Morning Oregonian., January 01, 1903, FIRST SECTION, Page 9, Image 9

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THE MOKjNTNQ OKEGOITLAH", " THURSDAY, aTAlNTTAKr 1, lauy.
LUSQOUS FRUITS GROW BOUNTIFULLY IN OREGON AND CONSTITUTE ONE OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES
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A TYPICAL APPLE TREE IN AN ORB
GOJf ORCHARD.
Photo by George M. Welster.
A TYPICAI P3AR TREE IN OREGoVf ORCHARD. Photo by George M. mister.
fold benefit will come from entering the '
city over this route. The grades and
curvatures are easier than on the present
route, and the railroad, not being in
streets or the public highways, "will not
he subject to the annoyance of looking
out for numerous teams and pedestrians.
The company controls all the water
front between the east end. of the Madi-Bon.-street
bridge and Sellwood, a distance
of more than four miles. Extensive
wharves are to be built along the lower
part of that stretch of river front, and
It Is -understood that important manufac
turing plants are to be accommodated on
the abutting property. The improvement
of that water front alone is of material
benefit to the city, and its use In active
commerce along the lines contemplated
will contribute considerably to the pros
perity of the town.
This company owns and operates 16
miles of trolley line extending from Port
land southward through Oregon City to
Canemah, and eight miles reaching out
from the center of the city to Mount
Scott by way of Mount Tabor. To these
24 miles have just been added the six
miles of track to Gresham, on the Clack
amas County extension. That line is to
reach the site selected by the company
for the construction of a large electric
power plant. It will take 18 months to
two years to complete that plant after
transportation to it is provided. It will
have a capacity of 10,000 horsepower. Un
til it" shall be completed the company will
derive power -from two temporary power
stations, one in this city and one at Bor
ings, a hamlet half way out to the Clack
amas terminus. That line will penetrate
a section that will afford immediate ton
nage in timber, and that is also capable
of large agricultural development. It is
now known best as a farming country.
The difficulty of getting out the timber
and of reaching market with farm prod
uce has prevented anything like a close
working of the natural resources, how
ever. The new transportation line will
open -the country and supply the incent
ive to development -which it now lacks.
The Oregon "Water Power & Railway
Company was incorporated last Summer
with an authorized capital of $7,000,000,
but it is really the successor of two com
panies previously existing. One of these
was the Portland City & Oregon Railway
trolley lines, and the Oregon General
Electric Company, which had acquired
certain property and rights looking to the
erection of the power station on the Up
per Clackamas River. Both these cor
porations were chiefly owned by Morris
& Whitehead, as is the new one. The
Portland City & Oregon Railway Com
pany about two years ago succeeded the i
East Side Railway Company, which built i
the Oregon City and Mount Tabor 'trolley !
lines 10 years ago, and soon thereafter !
went into the hands of a receiver, from
which it never emerged. On sale of the j
property under foreclosure; December 8j f
1SO0, Fred & Morris took it for $520,000,
that sum being the face value of the In
debtedness standing against It. Mr. Mor
ris banking firm has since controlled it
and has large plans for extension of the
lines and development of the country
served by .them. . These plans contemplate
the expenditure of more than $3,000,000. i
In the past two years the equipment has
been more than doubled in efficiency and
the condition of the road -has been vastly
Improved. Ample facilities for carrying
on the building of ne lines and the per
fection of old ones have been provided.
Indeed, so thorough are the preparations
and so large is the scale of operations
tbatvmany suspect them to be part of a
plan to bring a new steam railroad. Into
Portland. The company disavows any in
tention of that kind, however.
with the wait that formerly made that
route slow.
Chicago-Missouri River lines have done
a very satisfactory business In this terri
tory. The Chicago & Northwestern, Chi
cago, Mllwaukco & St Paul, Illinois Cen
tral and Rock Island have maintained a
vigorous competition for trade, but there
has been no disposition to cut rates. The
Wisconsin Central iias been a factor of
considerable Importance In the carrying
trade between Chicago and St Paul, and
has got fully Its share of the traffic of the
Pacific Northwest
The Rio Grande system has led the
intermountaln railroads, except the trans
continentals. A change of agents took
place in this office, W. C. McBride suc
ceeding J. H. Mansfield, who was trans
ferred to San Francisco. Three other
agency changes were made here in the
year. C. J. Eddy, who had been In tho
service of the St Paul for many years,
resigned on account of his advancing
years, and was succeeded by ex-Mayor
H. S. Rowe. W. H. Mead, of tho Chi
cago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha,
died, and his successor is H. L. Slsler.
