Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 01, 1902, THIRD SECTION, Image 47

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Newspaper Page TextI . THE MORXISG OEEGONlAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1902. 'it . CITIES AND TOWNS OF OREGON Unprecedented Progress in the Having a Population of 1000 and Over, June, 1900. AT the census of 1900, Oregon had 20 Incorporated cities and towns bar ing a population of 1000 and over. All these towns made rapid progress last year and several of them gained nearly as largely In population between June 1. 1S00 and December 1, 1901, as they did In the 10 years between June 1, 1890 and June 1, 1900. All of Oregon's principal towns are surrounded by vast natural resources and it is but natural for the growth of thg country to be reflected in the towns. A few words tell the story of town growth: The people are prosperous and there is work for all who are willing to -work; there Is hardlv a vacant house la any town and building is more general than ever before in t-.e history of Oregon; new industries, giving empjujmem. many persons arevspringlng up: and pop ulation li increasing. A gratifying feature of the new prosperity is the wise con rervatlsm in evidence on all sides in the matter of municipal expenditures. Not withstanding that every principal town in Oregon has a larger population than it ever had before, running expenses are kept within means and there is no ex travagance of any kind. This makes a good impression on the newcomer, who is looking not only for a home in a pleasant town, but for a home in a town where taxes are not likely to be excessive. The following table shows the estimated population of Oregon towns of 1000 ana over on December 1, 1901, with compar isons with the Federal Censuses of June 1, 1900 and June 1, 1E90: TOWN. Albany Ashland Astoria Baker City'.. Corvallls Dallas Eugene Forest Groce Grant's Pass Heppner La Grande . McMinnville 3,149 2.634 8,381 6,663 1.S19 1.271 3,079 1.784 6,184 2.C04 1.527 818 3,000 11.000 S.000 2.000 1.600 4,o00 3.236 1.096 CSS 1,432 675 2.5S3 l.ifeS 1 AM 3.1001 2.290J 1,400 1.14GJ 4.000 2.000 2.991 1.4201 Marshneld JtiLiXl bllUClU ................l aiuwii J,ov --o"; Medford 1 2,150 1.7911 907 1.500 1.391 Oregon City Pendleton .. Roseburg ... Salem The Dalles . 4,0001 3.494 4.406 2,506 1.472 1.S591 5,000) 1.690 4.25S 3.5421 3,020 Not separately returned In 1S90. PROGRESS OP ALBANY. Blp Gain in Population in the Mid Valley Metropolis. Estimated population December 1, 1001... 4000 Population June 1. 1900... .3140 Gain in 18 months 851 Albany, the county seat of Linn Coun ty, population, 4000. Albany is the busi ness center of the county. Business in every line has been better than for years. Little retail business Is done on credit. Quick settlements and small profits have stimulated the producer and consumer alike to a better understanding of their relations. Warehouses are filled to over flowing. Labor of all kinds In demand as never before. Hardly an empty dwelling house In the city; residence property ad vancing in price. Remodeled and freshly painted houses in evidence on every block, and such an air of cheerful pros perity on every hand as has not been seen for years. Farm lands are changing handB every day, and men of means are flocking in. The newer industries of fruits and dairies are teaching the Important lesson that an every-day Income of a few dollars, that Is .certain. Is better than the delu sle pro&pect of a general clean-up once a year. Manufacturers are prospering, jobbers are reporting unusual business, the carpenter, the mason, the mechanic in every line is at work, with, engage ments ahead. As the railroad and com mercial center of the mid-Willamette Valley, Albany is grandly maintaining her lead, and looks forward to the new year with certainty of progressive and prosperous times. W. H. DAVIS, Mayor. Albany, Or. GRADUAL STABLE GROWTH. Astoria Proving: Itself to Be One of the Best Towns In Oregon. Estimated population December 1, 1901. Population June 1, 1000.. .11.000 . 8.381 Gain In 18 months,.., 2,019 The year Just closed was a particularly prosperous one in every way for the City of Astoria. While thre was no 'sem blance of a boom, the growth of the city was gradual and stable. Several indus tries have been established and numerous new buildings erected, providing employ ment for large numbers of workmen. The population, estimated at 1L0O0, materially Increased during the year. In the line of public Improvements con siderable work was accomplished during the year, particularly in the construction of new streets and in the purchase of land for a public park. One thing es pecially noticeable la the growing dispo sition on the part of the citizens to make the Improvements of a much more per manent character than in the past. Rock and cement streets and sidewalks are fast taking the place of the. unsightly and un even planks, giving the city a more handsome and solid appearance, as well as being an Innovation in a sanitary way. With an increasing trade in all lines of commerce, and the building of new man ufactories now under way, Astoria begins the New Year with prospects that never were brighter. I. J. KERN. Astoria, Or. A WIDE-AWAKE TOWN. BIcny Reasons Why Ashland Should Continue to Be Prosperous. Estimated population December 1, 1901... 