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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1902.
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SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES
Long in the Background Because of Lack of Trans
portation Facilities, They Are Now Forging Ahead.
THE four Southern and Southeast
ern Counties of Oregon Klam
ath, Lake, Harney and Mal
heur have an area of 33.45S square
miles, a trifle more than that of the
State of Maine. Klamath Is larger than
Connecticut, Lake Ib larger than New
Jersey, and both Harney and Malheur are
larger than Massachusetts. This vast re
gion has been In the background for a
number of years, but It Is now coming to
the front In a way that portends big
thlng6. Its main reliance In the past has
been stock, but now that It has been
demonstrated that the land will "produce"
when systematically irrigated, the
thoughts of the people are turning to
gralnralsing, horticulture and dairying.
Many enterprises are on foot for the
development of the natural resources of
timber, minerals, etc. Malheur County!
has a railroad on its northeastern border,
but in Klamath, Lake and Harney the
Blow and old reliable stage coach Is the
only means of communication. Both Lake
and Klamath look forward to railroads
this year. The Columbia Southern, a
connection of the O. R. & N., will build
down to Lakeview and make a rich coun
try tributary to Portland.
KLRMATH COUNTY.
Ah Bra of Progress "With Railroad
Connections in SleUt.
It Is patent to those who have investi
gated that Klamath County needs only
railroad facilities to place It in the front
rank, commercially and otherwise, among
Socalitxr of the Pacific Coast. It is a
source of surprise that modern transpor
tation has not long ere now sought to
share In the profits of a county so rich
and varied in resources and possibilities.
Railroad building In the near future, how
ever, never appeared more assuring.
Among proposed lines Is the one projected
by the Pokegama Sugar Pine Lumber
Company, which, co-operating with the
Southern Pacific, has made preparations
to run a road from Klamathon, Cal., up
the Klamath River to Pokegama, a dis
tance of 30 miles, Klamath Falls being
the ultimate terminus. As understood,
the promoters expect to complete the line
and have trains running by next Summer.
This prospect has given an unusual stimu
lus to growth and development the past
year, and aided the unsurpassed advan
tages of timber, soil, water and climate
in inducing a largely increased Influx of
homeseekers and investors.
Klamath County is larger than Con
necticut, having an area of 58S2 square
miles. There are 1,206,000 acres of agri
cultural land, 1,000,000 acres of grazing
land. 1,250,000 acres of timber land and
276,480 acres covered by lakes and marshes.
The population, about 5000, Is Infinitesi
mal compared to the number the county
could amply support. The assessed valu
ation aggregates 52,293,169, about $SO0.O0O
more than It was in 1900. The Assessor's
record shows that of the deeded lands,
60,315 acres are tillable and 410,672 acres
son tillable.
Billions of Feet of Timber.
The forests of this county lead natural
resources, and are the source of great
future wealth and industrial activity. In
quality, the sugar ana yellow pine is no
where excelled. There is also an abun
dance of fir and some hemlock and cedar.
A gentleman of experience estimates that
there are fully 15.000.000.000 feet of high
grade timber In the county. About 20.
000. acres of timber have been sold during
the year and many Government claims
have been filed on. Though the choicest
tracts, outside the reservation, are in the
hands of Individuals, there yet remains
with the Government a large number of
desirable sections subject to entry. More
buyers and cruisers have inspected
Klamath County pine than formerly, and
the demand has advanced prices some
what. Most of the timber is tributary to
the lakes and streams, and the lay of the
land enables logging without difficulty.
A few new saw mills have been built, and
the lumber manufactured this year will
be approximately 22.000.000 feet.
Abundance of alfalfa and native grasses,
a mild climate and an unlimited supply
of pure water have favored this county
exceptionally for stockraislng. Each suc
ceeding year sees an increased number of
cattle fed here, and the result In the .tall
brings several hundred thousand dollars
to the pockets of growers. Until four
years ago Little Shasta Valley, In Cali
fornia, was the Winter feeding ground for
the stock of Southeastern Oregon. Since
then the big Klamath Basin has grown
In popular favor as such resort. Last
Fall fully $400,000 worth of cattle were
sold, and the sales of horses, mules, sheep
and hogs can be reasonably estimated at
$100,000.
"Wonders Done by Irrigation.