A E. Cooper, the Rock Island's passen
ger man, was promoted to a better po
sition in the East and L. B. Gorham was
given Jurisdiction over passenger as well
as freight matters.
New York Central and Pennsylvania
are the large Eastern railroads maintain
ing agencies In Portland. Both of these
lines have Increased their business In
this field, and expect a notable growth
the coming year.
COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RY.
DEKUM TREATMENT ROOMS
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A Very "Worthy Institution That la
GrovrinK in Popularity "With.
Afflicted Persons.
Among Portland's growing 'institutions
may be mentioned a most worthy enter
prise, located in the Dekum building.
Starting two years ago in a small way,
this Institution as grown until it now
occupies nine large rooms on the seventh
floor, and already more room Is needed.
The Institution is provided with every
thing "that money can buy that will bene
fit patients In the treatment of their un
healthful conditions. The large offices
and consultation rooms are provided with
appliances for making all chemical and
microscopical tests, and any condition
that is obscure to the ordinary physical
examination is subjected to tiio X or
cathode ray for examination and treat
ment If necessary. In the treatment de
partment the electric light bath is prom
inent and the medicated vapor, needle
bath, massage, and the pongee pack, etc,
are located In one department; the electric
shampoo and salt glow, oil and powder
rubbing In another room: radiant heat bv
the use of colored lights In another. The I value $800 000.
senusoldal bath and electric quilt sweat! While the chief Industry of the country
treatment is a department by themselves.- served by the Columbia Southern through
In another room are located the electric i Shanlko is stockraislmr. the volume of
OPENS UP A RICH COUNTRY GRAIN,
FRUIT, LUMBER, MINES, WOOL.
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Mannincturinj? and Other Possibili
ties Shnnlko Has Largest "Wool
"Warehouse In the U. S.
Among the pioneer farmers of Sherman
County arc yet to bo found men of middle
age. Perhaps no agricultural region In
tho United States has passedso rapidly
through the various stages of develop
ment as has that portion of the State of
Oregon lying between the John Day and
Deschutes Rivers, extending southward
from the Columbia River about 55 miles.
She years ago the agricultural district
of Sherman County extended not over 15
miles south from the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company's line, at that time
iuo oiuy avenue of transportation open
to this wonderfully productive little coun-
ty. The construction of the Columbia
Southern Railway from Biggs to Wasco
in 1S97 pushed the boundary lines of the 1
agricultural region southward. As the
Columbia Southern pushed its way, step
by step, through the center of the county
from the north line to the south line and
beyond, furnishing adequate transporta
tion facilities, and easily accessible from
all parts of the county, the grain products
of tho district served by the Columbia
Southern have Increased over 900 per cent
In the short period of six years. This dis
trict Is second to no other section of
equal area in the Northwest in the qual
ity, quantity and profits derived from its
agricultural products.
Tonnage records of the transportation
lines connecting this, section with Port
land, show the average annual grain
product finding a market In Portland for
the past three years to be 60,000 tons, rep
resenting in value $1,400,000. The value of
all products of the county Is based on
Portland market as the entire product
finds a market in that city.
Passing through Sherman County Into
the southeastern portion of Wasco Coun
ty, which is occupied almost exclusively
by livestock Interests, the Columbia
Southern established Its southern terminus
at the town of Shanlko. In two short
years Shanlko has established an enviable
reputation as a wool market It Is the dis
tributing center for all that section of
Oregon bounded on tho west by the Des
chutes River and on the east by the John
Day River and a north and south line
through Canyon City and Burns, extend
ing south to the California line. At Shan
lko Is established not only the largest wool
warehouse In the state, but In tho United
States, and there Is gathered the cream
of Eastern Oregon wools. During the sea
oon of 1902, there was sold at Shanlko
S.EOO.OOO pounds of wool aggregating in
and well adapted to the growth of corn,
but the evenings, nights and mornings
are too cool. The yield of cereals, vege
tables, grasses, etc, equals the yield of
no most-ravorcd localities in the United
States, the quality of crops or fruits Is
first class, and when grown,' this yield is
harvested without loss from rains or
storms. A complete and careful analysis
of the mil taken from 20 different locali
ties In that territory shows. In each case,
a higher percentage of productive quali
ties than th6 soil of Sherman County.