3000 Population June 1, 1900 034 Gain in IS months.... -.... 360 Never in its history has Ashland en Joyed a more prosperous condition than at tho present time. Its growth Is attest ed not alone by the many new buildings springing up on all sides, of which there are now no less than 20 new residences In course of construction or recently fin shod, besides a number of business houses rearing completion. I think a conserva tive estimate would place our population at this time not less than 3000. an In crease of fully 500 since the taking of the last census. Fcr the same period of time an expenditure of money for new build ings of not less than 550,000. That our 5rowth Is normal and permanent there Is no doubt. Contributing to this end chiefly Is the moral standing of our people, our superior educational advantages, our un excelled climatic condition, our well es tablished reputation for producing a great variety and excellent quality of fruits, vegetables, etc These, together with our mining, stock-raising, lumber and varied other interests adjacent to us, is des tined to keep Ashland for years to come what It is today, a prosperous, wideawake town. R. P. NETL, Ashland, Or. BAKER CITY'S FUTURE ASSURED. Mining- Activity Greater Than Ever Before ia Its History. Estimated population December 1, 1901.. .8000 Population June 1, 1900 6603 Gain In IS months 1337 Baker City made very fair progress last Twenty Incorporated Places J year. In the -way of public improvements is the gravity water system which cost 5120,000, including water rights and con struction. The extension of the 'water mains to be made early this year will cost about 115,000. When completed Baker City will have as fine a water system as thero Is in the Northwest, unlimited quantity and of the best quality. The city is also having sidewalks on Main street made 16 feet wide and of cement, instead of 12 feet and of wood as heretofore. The installing of a city lighting plant and the construction of a sewer system are con templated in the near future. In the way of private improvement the city is making rapid strides. Thero were completed last year a brewing and artiilclal ice plant at a cost of $50,000. Several brick and stone business blocks were constructed last sea son, and the Warebayr Hotel was re modeled at a cost of about $50,000. New residences are in course of construction all over the town, and all are occupied as soon as completed. It is estimated that the population Is at least &000 at the present time, the census of school children last Spring showing an increase over the preceding Spring or over 200 children, and necessitating the building of a new schoolhouse at a cost of 515,000. It was constructed of brick. The business outlook for the next year Is good. The mining development is greater than ever before, and the results are very encouraging. Mining activity makes a cash market for all the produce the farmers can raise. More land Is be ing brought under cultivation every year and still tfie supply does not keep pacfi with the demand. Stock of all kinds is doing well and is ready sale at good prices. While there is no occasion ror any boom the prospect for Baker City to make steady growth is very good. R. D. CARTER, Mayor. Baker City, Or. BUYING HOMES AT CORVALLIS, Indications Good for a Large In crease In Population. Estimated population December 1, 1901... 2000 Population June 1, 1000 , lbiu Gain In 18 months 181 The population of Corvallls has been gradually Increasing for the past year. Probably 10 per cent has been added to the census of 1900. Many new people from other states have honored this com munity with their presence. Considerable numbers of them have already purchased homes in town while others have bought farms, and some are yet looking around to find bargains. Many inquiries are be ing made by people from a distance re garding the conditions of this country, which leads to the belief that the num ber of people will continue to Increase. Every available house in Corvallls is oc cupied and persistent Inquiry continues for more dwellings not possible to supply, yet rents continue low and Corvallls is an economical place for people to live. Con tractors and builders are all so bury that It is difficult to obtain workmen to make necessary repairs. Business bouses report considerable gains In trade over 1900, and collections more easily made, and the general opinion prevails mat business will continue to improve. M. S. WOODCOCK, Mayor. Corvallls, Or. GOOD TOWN FOR HOMESEEKERS. Dallas the Center pf a Rich Agricul tural C?QHHtr'. Eetlmated population December J. 1901. ..1603 Population Juno 1, 1000.,..,.., ....1271 Gain in 18 months ..... 