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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1901.
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Sheriff WUHani Fraxier, Fort
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feet of water. During the past Summer
the Government blasted out a reef of
rocks on the bar which has made It a
safe harbor for all coasting vessels.
Lincoln County has one railroad, tho
Corvallls & Eastern, running through
Lincoln, Benton, Linn and Marlon Coun
ties Into the heart of the Cascades. Sur
veyors were In the field last Summer, and
It is thoucht the road will be built to an
Eastern connection with some transconti
nental line.
Toledo, the county seat of Lincoln
County, has made many substantial im
provements and is having- greater pros
perity than any other town of like popu
lation In the state. B. P. JONES.
Toledo.
LINN
Steady Advance Last Tear, but Tfo
Boom.
Linn County's growth is steady and
without boom features, but of a charac
ter that indicates permanence. Immi
gration Is principally from the Middle
"West. The people locating here, a3 a
rule, are of moderate circumstances and
desirable character, not the kind who
expect to find $20 pieces on street corners,
but those willing to make the necessary
effort to get a foothold.
Diversified farming is gaining in favor.
The result is seen In the increased Inter
est In dairying, stockralslng and horti
culture. The demand for sheep and cattle
is greater than the supply, as many as
possible adding some of these to their
means of making a living from their busi
ness, regardless of the price of wheat or
the size of the crop.
The most striking industrial improve
ment in the county Is In the creamery
business. Besides creamleries and skim
ming stations already established, a new
creamery has been erected at Browns
ville by Fred Bruckxnan, and a second
one for Albany Is under way under the
supervision of E. J. Seeley. A leading
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clal District.
factor In the business of the county is the
paper mill at Lebanon, which nearly
doubled its capacity last year. The com
pany operating it has also begun on the
Bantlam River on the north line of the
county the development of a water-power
that will cost nearly $50,000, to be fol
lowed by a large pulp mill.
A special tax has added materially to
tho Improvement of the roads of the
county. The most Important undertak
ing in this line is a road to tho Blue River
mines.
Considerable property changed hands
last year, the principal demand being for
farms suitable for stockralslng.
.Eastern lumbermen have turned their
attention to Linn County, and last year
there was greater demand than ever for
timber land. Largo tracts were secured,
and mill3 will be built in the near future.
An important Industry, and a growing
one, fs fruit culture. For several years
special attention has been given to
prunes. Several carloads of tho dried
product were shipped from the county,
bringing profitable returns. Apples and
pears have done exceptionally well, and
even peaches are getting a foothold here,
our market being well supplied during
the Summer from our own orchards.
F. P. NUTTING.
Albany.
- HARNEY
Productive Capacities of the Soil to
Be Tested.
Harney County has not been, in the
past, an inviting field for immigration,
especially "for colonists. Our most pro
ductive lands, long since passed into the
absolute control of corporations and in
dividuals. For this reason development
on agricultural lines- has been small.
Stock is our principal Industry. Our
vast stock ranges, over 5000 square miles
in extent, furnish subsistence for up
wards of 150.000 cattle. 150,000 sheep. 10,000
horses, and 5000 mules, besides large
bands of migratory stock, driven Into the
county for Summer grazing and for ship
xaent. Harney County's beef product for
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or aoout io.x ncao. xne wool cup was
7GO,000 pounds, valued at $100,000. Sales of
horses and mules netted the growers
$100.000
While, as already stated, there .has been
no settlement by Immigration, yet large
tracts 4f land have been entered at the
local land office by those who are be
coming convinced that farming will pay
here as elsewhere Many acres will
soon be cleared of sagebrush and brought
under cultivation. It is believed that
-nearly all of the cereals and fruits suit
able to this latitude can be produced on
our strong, sand sagebrush lands, and
steps are being taken to make a thor
ough test in this direction. Consequent
ly, there is an, increasing demand for de
sirable lands, ranging in price from $2
to $15 per acre.
