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HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRY.
Some 80 years ago the "Evergreen"
blackberry" came to Oregon, probably
from the mountains of Tennessee. It
found here a very congenial habitat,
it thrives and bears abundantly.
As the roots and canes became large
it was noticed that in moist situations
it could b9 picked for from 60 to 70
days as it continued to bloom and
ripen for that period. This long per
iod for harvesting gives abundant em
ployment, and that to labor which
cannot be used in heavier avocations
women, children and old people.
The work can be done at home where
children can remain under parental
control and family discipline can be
maintained.
On the Pudding River bottom near
Hubbard, there are vines or bushes,
from a single root which are 40 feet
across and from each of which there
can be gathered a ton of berries by
picking every two days for 60 days.
The berries can be picked for 75 cents
a hundred. In the fall of 1901 1 took
the matter of the canning qualities of
the "Evergreen" up with Professor
Knisley, the chief chemist at the Or
egon Agricultural Experimental Sta
tion, and Mr. Holmes, of the Portland
Cunning Company.
ProfeBBor Knisley in Jhis annual re
port for 1902, pnge C8, gives tho fol
lowing analysis of the berry :
. Evergreen blackberries Firm, but
not too hard ; color very good ; flavor
bettor than cultivated berries; fruit
acid, 0.43 per cent; sngars, 68.53 per
cent ; protein, 9. 17 per cent.
He says it would seem that the ever
green blackberry might be used com
mercially. ' The analysis of the cultivated berry,
water free, is : ,
Fruit acid, 4.90 per cent; sugars,
45.9a per cent; protein, 8. 98 per cent.
R. J. Holmes, manager of the Port
laud Oanning Company, reports as fol
lows :
"Lost'fair I reoeivedjquite an amount
of the fruit and put it in cans with
very satisfactory results.
"I have no doubt in regard to the
wort h of those berries.
"I had no trouble in disposing of
thoso I canned, and have had no, oom-
plainta whatever from thorn.
"I believe they cau be used for any
purpose nearly as woll as the cultivat
ed fruit, and there is hardly a limit to
the amount that can be handled by
the cannors, provided they can got
thuiu at a reasouablu price and in suf
ficient quantities to undertake the
preparation of them for the market."
Both Professor Knisley and Super
inteiident Holmes, wore vory kind in
this ninttor and took hold of it with
much interest.
Tho biishos, or canes, are vory easy
pronmjutod and need little cultivation,
no one knows yot how largo the roots
will become or how long they will
last without replanting, thoy will
iniiki! good fences and hodges.
I suggest that each neighborhood
ami (-itch Grange take up tho matter
of marketing thoso berries by corros
pondonco with tho fruit cannories and
that tho matter of local canneries be
investigated. It "looks as if fruit ciui
wies could bo operated Jon tho Biune
sciilo that creameries aro now con
ducted. George V. Dimick, of Hubburd, Or.,
nn intelligent and responsible fruit
rnsior, is operating a fruit cannery at
his f.irm and from his statements, it
reqn'.nis but little capital or skill to
can e id fruits.
From careful investigation carried
on for two years past I believe that
tho "Evergreen" blackberry cau be
made as great aud valuable an industry
in W'uHtom Orogon as dairying.
It will not require anything like the
capital that dairying does. Blackberry
ground must bo moist.
BENTON KILLIN.
Benton Killiii, well known to many
Olackamas County farmors, writes tho
Oregoniau an interesting letter regard
ing tho feasibility of canning, for tho
Eastern trade, tho "Evergroeu" black
berry. This question is certainly entitled
"to tho closest investigation. If a
market can be had for tho product, we
prediot that this is destined to become
one of tho groatost enterprises of the
West.
Great as aro the resoursos of Or
egon, tho most profitable outorprisos
are tho growth of a few yoars.
Production of lumber is just getting
well nndor way. Tho Southern market
for potatoes is becoming but recently
well enough known to make "Bpud"
raising u great business.
The profits of dairying are beginning
to be revealed, and Oregon, within a
dozen years, has become known the
World over for her unparallelledjiop
fields.