229 Polk County i3 one of the banner home making counties in Western Oregon. 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' SsoBHHsWKKifflsKCHkHnHaHnBMH BKjlBsKiBslHHREKiiwll9?2dBBW9P ismliaSBS-V" l!Hflnni''4s0H Fi ft y.rrtBrmgai--r" . lssKP"BSBsWnBr3SaHlfSwi4:iLwwinBsBl.aS wSrWBSSKKsSKKXmBsmf''h W A.i fHtV.u ,- .,!it!iwwiM3.-.'JTSlBy " BK5aRaBBsHBlHm11BBsKgBB"ltffft4iff.. ,:--...;- 'SKIWbbI XBsBSEBsSBaB1WrlBs4iZ n,fx-HBBBslk''BlBBBBB .'BsBH ,.aBlBBHBHBSBBHB tSnL ' "TBaaliMi fr BBBMBjBJnTtiiJtJBMBMBBBBBfcBBsr 'iBBBSBBBBSBBBBMBB,BbSBnB BjaMMaBaFBSBdBSBBHBSMBMBBBBBBBBBBBlBBHBHBBlBBK VBBBBh bhbbbbbbbstsbbbBstsBbbbbbbSbbbbbbbIbbbbbbbbbbbV ' bbbbbBbstsbSRbsSsbVbSbbbbbbbbHHVw'IS SbstsMC bbH BsBBBSBBbWBBBBbIBHbsBBBBHBBHIBBBHbsH'' '''BBBBHKIBBBSiMBBsHBsBBBBBBBHP W. IJHK 'fJBsB9 bsbLLHPIHISHbbHEbHbbbbHF liiHltiiiiHK r"nw. J!B mM 4 H. C. BREEDEN CO., SECOND AND MORRISON STREETS. A view of a section of the art display in the H. C. Breeden Co.'s furniture store, this city, a display which is superior to that shown by any other establishment on the North Pacific Coast. This old and reliable furniture establishment has a most enviable reputation for-fair and honorable dealing, and its extensive and complete stock of furniture, carpets and draperies is not only a pride of the City of Portland, but a credit to the entire Northwest. . has more advantages for diversified farm ing than can be claimed for any other part of the Willamette Valley. Dallas, the county seat, with a population of about 1600, is near the center. In 1900 we built a stone Courthouse, ample In Its accommodations, and nothing surpasses It in the state. Many other substantial buildings followed last year, among which were an eight-room public school building, modern In all particulars, at" a cost of 510,000; a three-story dormitory in con nection -with the college, and material im provements on the college banding at a cost of about 54000, and a two-story gym nasium Is now under construction. There were built and occupied 21 dwellings at a cost of about 516,000. About 5S000 was ex pended on improvements to the saw mills and planing mills. Dallas Is situated in the midst of orchards and hop fields. There was disbursed through the bank last year for harvesting prunes and hops, over $50, 000. There are two railroads In contem plation, from. Dallas to Falls City and beyond into the finest body of timber in Oregon. One Is partly graded, and it is expected to be completed this Winter. Building Is now under way on all sides, although the season is well advanced. M. M. ELLIS, Mayor. Dallas. PROSPEROUS VALLEY CITY. Many Buildinits Pat Up 1 Eugene and All Are Occaplqd.' Estimated population December 1, 1901... 4300 Population June 1. 1900... ,,,,,,,..3233 Gain In 18 months 1264 The City of Eugene has always been conceded to be one of the best business towns in Oregon by visiting business men. At the present time the people are enjoy lngaperiod of activity and prosperity. The past year has been one of rapid and sub stantial development. Many new business blocks have been erected and occupied. Numeraus dwellings have been built, many of them being among the best in the city. There is not a vacant business house or dwelling In the city at the pres ent time, and there is a constant and In creasing demand for more houses. Work has been nlentv. and. many times, the amount of work to be done has exceeded the supply of laborers. The building out look for the season of 1902 Is most en oouroglng. A number of business build ings will be built, and the demand for dwellings Insures a large Increase In the residence portion of the town. The streets of the city, although in good condition, are being constantly Improved by extend ing grades and covering the. older grades with crushed gravel. The schools are in excellent condition. A new schoolhouse has peen built on tho East Side at a cost of $15,000. The Central Schoolhouse has been remodeled for the use of the High School and a new grade added. Several new industries wm do esiaousnea me coming year among them being a woolen mill and another sash and door factory. New people and new. capital are comlpg In almost every day." .Our population la about 4500. G. R. CHRISMAN, Mayor. Eugene. GRANT'S PASS FULL OF LIFE. Prospect for 5000 People Before the End or 1002. Estimated population December 1, 1001... "100 Population June 1, 1900 ,.,,.,., ,....22J0 Gain in 18 months 810 From the small trading post built up in a forest of pine, Grant's Pass has grown to be a tnnving city or over aooa people, the Immigration during this past year being greater than that of any time dur ing the past eight years. The present es timated population of the city Is 3100; the census of 1900 gave 2290. Grant's Pass Is a mining town, and It Is along