Our mineral development during the
year, while flattering, was not up to ex
pectations. At Idol City, 18 miles north
east of Bums, four or five placer claims
produced about $10000 during the work
ing season. Twenty claims are being
developed. In the extreme south end of
the county there is a large borax imlns
and many indications of copper and gold.
Those who have the best means of know
ing say that the Pueblo district contains
vast copper deposits, several of which
have been partially developed. An effort
Is being made to raise money In the East
to open these mines and build a railroad,
to transport the ore to some point on the
Central Pacific
Little, if any Increase in population,
or building has been attained by any of
the towns, except Burns, the county seat.
About 100 new buildings were erected dur
ing the yoar, and are of a substantial
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Photo by Moore.
J. P. Kennedy, Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Multnomah
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character. Burns gained about 300 In
habitants and has a population of about
1000. "While there Is close competition in
all lines of business, general thrift and
healthy progress are noticeable.
A, W. GOWAN.
Burns.
POLR
Inviting Field for the Investment of
Capitol.
Polk County has an area of 611 square
miles and comprises 244,192 acres. Thd
face of the country Is diversified and
picturesque, being rolling and somewhat
hilly In some portions and low and level
In others. There are few rugged moun
tains and very little waste land. There
are about 5000 acres of Government and
railroad lands that can be had at a rea
sonable price.
Wheat Is the staple product of Polk
County. Oats, barley, hay, vegetables,
hops and fruit are never-falling crops.
The Coast Range, which borders the
county on the west, affords abund at
range for stock. Sheep do well in the
mountains.
The eastern part of the county is rich
bottom and rolling hill lands, which are
particularly adapted "to growing grain,
hops, potatoes and fruit, while the west
ern portion is covered with Inexhaustible
forests which, when cleared, renders it
the very best of fruit and grazing lands.
There Is ample room and an Inviting
field In Polk County for the man of capi
tal and ability, as well as for the Industri
ous farmer. Polk needs to have Its va
cant land settled upon and brought under
cultivation; to have the large farms cut
up into smaller ones, so that thorough
cultivation will result and the fertile soil
made to yield as It should: to have capi
tal Invested in industries until they thrive
and expand, furnishing employment to
thousands.
The partial failure of the wheat crop
of 1900 has had the effect of turning the
farmers to diversified agriculture, and
they are going deeper Into stock and fruit
raising. The creamery business Is also
attracting attention, and last September
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Independence. It has a good patronage
and pays the dairyman an average of $5
to $7 per cow per month.
While almost anything Tvlll grow In
Polk County, the. crop that brings the big
gest returns and benefits the greatest
number of individuals is hops. Last year
of 1SO0 was the banner hop year. Hops
were plentiful and of excellent quality,
bringing from 12 to 1G cents per pound,
although a few growers, before the pick
ing season came on. contracted at from
9 to 11 cents. At the cost of raising hops
and putting them in the bale runs from 5
to 7 cents, even at the 9-cent rate some
profit resulted. The crop for 1900 in Polk
County is estimated at 15,000 bales, of
which about one-half was raised and mar
keted in the vicinity of Independence.
Although Polk County is well supplied
with transportation facilities, having both
water and rail communication with the
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Thos. Scott Brooke, Multnomah
County Treasurer.
metropolis, Portland, and therefore the
markets of the world, new railway lines
are being spoken of. The one that Inter
ests tho people most Is that projected
from Independence to Falls City, a dis
tance of 16 miles. While this line will
supply the farmers along the rotate with
quick transportation, It will also tap and
bring Into market one of the finest and
largest bodies of timber In existence.
The supply Is practically inexhaustible;
some quarter sections containing as high
as 9,000,000 feet of merchantable timber.
Two routes for this proposed line have
been surveyed and the projectors will
make another survey before finally lo
cating it. J. A, C. BRANT.
Independence.
N SHERMAN
"Wheat Crop Last Tear Warn 3,800,000
Bushels.
Ten years ago there were less than. 800
farms in Sherman County. Last year the
Assessor's return showed over 1000. Many
embrace over 1000 acres. Several of these
farms threshed last year over 3000 bush
els of wheat, and every bushel graded No.