Do we see in the future great areas
dotted with huge clusters of the well
known "Evergreen"?
I Do we Be the stretches of berry pick
ers' tents as now we see them of the
hop pickers?
Do we see the bands of children
faces berry stained, tatteerd, pictures
of health?
From the little seed Mr. Killin has
sown, we hope to see an industry
grow up that will rival Oregon
greatest enterprises.
NO OBSTACLE TO GROWTH.
We are waiting expectantly to hear
from that board of trade. Oregon City
is the best little town in the state but
he:. might?; aswell be twice as good!
An active board of trade 'should be
able to add continually to the city'
manufacturing enterprises. Why not
have a meat packing establishment?
Why not have canneries, and a con
densed milk plant?
The ' complaint is heard on every
hand that Oregon City is too.close
to Portland to prosper. Did you ever
hear a Portlander say that Portland
could'nt be a city with Oregon City
so close?
St. Paul some eighteen years ago,
was the capital city and metropolis
of Minnesota. ' Minneapolis was a
near by village of two or three thous
and population. A dozen or fifteen
years later St. Paul woke up one morn
ing to find herself only a suburb of
Minneapolis. Think of it, Minneapolis
only seven or eight miles from St.
Paul. Once a village out a littlo way,
from St. Paul now the chief city of
tho great state of Minnesota.
Let us quit playing baby and play
man awhilo.
There is a prospect for a good trans
portation system on the upper river.
We hope it will be a system compet
ing with other boats, also with the
Southern Pacific
Exorbitant freight rates are the
greatest barrior to Oregon's develop
ment. The tribute paid the trans
portation companies by Oregon farm
ers amounts to about the difference
between the price and cost of produc
tion of an article. ,.'
The hope of the farmer is that these
linos will be competing and that they
will not immediately form a combina
tion, making it necessary for the
traffic to support and eurioh two com
panies instead of one.
PERSONAL MENTION.
E. P. Rands loft yesterday morning
for Eugene to attend tho convention.
J. Nelson Wisuor and brido roturnod
yesterday morning from thoir honey
moon. James Dickey, of Molulla, loft Tuos-
day morning for Eugene, to attend the
convention.
C. G. Huntley went to Eugene last
night to attend tho convention, to
which ho is a delegate
T. W. Fonts left on yestorday morn
ing's train for Eugouo to observo the
proceedings of the convention.
Mrs. William Galloway left yester
day morning for Eugeno and lust night
organized a Women's Club to aid tho
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Judge T. F. Ryan left last night for
Eugeno to tako in tho convention. Ho
will also attend the Democratic Con
gressional convention at Alb-ny.
E. E. Brodio left on this morning's
train for Eugeno to visit relatives. Ho
will return Sunday and will stop for a
day nt Albany en route for homo.
J. L. Kruso, W. W. Smith, O. B.
Moores, Geo. C. Brownell, Frank Jag
gar, J. U. Campbell, D. W. Kinnaird
and W. II. Howell loft yesterday
morning for Eugene to attend the con
gressional convention.
H. Leighton Kelly and Mr. O'Mal-
ley, of the U. S. FiBh Commission,
arrived yesterday to spend a day or
two. Thoy will take examinations
for promotions while here. Both aro
attached to Baker Lake, Wash., station.
John Post died Tuesday at Highland,
of pneumonia, aged 83 years. Ho
leaves one daughter, Mrs. Goorge Cum
inings, of Highland. The funeral was
held at Highland this afternoon. The
docoased had been a resident of Clack
amas County for 31 years.
Meado Post, G. A. R. , has appointed
L. W. Ingram, Goo. A. Harding, C.
II. Dauchy, J. Doremus and F. II.
Beach a committee to arrange for De
coration Day services. This commit
tee will work in conjunction with a
committee for the Womeu's Relief
Corps.
CURRENT EXPENSES
INCOME OP Y. M. C. A. IS NOT
SUFFICIENT.
Financial Statement For March Shews In
debtedness Runouif Expenses Were
Greater Than Receipts.