The timber Is mostly of sugar and yellow
pine of superior quality, and timber lands
will yield from 5000 to 50.000 feet of good
merchantable lumber to the acre. On com
pletion of the proposed extension of the
Columbia Southern Railway to Bend, Or.,
or to a point 10 or 12 miles south of that
point, it will bring Into market the manu
factured product of 700,000 acres of timber
land that will average 16,000 feet of lum
ber to the acre aggregating a total timber
wealth of 11,200,000,000 feet
The manufacturing possibilities of the
territory are great Within the banks of
the Deschutes River Is contained unlim
ited power; free to all who care to utilize
It With the undeveloped resources of
the country, the unlimited and cheap pow
er, there is absolutely no limit to Its man
ufacturing possibilities.
About 12 miles southeast ' from Cross
keys, on Trout Creek,. Is situated the
Trout Creek mining district. In which are
located groups of mines known as the
Oregon King, Morning Star, Red Jacket
Disappointment Dexter, Trout Creek and
a number of other groups and claims
showing excellent prospects. In this min
eral formation have been found gold, sll
ver.copper, lead and antimony. Tho Oregon
King mine has been prospected to a depth
of 500 feet with drifts at each 100-foot
level, and everywhere showing an abund
ance of high-grade ores: and Is unques
tionably the greatest discovery in tho
Northwest In many other localities are to
be found good Indications of rich minerals.
All Jtlslit for Flax.
Within the past year, Eugene Bossc, for
merly of Eelgium, has demonstrated the
truth of tho assertion often made that
Oregon is perfectly adapted to the grow
ing and manufacture of flax. B0S30 has
established a factory at Salem, and In a
few years this Industry will be ono of our
greatest wealth-producers. The great ad
vantage Oregon has In this Industry 13
that the water gives complete satisfaction
for retting the flax.
Lumber for the Orient.
Nearly 29,000.000 feet of lumber "was
ehipped from Portland to China, Japan and
the Philippines during the year 1S02. The
best lumber-carrying ships on the Pacific
come to Portland to load. '
AGENCIES ALSO FLOURISHED.
Eastern Reads Had Large Velarae ef
Portland Traffic.
EASTERN railroad agencies in this city
have experienced the same degree of
prosperity that has marked the railroads
having tracks into Portland. The Bur
lington has operated a through service to
Portland In connection with the Northern
Pacific, and General Agent Sheldon re
ports his business in the Pacific North
west tOvbe the biggest ever known. The
Burlington's Northwest headquarters is
in Portland.
The Great Northern handles its Port
land business over the O. R. & N. from
Spokane, and it has shown a gratifying
increase in the year. A recent adjust
ment of train schedules gives close con
nection at Spokane, doing awv nU:cly
vibrator, the Bctts hot-air apparatus and
manual SwediBh movement appliances.
This work is all carried on by well-trained
nurses, who are graduates from the best
schools in the country. After a patient
has been examined and a diagnosis ar
rived at, a prescription is made from the
many treatments the institution has at
hand; so that a patient may get a different
treatment every day for some time, as the
case may require. Circulars may be ob
tained by addressing the Dekum Treat
ment Rooms, or W. F. Hubbard, M. D
700 Dekum, Portland. Or.
PAUL STRAIN.
He Has Made a Record in the Cloth
las Basiacss That Has As
tonished Portland.