these lines that the growth of the past year has been. Scores of new mines have been opened up, and the old and es tablished properties have Increased (heir equipment and crews. Around Grant's Pass are 20 mining districts, with 150 hy draulic mines and a half hundred quarts mines more than any other section of like area on the Pacific Coast. Grant's Pass Is a pretty city, situated on the north bank of the Rogue, and nestling in the center of a fertile vale that spreads out MMMMnMMtniMUtHMMtMMMMMftMMMt In a gentle slopo to the surrounding moun tains. The city Is well equipped with electric lights, waterworks with good water, good schools and numerous church es. All lines of professional and com mercial life are well represented. The business men are wide awake and alert to the best interests of the town. During the past year two large bank buildings have been built and two new nnd additional banks Instituted, five large business houses have also been erected, which, like the banks, are of brick. Thirty residences have been built during the year, many of which are among the handsomest structures to be found In this part of the state. A three-story Masonic Temple has been started and will be com pleted early In 1902. With the present Indications and growth. Grant's Pass bids fair to be a city of 5000 people by the close of next year. DENNIS H. STOVALL. Grant's Pass. STEADY, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH. Heppner Keeping Pace Witk the De velopment of Morrow Coaaty. Estimated population December 1, 1901.. .1400 Population June 1, 1900 .1146 Gain in 18 months 35 Heppner has been enjoying a gradual, steady and substantial growth for the past 25 years or more, and Js therefore not 'the result of a mushroom growth nor of a boom. The city has grown up With the county, and has reached her present stage of importance by degrees. She is Just now taking the Masonic de gree, that is,a crew of masons have been erecting some monster stone buildings on Main street, and the entire city has taken on new life and energy in a bujlding sense, Roberts & Keeney have erected a two-story stone building, 30x90 feet In sire, and the Odd Fejlows are erecting another stone building against this structure's north wall, 66x90 feet In size. The Ma sonlo order is talking seriously of -putting up a large stone building on the Thomp son corner, and T, W. Ayers Is thinking of erecting a similar building opposite this, on the east side of Main street. Frame structures are also shooting up all over town, and If the city has ever experienced a building boom, it is at the present time. These large new stope buildings, together with Senator J. W. Morrow's big three-story brick Palace Hotel, the Fair store's big brick building, Henry Heppner's briqk block, the brick bank building, and some mammoth frame structures, servo as anchors to hold down tho town- The actions ot our moneyed men prove that they have, the greatest confidence Jn the future of Heppner. The city Is inhabited by a wideawake, pros perous, progressive, liberal class of busi ness men and citizens, whose reputation for hospitality is recognized far and wide. FRANK GILLIAM, Mayor, Heppner, Or. NEVER WAS SO PROSPEROUS. La Grande Makes a Record for It self ia the Matter of Building. Estimated population December 1, Population June 1, 1900 1901 4000 2901 Gain In 18 months 1009 SInpe July 1, 1900, La Grande has made more substantial progreis than during any similar period In her history. Not only have a greater number of buildings been erected than during any similar period, but those built have been ot a better class. Of brick business buildings alone there have been constructed 320 feet frontage of one-story buildings, 150 feet frontage of two-story buildings, and 40 feet frontage of three-story buildings, besides the mam moth new six-story malthouee of the Roesch Brewing Company. While there are no reliable statistics of the number of dwellings built during that period, a conservative estimate would place the number at not less than 100, most of them of a superior character. And notwithstanding the new houses built there are as few vacant houses now as ever before n the history of the city. As demonstrated by the census of school children, the city's growth has been roost satisfactory for several years, but never so rapid as during the year from 1900 to 1901. This year's census shows that there are within the district, and but very few I of this number are outside th,e city limits, 1423 children. A conservative estimate of the present population of the city, based on the above; would be 4000. La. Grande la the commercial center of Grand Bonde Valley, and is bound to continue to grow in wealth and population as the surrounding country grows. WILLIAM MILLER & BKO., La Grande. GOOD YEAR AT McMINNVILLE. Large Amount Spent Xer Maniclpal ana Private Improvements. Estimated population December 1. 1901... 