Irrigation has more than doubled the
past year and has worked wonders in
transforming miles of sagebrush plains
Into fields of luxuriant alfalfa and grain.
As an instance, H. E. Ankeny bought
1040 acres of sagebrush land a year ago
at $15 per acre. As one of the owners of
the ditch leading from the source of Klam
ath River, he was instrumental in hav
ing it enlarged last Spring, so that water
covers his tract. From his hitherto raw
land, he has this year raised over 13,000
bushels of grain, besides clearing and
planting 160 acres to alfalfa. We under
stand he would not sell the land now for
less than $75 per acre. Neighboring
ranches, benefiting by Irrigation, have
done equally well. AVith Big Klamath
Lake to draw from, the supply for the
Ankeny ditch is unlimited, and by en
larging it will eventually water 100.000
acres of good, tillable land.
Two ditches from Little Klamath Lake
have for several years irrigated 20.000
acres In the vicinity of Merrill. Four new
ditcher, that will -water 10,000 acres, have
been made from the two forks of Sprague
River near Ely. Two of these have been
promoted by local companies and the oth
er two by James Boyd for the exclusive
use of his big ranch. Two new ditches on
the Klamath Reservation will cover 50,000
acres. A number of ranchers have lately
built reservoirs for irrigation. In addition,
several projects are on foot for further de
velopment along this line: A. D. Harpold
is behind an enterprise, now in progress,
to store water near Little Lost River
Gap and irrigate a large share of Poe
Valley. John S. Shook and Ld Terwilll
ger have a scheme to water land around
Bonanza from Lost River. Parties are
preparing to furnish Langell Valley with
water from a reservoir, with a system of
canals. By building a dike. Frank Mc
Cormack has reclaimed 1000 acres of his
land heretofore covered by Big Klamath
Lake.
Increase in Land Valaes.
During the past 12 months additions to
the population have been many, and real
estate sales unusually numerous. As a
consequence, deeded land has advanced
in price on an average of about 40 per
cent, ranch property being valued at
from $5 to $50 an acre, varying according
to improvements, location and accessibil
ity to Irrigation. The acreage under cul
tivation made unprecedented, increase in
190L and has more than doubled in the
last two years, the chief and most profit
able crop being alfalfa, which turns out
about five tons to the acre. Wheat, which
averaged; between ) and 30 bushels to the I
acre last year, fell somewhat short of Its
usual yield. Also oats, barley and rye
ranked In quantity a little below their
customary standard. Klamath County is
a signal success in growing vegetables.
Five-pound potatoes, solid and mealy, are
common, and enormous crops of them, as
well as of turnips, .cabbages, beets, etc.,
are the rule.
Fruitgrowing is steadily advancing and
it will not be many years before the local
demand can be wholly provided from or
chards here. Apples, pears, peaches, apri
cots and prunes are raised, and freedom
thus far from diseases Incident to the
industry in older counties, makes the fruit
flawless and of excellent quality.
Dairying has become a profitable auxil
iary to ranching, the elements being es
pecially favorable and has made rapid
forward strides of late. The two cream
eries at Fort Klamath and private dairies
ship tons of butter and cheese to outside
markets every year.
The towns and "ranches have kept step
with the progress of the times In new
buildings and improvements, and in this
work the lumber, brick, stone and lime
used are home productions.
Klamath County Is well supplied with
churches and good schools. This year tne
Klamath Falls school was raised from
the Sth to the 12th grade, qualifying Its
graduates for admission to the State Uni
versity without further preparation.
A steamboat, under Captain Schoff, is
making regular trips on Big Klamath
Lake, and other boats on that and the
lower lakes and river are contemplated for
next year.
For health, attractive scenery and hunt
ing and fishing, Klamath County has few
equals. The altitude is 4200 feet, and the
pure air and water are usually safeguards
against disease. With neither oppressive
heat in Summer nor excessive cold in
Winter, with no cyclones, waterspouts or
severe lightn'ng, the climate Is agreeable
as well as healthy. The many crystal
streams, teeming with mountain trout, the
abundance of deer and small game, and
the grand- scenery, notable among which
Is the famed Crater Lake, attract hither
thousands of tourists every year.
The present era of plenty and prosperity
Is nowhere more thoroughly felt than In
Klamath County. Though much improve
ment has been made the past year. Indica
tions foreshadow still greater progress
for th near future. More people and cap
ital are needed and can here find remu
nerative employment in holping develop
the resources. E. W. HUSE.