W. H. Beach, general secretary of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, has prepared a statement show
ing the receipts and disbursements of
the association for the month of
March. The statement follows :
Cash on hand March 1, 1903 . $ , .49
Receipts :
Locker rent t $ 3.50
Memberships 80.50
Subscriptions and sustaining
members 73. 30
Educational and musio class fees 5. 00
Towels 8.50
$118.80
$119.29
Disbursements :
Salaries $ 24.05
Lights : 10.80
Laundry 1.65
Water 1.25
Interest on notes outstanding . . 14.80
Recording 1.20
Printing 1.50
Expenses of basket ball team to
Salem 10.85
Stamps , .40
Magazine 1.50
Soap ,. ' .25
Matches , 05
$ 67.80
Cash on hand March 81, 1903 $ 51.49
$119.29
Indebtedness March 81, 1903 :
Gen'l Seo'y salary for March. . .$30.00
Portland Gen'l El. Co ; . . 8.80
E. L. Johnson (laundry) 1.85
$00.65
Minus cash on hand $51.49
Actual Indebtedness $ 9.16
The finest hosiery in town for ladies
and children. Racket Store.
Federal Labor Union mot Monday
night and discussed the matter of
shorter hours and more wages in the
paper mills. No action was taken and
the business was postponed until next
Monday evening. The sentiment of
the men seems to be in favor of a bi
weekly pay day and four hours over
time on the night shift.
Have you seen the beautiful wrap
pers at the Racket Store?
Spiritualists will meet at Willamette
Hall, Sunday April 12, at 3 o'clock P.
M. Speaking and musio will be on
the program.
.... THE' COOKBOOK.
Dip sliced onions In milk before frying.-
Use bacon fat for frying chicken,
game, oysters and clams.
A ham is greatly improved if, after
bclug boiled, It is wrapped In buttered
paper aud baked for an hour.
Ia making sauces always dissolve tho
butter In the saucepan, add the flour
first and after that the water or stock.
A mingling of clove and lemon flavors
In the afternoon tea Is delightful. Drop
a whole clove in each cup just before
serving.
In taking a pie with a meringue from
the oveu, If it Is left In the warm kitch
en tho meringue will remain fluffy, but
if taken Into the cold It falls.
IT turnips are parboiled twenty min
utes In water to which a little baking
soda has been added and then this wa
ter Is thrown off and fresh water used
to Unlsli cooking, they will cook more
tender and bo of much better flavor.
The llito of the Sea Lion.
The bite of the sea lion Is poisonous;
besides, it Is nn ugly wound from tho
manner In which It Is Inflicted. Al
though the creature moves painfully
and slowly on land, the motion of its
head and neck Is extremely quick. The
neck seems to have an almost elastic
quality. One Is surprised nt Its reach.
Tho sea Hon Is like o bulldog. When
ho has caught hold, he does not let go
at once, but sets his teeth Ormly In the
flesh. Then he twists his head, the
teeth being still embedded In the flesh,
and, without relinquishing his grip, he
gives a quick Jerk. The result is to
pull out a ragged piece of flesh If the
animal has taken a deep hold. Leslie's
Weekly.
A hen In Bromley, England, Is al
leged to hav laid nn egg which wclgui
a quarter of 4 pound.
Where He Located.
Stuffor (at the end of Slmpklns' ball)
Do you know, I can't find my over
toot anywhere.
Slmpklns Have you looked In the re
freshment room?
Btuffer Why, nol How could It be In
there?
Blmpklns You haven't been any
where else during the evening, have
you?
Pate's Injaatlce.
Nocash (disconsolately) The rich are
getting richer and the poor poorer.
Friend What's wrong now?
Nocash Miss Fullpurse has refused
me and is going to marry Mr. Coupou.
New York Weekly.
If you are fat. be good natured. The
people Jnst naturally expect It. Atchl
ion Globe.
THE BRAVE WOLVERENE.
Hot Little Well, hat a Dtsalfte
Forest Moaareb.
Not "little wolf." as the Ignorant
think. Is the significance of wolverene;
but. something of greater dignity an
embodiment of the terrible spirit of the
wild fire of the prehistoric forests.