2000 Population June 1, 1900 . .1420 Gain in 18 months 3S0 Several substantial residences have been built this year, and one brick store build ing, the Hodson Block. McMinnville Col lege building has been reconstructed in side, and several valuable additions made. Five thousand feet of vitrified sewer pipe has been laid, draining the most densely populated portion of the city. Over 100 new telephones have been placed in busi ness houses and many of the principal residences. The city owns the water and 'electric-light plant, and has extended the service of both to meet the growing needs. Rents advanced materially last year. Both houses and rooms are in demand. Offices, residences, stores and lodging-rooms aro about all filled. People look for greater Improvements next year. We are reached by boat ana rail. "AH agricultural industries are thriv ing. The census of last year gave a popula tion of but 1420 within tho corporate limits of the city. Over 900 voters get mall at this postoffice, representing a population corporatae and rural of 4500. Two thou sand of these can be counted in the city proper. Wrhen the census was taken many families were absent on account of the closed schools. Summer outings and the rural industries. The people are prosperous, happy and energetic, banks full and business good, and tho outlook for the new year was never brighter. JACOB WORTMAN, Mayor. McMInnVllle. KARSHFIELD FORGING AHEAD. Year Cloaca With Business Good and Prospects Bright. Estimated population December 1, 1901... 1500 Population June 1, 1900 .1301 Gain In 18 months , 109 Tho past year has been a most pros perous one for Marsbfield. Twenty-three dwellings have been built. The Coos Bay & Eastern Railroad has built a new round house. The Pacific Shipbuilding Company has built three new vessels, and has laid the keel for another. The Bay City ship yard has laid the keel for a large four masted barkentlne at East Marshfleld. An Iron foundry has been built, and is now In operation; also a clam cannery. The Crescent & Beaver Hill Coal Com pany expects to be shipping coal In the early part of 1902. There have been great strides made In street Improvements. Our school Is In a flourishing condition under the management of F. A. Golden, there being about 330 pupils enrolled. All business houses are occupied and every branch of business Is doing well. The population of the town is about 1500. Everything Is looking prosperous, and equally good times are anticipated for 1902. E. A. ANDERSON, Mayor. IN ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. Medford Enjoying Its Full Share of the General Prosperity. Estimated population December 1, 1901... 2160 Population June 1, 1900 1701 Gain In 18 months ,,,., 350 Medford Is the busines9;center of the Rogue River Valley. A conservative es tlroato of Its present population is 2150, an increase of 20 per cent slpce the cen sus of 1900. Its trade is very large, as a Wide scope of territory east of the Cas cades Is tributary to it. Business has been good during the past year, Seven new business houses, five of them brick, and many residences have been built during the past year. Another flouring mill has been erected. The deposits in tpe city bqnks have grown largely. The - MM'MMMMMH M . -- postoffice receipts Increased over 12 per cent during the past year, a larger gain than was reported by any other town in Southern jOregn. Immigration has Increased, ana large sales of real estate have taken place. Its manufactories have extended their business. Fruit and live stock shipments have multiplied. Money is plentiful. The light and water plants owned by the city have itesn improved and put upon a paying basis. A new academy, with a lirge and growing at tendance, under thja supervision of that well-known educator. Professor Van Scoy. has been established. The enumeration of school children has increased. The new year promises a continuance of present prosperity. And the future of Medford as the metropolis of Southern Oregon is assured. WILLIAM S. CROWELL. Medford, Or. Mayor. OREGON CITY. Popnlation, Including That of the Suburbs, Exceed 7000. Estimated population December 1. 1901... 4000 I'opuiauon June l, jwu .hh Gain in IS months COO Tho pioneer city of Oregon lies 15 miles south of Portland, at the mammoth falls of the Willamette River, and is one of the most substantial cities of its size and population in the state. With Its Immense water-power, Oregon City operates two large paper mills, a flour mill with 150 barrels dally capacity, the largest woolen factory on the Pa cific Coast, and the most extensive elec tric plant west of Niagara Falls. The capital invested In these enterprises ag gregates several millions of dollars, and the labor employed exceeds 1000 hands. The main thoroughfares of the city are wll improved with vitrified brick and macadam of the greatest durability. During the past year several substantial business blocks have been erected to meet tho demands of