Klamath Falls.
LAKE COUNTY.
StronK Company Formed to Develop
Potash Properties.
Lake County borders on the state line
of California, and derives its name from
the numerous lakes located within its
borders, where the sportsman finds his
paradise. Lake Is the third largest coun
ty in the state, and ranks in acreage with
some of the largest New England States.
Its length is 115 miles, and its breadth
SO miles a small empire In itself. The
county is to a certain extent mountain
ous, though interspersed with numerous
large and countless small valleys, promi
nent for their fertility. On the moun
tains Is an abundance of grass, and many
thousands of head of stock graze there
continuously during the Summer season,
putting to flight the specter that whispers
to the calamity-howler that the range is
ruined and the country Is going to the
'demnltlon bow-wows." Stockmen all say
the Fall season of 1901 put a new aspect
on the situation on the range, and that
was the greatest year In many for the
stockman's business. Months ago the new
grass took shoot on the mountain, hill
and desert, and cattle and sheep and
horses have gone to their Winter home
rolling fat. The great desert surround
ing Lake County and emerging Inside Its
borders, with Its expansive acreage, is
looked upon by the stranger crossing It
as an awful waste of God's own gifts
fit for nothing but to dampen the ardor
and make gloomy the days of the traveler.
But the stockmen of Lake County will
tell you that -the same desert, "Nature's
folly," let It be called, was made pur
posely by Providence for the benefit of
all men In his business. It Is the natural
Winter home of the great herds of Lake
County stock. There only sufficient snow
falls to furnish water for-stock, while
all around and about on the outside of
the desert snow falls eo deep that stock
must be kept up and fed to save them
from starving, at least two months In
Winter.
The land Is well adapted to agricultural
purposes outside of the arid district, but
only sufficient to supply local demands,
and to furnish the mills and stockmen,
has thus far been cultivated. The reason
of this is because Lake County is remote
from railroad transportation, and there
is no profit In raising grain and shipping
to the outside for flour or feed by team.
However, there Is every Indication that
one. If not two, railroads will build
through Lake within a very short time.
The Nevada-Callfornia-Oregon Railway,
which has its terminus at Madeline, 100
miles to the south, Is looked for next
year, and the Columbia Southern from
the north Is prospecting on a route
through this counts.
To Develop Potash Properties.
There are many new Industries in con
templation, and some that have been
worked only moderately will take on new
life and be extended when easy transit
for products is assured. There Is In
Lake County- a natural salt mine that
furnishes the crude product for all the
local stockmen: near Lakeview there is
a lime mine, inexhaustible, the quality
of the product of which is said to be
equal to any on the Pacific Coast; and
in the past six months the Oregon Potash
Company has located TOO claims within
the county, from which it expects to
realize millions of dollars. There Is no
doubt of the reliability and substantiality
of the Oregon Potash Company, whose-N
nungs oi lanas surrounding smmner ana
Abert Lakes, In the northern part of the
county, have set the public to wondering.
This company, with Charles M. Sain as
president, has millions of capital at it
back. and. having already expended thous
ands of dollars, there is little doubt but
that millions of capital will be spent in
the development of their properties. Pot
ash, which the lakes and land surround
ing hold In Immense quantities in crude
state, is something new for this country.
The word of the president of the Oregon
Potash Company is out to the effect that
his company has contracted with the
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Com
pany to extend Its line to the location of
the potash claims, for the purpose of de
veloping the same. "This railroad will
build Into Lake County In 1902. at least
as far as Lakeview," says Mr. Sain. It
Is the Intention ot the Oregon Potash
Company to establish plants that will cost
probably $1,000,00, and that at least 500.
and possibly 1000, men will be employed
in the works. It is also understood that
when the Nevada-California-Oregon Hall
way Is started for Lake County, ii the
Spring of 1902, It will be made a, standard-gauge
track. ,
Lakeview, the county seat of Lake Coun
ty, Is situated at the head of the beauti
ful Goose Lake, a body of-waVir 20 miles
wide by 45 miles in length. The town
owns its own water and electric systems,
and has a population of 100. It has an
elegant school building, with high-school
grade and five teachers. it has two
churches, Methodist and Baptist. The
business portion Is all brlvk.