Wonderful In lta strength and courage,
a tree climber on occasion, not Immense
of size, but with limbs and claws great,
out of all proportion to its size, with a
muzzle almost hoglike, but with great
white fangs, the beast had still an
element of the grotesque In lta makeup,
with Its sweeping, bushy tall and the
broad banda of yellow white upon its
back and shoulders. Woe to the small
er beast or the deer upon which It
dropped from some great low hanging
branch or before which it suddenly ap
peared In the dense windfalls!
Of all the continent, the Michigan
peninsula was the chosen habitat of
the wolverene, and he struggled long
before backwoodsmen drove him from
his heritage. So enduring was he, so
desperately courageous, that his name
became a synonym for pluck and
prowess, and proudly the people of
Michigan accept the nickname which
boa been given to him. Outing.
What Is a Well Dresse Hoaset
"What In theatrical parlance la a well
dressed house?" said a dramatic writer,
and after a silent pause he continued:
"I went the other night to a show, and
as I passed In the doorkeeper said to
me, 'We have a well dressed house to
night, sir.' I supposed he meant that
the audience was sporting its best
clothes, but I found on looking about
that this was not true, and so between
the acta I asked him what he had
meant He answered: 'I meant that
the house had been seated by the box
office man very cleverly, so that it bal
anced well, and so that the fact that It
was not small was not perceptible. To
dress a house is to distribute an audi
ence all over it so it looks full when it
Is, as a matter of fact, far from being
so. There are here enough people to
fill about the first seven rows of the
orchestra, but the house Is well dress
ed, and on looking at It you have the
Impression that It Is fairly well filled.
Every ticket seller should see to It that
his house is dressed properly. That Is
why you so often fail to get seated as
far up front as you would like.' "Phil
adelphia Record.
Why Shakespeare Endures.
.What Interests us in Shakespeare's
plays Is not the plays themselves, but
the (strictly Irrelevant) truth and beau
ty that he poured luta them. We love
them for1 their matchless poetry and
their matchless insight Into the human
soul. "Hamlet" is for us nothing but
the study of a contemplative man dis
tracted by the necessity to be up and
doing, "Macbeth" the study of a noble
mind degraded by ambition, "The Mer
chant of Venice" the study of racial
strength against contempt and persecu
tion. Nothing to us now the' actual
framewori pf these studios; everything
the studies themselves and 'the lan
guage In jehich they are set forth. Our
pleasure in the production of a Shake
spearean play is according solely to the
Illuminative rightuess of the conception,
of the chief character or characters and
to the sonorous beauty with which the
verse is declaimed by all. Saturday
Review. '
The Spanish Schoolteacher.
; The teacher of any land may be over
worked. He may suffer from the par
simonious policy of the powers and be
underpaid even In our own enlightened
country, but In few countries, certain
ly not in the United States, could such
a story as. the one which follows be
truthfully told:
In the streets of a Spanish city, says
the author 'of "The Laud of the Dons,"
a police officer stumbled on the corpse
of a ragged aud emaciated pauper. In
making out his report he asked whnt
ho should enter as the dead man's pro
fession. "What did he die of?" asked the mag
istrate. "Starvation," replied the policeman.
'Tut him down as a schoolmaster,"
replied the magistrate.
TunNllltln.
An nttnek of to:isilitls can usually be
warded off by painting the inflamed
tonsil with tincture of Iodine. If you
ure unsuccessful In the attempt and the
tonsils ulcerate, swab them at once
with guuiaeum and repeat In five or six
hours. This I learned from a well
known throat specialist of St. Louis,
aud I find I can almost always recover
without the services of my physician.
Good Housekeeping.
rineon's Milk Xot a joke.
The Joke about pigeon's milk has a
foundation In fact. After the Incuba
tion of the young has been completed,
the crops of thu parent bird become
thicker und secrete a sort of curd, with
which the young are fed. This de
scription of nourishment Is necessary
for them, for If the young pigeons are
deprived of It durlug the first week or
two after hatching they are sure to die.
A the Stork Sees It.
First Stork-I Just left a baby at that
ldlllonalre'8 house.