Increasing trade. Within its limits and suburbs are seven public schools, nine church edifices, two l" night schools, and a prosperous Young Mens Christian Association. The resi dent population within the city aggre gates 4000, and with Its suburbs of West Oregon City, Willamette, Bolton, Park Place, Gladstone and Canemah, the pop ulation exceeds 7000. Oregon City Is also the center of trade for a vast territory covering nn area of 75 "miles cast and west, by 25 north and south. Included within this territory are Immense for ests of timber, interspersed with rich valleys of farming communities, and in the extreme easterly portion there are rich prospects for gold and silver, coal and oil, all awaiting development, which places Oregon City In Its present state of progress and development, yet In its in fancy, and gives It the most sanguine and hopeful prospects for a thriving city In the future. G. B. DIMICK, Oregon City. Or. Mayor. PROGRESS ON PERMANENT LINES. The Dalles Still the Largest Wool Shipping Point In Oregon. As compared with 12 months back, The Dalles shows positive progress on perma nent lines, evidencing a healthy growth and development of Its natural resources. In spite of tho construction of the Co lumbia Southern Railway through Sher man County, which Intercepts a portion of the wool and stock shipments former ly marketed or shipped at The Dalles, the aggregate tonnage of farm products and the shipments of livestock have ma terially Increased the past 12 months, and. Tho Dalles still enjoys the distinction of beintr the nolnt in Oregon where the greatest quantity of wool accumulates for exchange between the grower and buyer. The past year, more than any previous one, marked the growth ot the city proper, as Is shown by the numerous new dwellings erected and the centering into its limits of families from neigh boring sections, drawn here either for business purposes or for school advan tages, with consequent Increase In popu lation. Foremost In the commercial develop ment are the Improved milling facilities, namely, tho building of a now roller mill by the Wasco Milling Company, with a capacity of 500 barrels per uay, ana xne J Increase of 50 per centInthecapacltyof the Diamond Mills by the addition of new 'and modern machinery. In connec tion with the former is the projection of an electric power plant from White River, 30 miles south of this city, for manufacturing' and lighting purposes. Of wool in 1901 The Dalles marketed far more than its usual quota, aggregat ing 10,000,000 pounds, 7,500,000 pounds shipped in the grease and 2.500,000 pounds scoured by the local mills. The scouring mill reports an advance of 30 per cent in the business ot the mill over that of last year, and the fact that the scoured product was awarded a special gold medal at the Buffalo Exposition for the cleanest, whitest and finest scoured wool displayed there. -It Is reasonable, there fore, to expect a further Increase In this commodity. One million bushels ot grain have been marketed here this Fall, one-third ot which will be retained for use in the local mills. This Is three times the amount heretofore retained for home manufacture. The result of the season's fruit busi ness has been a surprise to growers, whe estimated the crop a3 below normal, while the record now shows 10 carloads more having beep shipped from here. The bulk of this output was prunes. Within a few months a new line ol steamers has been placed on the rlvei between here and Portland, greatly aug menting the transportation facilities ol the town. The city has recently inaugurated a new sewer system, which Is now being extended throughout its streets, insur ing mpst favorable sanitary conditions thereby. G. J. FARLEY. The Dalles, Or. Mayor. WTILL HAVE 10,000 IN 1005. Pendleton the Chief City in a Rich Section of Eastern Oregon. Estimated population December 1, 1901... 5403 Population June 1, 1000 4404 Gain In IS months 094 During the year 1901, Pendleton built 225 dwellings, the average cost being J1500, the total $337,500; and business build ings vjf which the total costjs $60,000. During 1D01, Pendleton raised 15,000 In pri vate subscriptions for local objects, among the Institutions assisted being Pendleton Academy, $5000 being now pledged, and $15,000 practically assured for a new building; $3000 towards a $10,0011 hospital. During 1901, Pendleton reduced the local tax rate 3 per cent, and, inde pendent of this, by reducing city expenses and increasing 'revenues, saved $13,000 pet year to the people of tho town. During 1901, Pendleton, through the Water Commission, secured under ground conduits, which obviate ne cessity of using river water. During 1901, Pendleton inaugurated general street- sprinkling, In residence as well as in busi ness districts, expending $3000 therefor. With a total of $397,500 invested in new residences and business buildings, Pen dleton today has not a vacant building, while every day