New Pine Creek, at the' Oregon-Califor
nia state line, to the south, and Paisley,
in the heart of the great Chewaucan Val
ley, to the north, are two growing towns
with bright prospects for future develop
ment. These towns have nearly doubled
in size in the past, two years. Twenty
miles beyond Paisley Is Sumner Lake,
known as the garden spot of Lake County.
Here are grown all the fruits and berries
known to the Pacific Coast.
Warner Valley a Fertile Spot.
Just across the ridge of low mountains
to the east Is to be found the great
Warner Valley, one of the most fertile
spots In Oregon. Here lie the lands that
have been In litigation for nearly 20
years, between the "Warner Settlers' and
the Warner Valley Stock Company, a cor
poration claiming the fertile body under
the swamp act of the State of Oregon.
Here the settlers bullded their homes,
reared their families and harvested their
crops for all these years, though their
rights to these homos are still in jeopardy.
The last decision by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office was in their
favor, and the case is now on appeal to
the Secretary of the Interior.
There are numerous new enterprises
about to be launched In this section. One
could, not even mention casually in a lim
ited, space like this all the Industries and
possibilities of which Lake County can
Vnd should boast. A scouring mill for
the preparation of home wools, and ar
tesian water, and Irrigation systems, are
three things that will be established and
found here in the near future. Here are
i numerous natural hot snrincrs. seatterpfl
i all over Lake County, in which eggs can
dc Douea nara in two minutes. Fine
forests of timber, numerous saw mills,
great cattle ranches, an abundance of
water flowing from the mountain canyons
nearly all the year round, and for sport
and pleasure the finest fishing pools and
camping places In the Northwest. Here
can be found on tho summit of a moun
tain, at an elevation of SOOO feet, a lake
of crystal water, filled with beautiful
mountain trout, and at Its edge a min
eral spring, the waters of which are
said to possess wonderful curative powers.
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The Southern Pacific Company In Ore
gon today controls the safe of several mil
lion acres of the finest agricultural and
timber lands on the Pacific Coast. These
lands are offered for sale to the general
public through the land department ot this
extensive system.
Letters of Inquiry regarding the lines or
extent of the company's lands in Oregon,
addressed to George H. Andrews, In
charge of the local land office at Portland,
will be promptly answered by the com
pany's agents. These lands are sold at
prices that place tnem within easy reach
of all settlers who may desire to obtain
favorable locations for the establishment
of new homes in fertile Oregon.
The Southern Pacific Company today
runs two finely equipped trains each way
dally between Portland and San Fran
cisco. One of these trains leaves Portland
In the morning and the other in the even
ing. x Fast time 13 made between these
two main terminal points. Excellent fa
cilities are offered travelers over this
route for enjoying the benefits of a well
appointed d!ning-cnr service and all tho
comforts assured by the modern Pullman
blecping-car. These trains are lighted by
Pintsch gas, heated by steam, and are
as perfect In all their appointments as any
of the best trams run by the leading rail
road companies of the East.
Mr. R. B. Miller, general freight and pas
senger agent, has jurisdiction over traffic
matters in Oregon. Letters addressed to
Mr. Miller, at Portland, asking for Infor
mation regarding the Oregon lines of tho
Southern Pacific, which now cover all
parts of the Willamette Valley, both east
and west of the Willamette River, will
be promptly answered.
HOP FIELD IN LINN COUNTY
Any traveler who enjoys the benefit of a
ride over the Shasta route of the Southern
Pacific between Portland and San Fran
cisco Is entranced with the scenic gran
deur of this particular stretch of road
and the wonderful fertility of the country
that he crosses within a distance of COO
miles of the Northern and Southern ter
minals. From "Oakland north to Redding. Cal..
lies a fruit, agricultural and grazing sec
tion of country that in richness and extent
is not excelled by any equal area ot land
In any other part of the United States.
From Ashland on the south to Portland
on the north, the part of this route that
lies wholly within Oregon, Is a country
that in the attractiveness of Its home sur
roundings and In the fertility of its soil
always calls for the most favorable ex
pression of opinion from travelers gener
ally. Southern Oregon peaches beat the world.