1. The year witnessed wonderful Im
provement among farmers in all parts of
the county in buildings, Improved fences
and general betterments on the farm.
The wheat crop of 1S00 Is estimated at
3,500,000 bushels. While this is only an es
timate I know that a little over 5,000,000
bushels have been stored in the ware
houses along the Columbia Southern Rail
way. Besides this large crops of barley
and oats were harvested.
With the exception of strawberries, the
county raises plenty of fruit to supply
home demands. It Is only a question of
time when fruit will be shipped out of
the county. Fruit raised here is of as
fine quality as the best raised in the Wil
lamette Valley. One 10-acre orchard near
Moro dried last Summer over two tons of
French and Italian prunes, besides let
ting as many more go to waste for lack
I of help to save the crop. In a few years
Sherman County will be covered with or
chards. The county is pre-eminently a grain
raising district. Stock as a business Is
conducted only on a small scale, as the
land Is too valuable for that purpose, but
fino.horsea, cattle, hogs and sheep are to
be found on every farm.. Sales of stock
last year were: Fat cattle a little over
1500 head, valued at $55,000; 10 carloads of
fat hogs, $3000; young cattle, to go East
as stockers, $10,000; fat sheep, for mut
ton, $15,000 total sales, $89,000. The As
sessor's returns show on hand: Horses,
4965 head, valued at $113,320; cattle, 2427
head, valued at $55,630; swine, 1070 head,
valued at $3510; sheep, 60,707, valued at
$121,414.
The population of the county Increased
250 last year.
Some ranches cannot be bought at any
price. The owners are satisfied, are mak
ing money, have good health and are sur
rounded by all the comforts of life Other
lands are purchasable at from $5 to $25
per acre, according to location and Im
provements. No farm need be far from a
good shipping point as there are 11 sta
tions on the railroad where grain Is re
ceived, stored and forwarded. Within the
county there are 70 miles of railroad, 70 of
telegraph and 75 of telphone. Fifteen
miles of railroad, 42 of telegraph and 20 of
telephone were built last jear.
W. H. MOORE.
Moro.
TILLAMOOK
Receipts from Butter and Cheese
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Tlllamoook is known to be one of the
wealthiest counties In Oregon In undevel
oped resources, and for this reason It has
a bright future before It. Its real devel
opment will not begin until the govern
ment improves the bars and harbors. As
this work as been taken up It will not be
many years before Tillamook will be man
ufacturing lumber on an extensive scale
and shipping it to all parts' of the world.
Grass Is king in Tillamook, making this
the dairymen's paradise, with climatic
conditions so favorable to that rapidly in
creasing industry that it is almost Im
possible for a dairyman to make a fail
ure of it. With an abundance of rainfall
and even temperature, grass grows luxu
riantly nearly the whole year, affording
an abundance of feed for dairy purposes,
while In mild Winters stock 13 pastured
the whole year. The pasture lands may
be divided into three classes: First, tide
lands produce an Immense quantity of
tide land grass, which commences to grow
about the first of February. The tide
lands are splendid pasture for cattle, es
pecially stock which need only the flnw
lshlng touches to prepare them for mar
ket. Second, the bottom land Is made up
of the richest kind of sediment many feet
in depth, and will produce from three to.
five tons of hay to the acre. Third, the
prairie land is of a lighter character, but
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J. B. "Werleln, City Treasurer, J
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will produce one a'nd a half to two tons
of hay per acre-
With the advantage of unexcelled pas
ture the dairymen have In the past few
lears largely Increased their herds, and
In doing so they have greatly benefited
themselves financially, so much so that It
can be said without fear of contradiction
that no farmers In Oregon are so prosper
ous, Independent and well fixed as the
dairymen of. Tillamook County have made
themselves. There are 15 creameries and
iiheese factories scattered throughout the
county, mostly in the southern part, and
within easy distances of the dairy farms.
Thoy are run on the co-operative plan.
Besides these a number of dairymen man
ufacture and market their own products.