come to agents requests for homes for families and places foi prospective businesses. During 1901, Pen dleton extended trade relations with tha btock and mining regions to the south, until wagons are now loaded here by ranchers and miners who come from points 150 miles away in Grant and Har ney Counties. During 1901, estimating only four persons on the average for each dwelling built, all being filled at this time, Pendleton Increased In population not lejs3 than 500, or 20 per cent of the population shown by the 1900 census, and giving her today EriOO people, even with an admit tedly smaller enumeration than should have been made by the census-takers. It is the opinion of conservative men here that the actual population today Is not less than 6000. In the banks here, two In number, Is a total of more than a million dollars deposited on the average through out the year. The local surplus Is now sufficient almost to obvlatq eptlrely the necessity of asking for loans from outside sources. Pondleton being the only town of more than 100O population In "Uma tilla County, in which are 25,000 people, and which produces annually for actual sale for gold, to outside buyera, $140 per capita, It is the financial center of this region, and does banking business for the stock and mining region for a territory extending 150 miles to the south. Today, at the beginning of the second year of the century, Pendleton Is in better con dition, viewed from any desirable stand point, than ever before In Its history. At her present rate of growth, Pendleton will have 10,263 population when the Lewis and Clark Centennial throws open its doors half way through the year 1905. Pendleton, Or. F. W. VINCENT. KOSEBURG COMING TO THE FRONT. Favorable Outlook for the Year Just Beginning. Estimated population December 1, 1901 ...1850 Population June 1, 1900 1Q90 Gain In 18 months , 160 The material progress xt the City ot Roseburg for the past year has much ex ceeded that -of any similar period lor a number of ears past. The new buildings include a fine three-story brick hotel, three two-story and four one-story brick business buildings, including 12 business rooms on the ground floor, and more than 50 dwellings, besides a large Uvery and feed barn and other establishments. A new and modern barracks building and a commodious addition to the hospital, now near completion at the Oregon Soldiers' Home, located here, will almost double the capacity of that Institution. A fine now water system, costing $75,000, bring ing the pure North Umpqua -water from Winchester, flvo miles distant, has just been completed and -put In operation. Their lighting system Is also operated from the line water power there. The old water company has also put in new and larger pumps, and an extensive filter, as suring an abundance of pure, clear water. While Roseburg is credited with but 1690 population In the Federal census of 1900, It should be known that this was within the incorporated limits. The boundaries fixed in 1872 were very small, and have never been extended. There fore nearly half tho population of the city reside outside those limits. The enu meration should have approximated 3000 persons, and the increase during- the past year 10 per cent. There is a. continued, de mand for more residences and business rooms. For the New Tear the outlook is fa vorable to a larger growth than the past. E. V. HOOVER, Roseburg, Or. Mayor. SALEM ALWAYS. HAS GROWN. End of the First Half Century of the Capital's Existence as a City. Estimated population December 1, 1901. ..5000 Population June 1, 1000 , 4253 Gain in 18 months 742 Salem, with her urban population of 5000, and her suburban contingent of S000, has ample ground for congratulation upon striking a trial balance with the year 1901. In her half century of mu nicipal existence Salem has grown slowiy, but has always grown; no retrograde movements mark her history, and Illusory booms aro not among her experiences. The current year finds her at her health iest commercial phase; she Is witnessing the completion of over $200,000 worth of public and private building; but one busi ness failure points her record for the year to date; her public schools, her colleges, academies, and lesser educational Institu tions are filled with students and all are flourishing; her mill3 and factories are running full-handed and uninterruptedly; her merchants are enjoying the reflex prosperity of an abundant and far-reaching harvest in fruits, grains and grasses; the city is well within her civic income for the year, and she is still the banner city of the state In the matter of good order, health and cleanliness; nor Is there anything within the scope of human cal culation to abridge the above-named sat isfactory conditions, and finally, discern ing homeseekers are pouring in here daily, and, what is- better, they are remaining and investing. C. P; BISHOP, Mayor. Salem, Or. tl T .4 MtMrMMMMtMMMMMMMMMMM