Southern Oregon's mines have added
millions of dollars In gold to the store
of the world's wealth. The great pine
forests of Southern Oregon are so great in
extent as practically to safely defy the
ravages of a century's cutting of timber
before these forests will be denuded of
their great timber wealth. The Willam
ette Valley, extending south from Port
land for a distance of nearly 200 miles. Is
the garden spot of the Coast. It is rich
in agriculture. In fruit production, and the
adjacent foothills and mountainous dis
tricts are covered with thousands of
square miles of the finest timber for gen
eral commercial purposes in the world.
The towns and cities of the Willametta
Valley are all prosperous, and in point of
production and in Its accumulated wealth,
it is one of the most prosperous agricul
tural sections of the far West.
All of this country is crossed by the
matchless Southern Pacific system. Be
tween DUnsmuIr and Ashland, the middle
stretch of the Shasta route, the cars of ,
the Southern Pacific pass through a sec
tion of country that. In point of scenic at
tractions, challenges tho world. No point
along the entire line of road between San
Francisco and Portland is without Its spe
cial features of Interest. No one who
visits the West should fall to make the de
lightful trip by rail between these two
principal Pacific Coast terminal points.
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The country through which the Southern
Pacific Railroad passes Is rich In historical
memories, as well as in resources of agri
culture, horticulture, dairying, timber and
minerals. It was In the Willamette Val
ley that the retired servants of the Hud
son's Bay Company settled In the early
part of the 19th century. Here, too, the
American pioneers made their homes. It
was at Champoeg that the Provisional
Government was organized on May 2, 1843.
At Summer Lake a river bubbles up out
of the ground and courses through the
valley. Bands of antelope, numbering In
the hundreds, scurry over Lake's hills,
and the big mule-tail deer can be found
in numbers anywhere on the mountains
and foothills.
v Land Easy o Cultivate.
Lands of Lake County can be cleared
for cultivation without expense, as most
of the land is dark, sandy loam, covered
with sagebrush, which is, removed by
driving a team attached to a heavy roller
over It pulling the brush up by the roots.
Deeded land can be purchased at $2 50
to $7 per acre. The vacant lands may
be acquired under the desert, homestead
or timber land laws of the United States.
A United States Land Office is located at
Lakeview. Considerable state land can
be had In this county at $1 25 per acre.
timber in the West still remains untaken
In Lake County, and the mountains near
-uiy. Just at the western border of tho
county, are a mass of the best timber in
the world. These timber lands will soon
be taken by syndicates, and it behooves
the small capitalist and speculator not to
hesitate longer in filing on a claim. All
kinds of fruits grow abundantly here,
and berries are very prolific. Many new
orchards have been planted here within
the past three years, and some of them
are already bearing. Persons desiring to
acquire homes, either Improved or other
wise, should not Invest until they see this
portion of the State of Oregon. One can
reach Lake County coming from the East
over the Central Pacific to Reno, Nov.
thence by the Nevada.-Californla-Oregon
Ra.lway to Madeline. 100 miles distant
froni Lakeview. thence by stage; or by
the Southern Pacific Railway to Ashland.
Or., or Ager, Cal.; thence by stage over
a good road for 1C0 miles. Mall reaches
Lakeview from San Francisco via tho
Southern route In 4S hours. There is a
bank in Lakeview, and our merchants
and stockmen do over $1,000,000 worth ot
business annually. About 15.000 head o'
cattle and 75.000 head of sheep are sold
In Lake County every year. Lands here
tofore considered of little value are being
taken up rapidly by a thrifty set of peo
ple from other states, who consider them
good enough upon which to make home?.
Sufficient snow flls here In Winter to In
sure good range feed and water for stock
In Summer. Stockmen usually feed the
poorer of their herds about 70 days in
Winter, but the stronger cattle are sent
to the desert. Partly improved places ot
SO to 320 acres cm be had near Lake
view at $4 to $12 per acre. The Lakeview
Real Estate Agency Is sending out In
formation to Intending settlers.
A few of the attractions in Lake Coun
ty: Cheap lands, plenty of water, cool
nights in midsummer, picturesque scen
ery, good mail and telegraph facilities,
pure, cold mountain water the year round,
great lakes fed by mountain streams,
beautiful fertile valleys. 35 sheep, three
horses and 10 head of cattle for every
one of the population, jails that are un
occupied 365 days in the year and churches
filled every Sunday. No hospitals or pau
persthe people are self-sustaining; no
day In midsummer too hot to work In
the sun; no cyclones, hurricanes, bliz
zards or floods. What the county lacks
is population.