They use separators, which are operated
by water power. Winter dairying is now
being carried on more extensively than
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formerly. It Is estimated that the re
ceipts for butter and cheese for 1900 will
amount to $200,000.
The other industry which will assume
large proportions Is in the manufacture
of lumber. Tillamook Bay has 13,000,000,
000 feet of timber tributary to It, and tho
Nehalem country has 20,000,000,000 feet.
Yet, with all this timber In sight only on
saw mill Is cutting for export, while a
few other mills cut for local trade only.
Stockralslng is a profitable industry.
Angora goats have come into demand,
and a number of bands have been brought
Into the county of late. As there Is con
siderable brush land suitable for Angora
goats, this Industry will increase from
year to year. Tillamook cranberries, are
grown in the Sand Lake country, there
being several cranberry bogs In that vi
cinity. Salmon fishing and packing is
carried on on a large scale In the Nehalem
River, Tillamook, Netarts, Nestucca and
other bays.
For further particulars of Tillamook
County write to the editor of the Tilla
mook Headlight, Tillamook City, for il
lustrated pamphlet, which will be sent
free. FRED C. BAKER,
Tillamook,
UNION
Sales of Fanning Land Were In Ex
cess of $1,000,000.
Our people have turned their attention
to diversified farming. One finds In Union
County thoroughly developed industrial
conditions In all departments of trade.
Every Industry, with few exceptions,
known to the Pacific Coast is represented
hera.
The population of the county materially
Increased in 1900, and, Judging, from the
demand for 'farming land, the majority
of the newcomers are agriculturists. The
demand for farming land Is- phenomenal;
total sales last year being In excess of
$1,000,000. This land has not all been
purchased upon credit, for I And that
the value of mortgages recorded, less the
amount of satisfactions. Is about $250,000,
leaving a cash dlffeernce of more than
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$75,000. This is represented, 'in 'my opin
ion, by the addltlodal capital received
and the profits of tho farmers and agri
culturalists In 1S99 and 1S00. It discloses
a condition very satisfactory, and tells
a stdry 6f prosperity unparalleled and
unexampled. And this has reference only
to farm lands and not to city property.
Land values have! risen and farmers are
selling ther holdings to the newcomer.
On account of the diversity of resources,
every section of the county is making
progress. In the vicinity of Elgin, there
la increased activity in lumbering. From
15 to 20 mills, eadh employing from 20 to
50 men, are turning out building ma
terial and railroad ties. At Perry, the
Grand Rondo Lumber Company has a big
lumbering' plant. In horticulture, Cove,
Union and La Grande have certainly ex
celled the production of other years. Hun
dreds of tons of fruit have been shipped
to market. The labor question gave the
fruitgrowers a great deal of trouble last
year, and tons of fruit, principally ap
ples, went to waste.
The eastern portion of the county,
known as the Panhandle, Is mainly adapt
ed to mining and stockralslng. The stock
industry is growing steadily. The stock
men are all prosperous. Every one or
them has a bank account, with the ad
ditional luxury of a -fine ranch, good
home, spacious barns and sheds and many
other Improvements.
Every miner, .prospcct(r and mining
company was busy last year. The de
veloped mines are. all InVoperatlon; they
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have, employed more men. Increased their
payrolls, and have shown a greater out
put. During the.. year valuable copper
properties ware discovered and worked
in the Snake River and Sanger districts.
The only Woolen mill in the county Is
located at Union, and It is very gratifying
to learn that the close of 1900 terminates
the most successful year In its history.
Heretofore it bad not been very success
ful. Heretofore the production of beets for
the manufacture of sugar, was more or
less of an experiment, but with the close
of the campaign of 1900 the management
reported a satisfactory run. While the
tonnage of beets was smaller In 1900 than
in 1S99, on account of decrease In tho
acreage, the beetgrowers report that the
tonnage per acre was larger. The cam
paign of 1900 demonstrated beyond ques
tion that the sugar industry of Oregon
is permanent. The output of sugar last
year exceeded 2,000,000 pounds.