Second Stork Funny things, these
wrann beings! I've Just delivered thret
to one WQiuiiu In a tenement house, and
,"ier husband's out of work, and they
haven't a cent Brooklyn Life.
All Kinds.
Customer (to grocer) now much !
your butter a pound?
Grocer Do you mean swert butter,
dairy cream butter, best butter, fine
butter or bu;t.r?-Stray Stories.
Te man who doesn't amount to murti
usually mis tils sign out Atchison
Great alteration Sale
285 Washington Street, 4 Doors Below Perkins Hotel
PORTLAND, OR. nawn
TAILOR MADE SUITS.
A 1 15or choice of our stock of 2,000 Custom-Made
kD "s from the Royal Tailors, Lamm & Co., High-Art
... , McCarty, the foO-no-more-no-less tailor of Chicago
e are the sole agents for all undelivered goods from these tailors.
Union journeymen tailor-made (see label), sewed with, double-test pure
"fe U thoroughly sponged and shrunk, all hand made throughout,
llnAbr0? "boulder effects, suits that were made to order at from 130
to $00. They come in every color and style of material known.
SPRING OVERCOATS.
t7 5nd Up 15 fo choice ' u ova $20 to $50 uncalled
hi? ,ori spring or winter, short box, medium length box,
Zw . t ? form-fitting garments. This includes our elegant
m-hwS? f1 h,n.ed .fcom ihe t01 Tailor8' Lamm & Co., and
High Art McCarty in all color of correct cloth, Vicunas, Stocknets.
soft worsted; also meltons, dress weight KerseyS and cheviot.
'PANTS.
$2.50
to aL . 50 far ohnntx j nvo
, , -...umio hi ei a pair. . niacc, . wue, nobby stripes,
checks, plaids, and mixtures; a list of trousers that would pleise a kUg.
MADE TO ORDER.
$25 H?"?06,?' H001!8 in tweeds, cheviots, worstedrand cassimeres
rp i i ?i 1 Portland tailors charge you $35 to $40 for. Strain
Tailoring Co. wants your trade by deserving it.
BANK OF OREGON CITY
The Pioneer Bank of Orejton
Deposits received subject to check. "
Interest paid on Time Deposits.
Money to loan on favorable terms.
County and City Warrants bought.
We buy and sell drafts and exchange on all parts of the v
United States and Europe.
CHARLES H. OAUFIELD, Manager. E. G. CAUFIELD, Cashier.
Williams Bos.
'Phone
FREIGHT AND PARCELS
Delivered to All Parts of the City,
Pianos, Safes and
Furniture Moved
J. W.
Fine Whiskies and Cigars
. All goods bought in bond. . , xaAij and quality guaranteed.
Some Famoos Old Brands
James E. Pepper, Kentucky Bourbon
Old Sam Harris, Kentucky Bourbon .
::::::::: Old Roxbury Rye :::::::::
Cor . Railroad Ave. and Main Street, Oregon City
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Big Mining Deal.
Mining deals involving sis hundred
and ninety-two thousand dollars were
filed for record at the court house
Thursday by the Northern Light Min
ing and Milling Company. The trans
fers include eleven claims in the
Northern Light and Bonanza Quartz
Lode, which is situated in the Sliena
Creek Mining District, about six miles
above the mouth of Salmon River.
The company purchased the claims of
tho following persons for the amounts
named below : T. B. and O. H. West,
$17,600; Fred Robert, 17,500; H.
Gerhardus, 70,000; Edward Ranfer,
170,000, Charles Frazier, 125,000; V.
Schmid, 35,000; August Pautz, $35,
000; T. S. West, f35,000; N. B. Hall,
$35,000; Albon O. Meinig, $233,333;
August Hornsecker, $1 16,607. The
headquarters of the company are in
Portland.
R. L. Holruan, leading undertaker,
Oregon City, Or. County coroner.
Clai'kamas County Record. $1.75.
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Eastern Buckwheat Flour
Elk Brand Maple Syrup
. "Preferred Stock "Canned Vege
tables and FruitsEtc,
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