Portland Outfit to Have the Trade.
During the past two years a noticeable
spirit of thrift and enterprise has per
vaded tho people. Everybody is pros
perous. Farmers are replacing their old
homes, barns and fences with new ones.
On every hand there Is a general air of
progressiveness and prosperity. Towns
are building up rapidly. Stockmen aro
improving their stock by breeding to only
the finest strains. Lake County has the
largest herd of registered Hereford cat
tle in the state, owned by F. O. Bunting,
of tho Drews Valley Stock Farm. Two
thousand fine range horses have been
driven out of Lake County to market this
year. No finer water powers for the big
manufacturing enterprises can be found
in the West than those Lake County has
within Its borders. The Chewaucan
River, running through the town of Pais
ley, would furnish water power for all
the mills In Oregon Instead, Its waters
are running to waste. N
Another good enterprise just established
here and now in operation Is the Lako
County Telephone & Telegraph System,
10C miles In length, running from Lake
view to Paisley, Summer Lake and Silver
Lake. Branch lines are strung from the
main lino to the various stock ranches
within a radius of from six to ten miles.
Thl3 system was constructed by a joint
stock company. There Is every Indica
tion that in one year from now Lako
County will have a railroad running Into
its center.
The business men of Portland, usually
alive to the interest of the metropolis,
have usod a short-sighted policy toward
this great inland empire. San Francisco
gets all the trade, all the shipping and all
the money from Lake County. As resi
dents of Oregon, the people believe that
Portland should receive what goes out to
enrich another state. Portland can over
come this by having the line of the Co
lumbia Southern Railroad extended to
Lake County, and that is the only way.
BEACH &. McGARREY.
Lakeview.
HARNEY COUNTY.
Over 1,000,000 Acres Taken Up Un
der the Desert Land Law.
Harney in area Is the largest county In
the state, extending north from the Ne
vada line 130 miles, and from east to west,
an average of SO miles, containing 10,514
square miles, or 6.7S0.160 acres. A spur
of the Blue Mountains crosses its north
ern border. The mountains are covered
with a heavy growth of timber. There Is
a belt 25 miles wide. In which the princi
pal varieties are red and Oregon fir, tam
arack, cariboo, bull pine, juniper and
mountain mahogany. All of this timbered
section is easily accessible for teams, and
requires only a nominal outlay In felling
and hauling timber out to the saw mills
and settlements. The fir woods have a
special value and use as building material
and for domestic manufacture. The other
kinds are used principally for fencing and
fuel. Lumber and dimension material, at
the mills, bring $12 50 per thousand feet.
Four saw mills, with a capacity of 23,000
feet per day, each make a Summer sea
son's run, turning out about 2,500,000 feet.
Located directly south of thi3 belt of
timber Is Harney Valley, the largest in
Eastern Oregon, its area being, practi
cally 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. The
other valleys are Bear, Silvies, Otis Creek,
Crane Creek, Silver Creek, Diamond, Cat
low and Wild Horse and Happy Valley.
All of these valleys afford magnificent
stockraislng facilities, and are settled and
cultivated to a more or less extent. They
produce hay, cereals, and the hardy vege
tables and fruit, and. In specially favored
spots, tomatoes, melons and cucumbers.
Hay, however, is the staple agricultural
product of this country. The hay crop
of Harney Valley alone, last season, was
about 15.000 tons, and perhaps 20,000 tons
for the remainder ot the county. Up-to-date
appliances are In general use In harv
esting this crop, and the cost of putting
It Into stack Is from $1 to $1 23 per ton.
Dairying for the past year has been
stimulated by an Imperative demand, and
an Increase In price for butter and cheese; -and
a much better article is noticeabio
by reason of the adoption of Improved
methods and apparatus. Butter ranges .
In price from 50 cents per roll in Summer
and 60 to 75 cents per two-pound roll dur
ing the Winter, and cheese from 15 to 25
cents per pound. Owing to unseasonable
ness la the early part of Spring, a very
limited area of grain was planted, there
fore, the product last year was not up to
the average, and not nearly enough for
home consumption. Only one grist mill
is located In the county, near Burns on
Silvies River It Is run by water power.
All of the foregoing products are dis
posed of and consumed in this county.
The revenue-producing products are
livestock, pelts and wool. The number of
beef cattle sold and driven out of the