C. E. COCHRAN.
Union, Or.
YAMHILL
Hop Crop Last Year Was Worth
9455,000.
The Industries of Yamhill County are
varied, but wheatralslng predominates.
Tho wheat crop usually amounts to
about 1,000,000 bushels, but owing to the
very unfavorable season of 1900, the crop
fell short about two-thirds, and the
amount harvested is estimated at 350,000
bushels.
Hopralslng has been a leading industry
for several years. Last year the yield
was 17,520 bales, worth $455,000.
It Is estimated that 400 tons of dried
prunes were put on tho market last year,
at an average of 5 cents per pound.
For some months a project has been
on foot to built a sugar-beot factory at
Newberg, and contracts for furnishing
beets for it have been entered Into
throughout the county. It Is expected
that the factory will open up next sea-
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County Court, Portlands
son, as the plant has already been con
tracted for.
During the year past there have been
many improvements throughout the
county. And m most of the towns im
provements have kept pace With tfte
country. At McMinnvllle, two brick
structures were put up at a cost of $5000
and $3000 respectively. Besides these. 19
residences were built. McMinnvllle added
a sewerage system ana arc lights last
"year. A. V. R. SNYDER.
McMinnvllle.
UMATILLA
Prosperity in All Branob.es of Indus
try Last Year.
Umatilla County, with an area of over
SOOO square miles, embracing mountains
of timber, miles of wheat and grain fields,
orchards, gardens and meadows, and
thousands of sheep, horses and cattle,
with 15,000 busy, progressive people, is
a veritable empire in Itself. Its prog
ress last year was very marked. The cen
sus shows an Increase in population of
nearly 5000 since 1S90, and half of it has
been within the last 18 months.
Higher prices have stimulated the in
dustry of cattlo and horse raising, and
encouraged an Increase In number and
greater Improvement In the quality or
our herds, and many valuable additions
made last year to our livestock. In Pen
dleton alone ave several of the fastest
track horses of the state, and more nno
single and double driving teams than in
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f Fred T. Merrill, Councilman, t
ifliru war a, ronuaa,
any other town in Oregon; while the
four-, six- and eight-horse teams seen
upon our farms and public ways are mar
vels of strength and beauty.
The splendid yield and high, quality ot
wool, and the phenomenaL Increase of
lambs last Spring, with the great demand
for sheep this Fall, have quickened tno
sheep Industry, which has been favored
by a mild Winter and lino Summer ranges.
In fact, the owners of livestock, includ
ing hogs, of which there Is no Incon
siderable number In the county, have
causo for congratulation over the good
fortune of the year. With almost 6W.UW
animals of various kinds owned within
Its borders, and thousands upon thousands
of acres of fine grazing lands, we may
well feel a just pride in the stock Interest
of our county.
The fruit farms have yielded most
abundantly of large and small fruits and
berries of every variety, from the luclous
strawberry of early Spring to the hardy
Winter apple, and vegetables from fresh
lettuce to the great yellow pumpkin.
In the fruit section around Milton tne
yield was enormous, and is steadily grow
ing larger, and demands Increased means
for its care, preservation and transporta
tion. At the recent harvest carnival held
in Pendleton the exhibition of fresh and
dried fruits from this section was ad
mirable, and pronounced by all one of
tho finest ever seen.
With several creameries recently estao
Hshed at Uklah and Alba, surrounded
by rich mountain pastures and streams
of pure water, and a large new cream
ery at Milton, supplied by the small pas
tures of the farms, dairying is taking an
important place among the prosperous in
dustries of the county. Tha fine butter
and cheese made here have already gained
an enviable reputation throughout East
ern Oregon.
However, the great industry and pride
of our people is wheatralslng, done chiefly
on the plains and rolling hills of a vast
tract from 25 to 35 miles wide, beginning
a few miles east and south of the Co
lumbia River, and extending in a south
easterly direction across the county to
the base ot the Blue Mountains, and in
cluding the Umatilla Indian reservation,
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