from Oregon City, through an Interesting country to the mountain foot hills. Hundreds annually seek the springs, where a large park accommo dates any number of campers and a hotel supplies accommodations for those who prefer to live there. A survey Is now oelng made for an electric motor railway ifioin Oregon City to Wllholt, and that charming pleasure resort promises to be come one of the most popular on the Pa cific coast. In the mountain region there is plenty of big game, and if one court danger he should press well Into the heart of the range, where cougars, bears and ' elk abound. The Mongolian pheasant, trans planted from Asia and now so plentiful In the Willamette valley. Is a game bird of rare quality, obtainable in nearly every field and thicket. Trout fill many of the mountain streams. The gamey salmon brings fishermen from far and near to hook them at the falls of the Willam ette and in other .of the larger streams of the county. The salmon flsTilng brings several thousand dollars to net fisher men every spring, but this, of course, is a business, not a sport. Seven miles up the Clackamas the United States main tains a salmon hatchery and the state fishermen a hatchery at the headwaters of that river. The homeseeker can find what he farming, fruit raising and stock ranges, its excellent transportation facilities. with a market at Its very door which Is I Absolutely Pure 'For the third of a century the standard for strength and purity. It makes the hot bread, hot biscuit, cake and other pastry light, sweet and excellent in every quality. No other baking powder is "just as good as Royal," either in strength, purity or wholesomeness ROVM. RAKINO POWOES. CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST., NE YOUK. constantly Increasing and which cannot be over-supplied. It offers to proposed settlers all that can be desired, at a rea sonable price, with every prospect of con tinued Increase In' the values. Transportation Facilities. The O. W. P. A R. R. Co., runa pas senger traina from Portland to Oregon City every 40 minutes dally, and a freight service; the Oregon City Transportation Company a boat every two hours on the ' week days and hourly on Sundays. The O. W. P. Il Ry. Co. runs a passenger and mail service from Portland to Estacada, a distance of 36 miles to the Clackamas river, every two hours, and also does a freight business. On this line are the prosperous towns of Lents and G res ham, in Multnomah county. The main Una of the Southern Pacific runs through Ore gon City, and three trains each way, be sides the freights, pass daily. There are many small towns in the county, ranging In population from 100 to 500. From Portland to the southern end of the county. Miiwaukle. Wlllsburg, Clackamas, Paper Mills, Oregon City, New Era. Canby and Barlow, are on the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad. On the O. W. P. It Ry. line from Port land to Estacada, Lents and Greaham, which are in Multnomah county, and from the latter place Boring (at which place is a very large sawmill) Barton, Eagle Creek. Currinaville and many other smaller stations are passed befoVe reach big the new town of Estacada. From Oregon City ea.-t a distance of 15 miles, is the famous Molalla Prairie, which Is one of the finest sections of farming land in the state. There is a town called Mo lalla located in about the center of the prairie, and every line of Industry carried on here is prosperous, the surrounding country being rich. With a little effort this place could be made one of the Im portant points in the county, and it will be when the proposed electric road reach es It On Cribble's prairie are Macks burg and Marquam. Though small towns, the business man of the places are pros perous and well-to-do. Logan, Viola and many other small places are surrounded by prosperous farmers. The best evidence of the value Increase In Clackamas county is a comparison be tween 1894 and, 1904, ten years. In 189 the land values were placed at $3,286,674. In 1904 they are assessed at $5,732,496, being an increase of $2,455,821, being nearly double. While Clackamas county is somewhat In debt, the rapid increase in values will soon extinguish this with out any serious burden on the taxpayers. It Is, an expensive county to maintain, owing to road making and bridges. The roads In the county are In the main good, being planked and graveled on the most Important highways. Live Stock. The live stock Industry of Clackamas county Is only partially developed. In fact when one traverses this large county from north to south and east to west and sees how well much of her land is adapted to grass, how well vetch and clover thrives, and what vast stretches of forest she has that will soon be denuded of their trees and all that Is sequlred to convert them Into great pas tures of fine grass is the touching of match to the dry brush and the scatter ing of some grass and clover seed, you will conclude that the possibilities are great and the business only In Its la fancy. Clackamas, as a whole, is a very heav ily timbered county. Her prairies were flrst settled and not being large the rais ing of stock could not be entered Into upon a very extensive scale. The market for her timber baa been limited and the encroachment upon her forests neces sarily slow and expensive. With the ad vent of the electric lines of the O. W. P. company, this is all changed. Her fuel and the lumber her forests can produce are needed in Portland ana tnese lines have placed them In easy access. They (Continued on page 8.)