Mr. Strain is a young business man who
has made a marvelous record In Pnrf.
land. A couple of years ago he arrived in , 5"T? ?2m l?t "tAiSSi?10 prlV.
commerce necessary to supply this terri
tory last year reached 27.000,000 pounds,
exclusive of wool and stock tonnage
While the Columbia Southern serves, as
It does, almost an empire In area south
of Its present terminus, It Is serving a
population little greater than that of
Sherman County. Within the boundaries
of the above-described territory which is
contiguous to the proposed extension of
the Columbia Southern Railway from
Shanlko to Bend. Or., is to be found about
nine times the number of acres of agri
cultural land in Sherman County, land
that will produce, -without irrigation, In
excess of 20 bushels of wheat to the acre,
and 12 times the same number of acres of
arid land comprising the lands Intended
to be irrigated by the Government and by
private enterprise. This still leaves thou
sands of acres of land that are extremely
valuablo for grazing purposes.
"It Is a well-favored country that meets
the demands and excites the admiration of
IT;"" ' , ege of the writer of this article to meet
this city as an employe of awell-known durfntr the nast vear. hundreds of ho-ol
seekers and others who- came to Oregon
clothing company. Possessed of means
previously accumulated, Mr. Strain found
time to speculate around considerably;
and, almost before vhe knew It, he had a
handsome Income rolling in upon him.
With this augmented capital he engaged
in the clothing and gentlemen's furnish
ing goods business for himself a few
months ago, and from the very first crack
of his whip -has been doing a trade that
has astounded the clothing -world of this
municipality. Almost at the beginning he
purchased a V),wo stock of unclaimed
to investigate the resources and possible
development of Crook County, and it is a
peculiar fact that each Individual found
something to his liking in the varied re
sources of the county. With Its vast
bodies of valuable timber, large areas of
fertile Government lands and prospectively
rich mineral deposits,- Crook County ap
peals strongly to settlers of this time, antL,
but for the missing link of steel that Is
essential to its connection with the out
side world and tho clouds of agitation and
tailor-made goods for a trifle over $8000; . litlsation that hanir about and rotnr th
hence has been enabled to sell clothing development of her natural resources the
at next to give-away prices. In conse
quence of this, his big store at Third and
Burnslde streets, and branch at 2S5 Wash
ington street have been the busy marts
of tho city since the day their doors were
opened to the public
Mr. Strain Is a bright, brisk, genial fel
low, and is sure to prosper anywhere. His
Hub clothing store, at Second and Burn-'
slde,;is the busiest place in Portland, ex
cept perhaps, his Washington-street
branch
county's present population woma nave
been augmented by at least 10,000 during
the -past year. Fortunately, however, "the
horizon Is rapidly clearing. Many a kink
was straightened out at tho irrigation
convention at Portland, November 1S-19
last and the prospects for irrigation are
all the better and stronger for the perfect
understanding arrived at
Every grain or -vegetable produced in
Iowa or Illinois, except Indian corn, may
be produced here. The soil is rich enough
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THE
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
COMPANY .
Threads its way through the justly celebrated Willamette,
Umpqua and Rogue Valleys, which, if not as is supposed
by some very learned men, to be the site of the Garden of
Eden, is without question the Garden Spot of the World.
There is no region on the face of the earth today with
so many advantages and so few drawbacks.
The climate is the finest in the world, being moderate
both in Winter and Summer, and in consequence, free
from the extreme heat and cold which militate against less
favored sections. Neither is there a country where the soil
is so uniformly productive. Here can be grown almost
any grain, and "Valley Wheat" has no superior, if it has
an equal, which is doubtful. All kinds of grasses grow in
profusion, and even the "White Streak" which is regarded
as bad land will produce several tons to the acre, demon
strating most forcibly that even our bad lands are good.
Considerable Tattention-is being paid to flax culture,
as at the recent Buffalo Exposition Oregon flax was
given first prize, and was pronounced superior to the cel
ebrated insn nax.
Fruit raising while in its infancy, is a most healthy child,as our apples find ready market both in Europe and Asia, and bring better
prices than apples from any other section of the country, and the fine Italian prune has no superior anywhere.
It may not be generally known that we produce a greater quantity and a finer grade of hops than any other state m the Union, Europe
being our best customer, notwithstanding that they produce many thousand bales. t
A few years ago we had comparatively no creameries or cheese factories in the state, but now they are springing up everywhere, and
in a very short time this wilhbe one of our greatest industries, as dairying promises surer and steadier profits than any other industry.
Owing to our mild winters, feeding is unnecessary, as cattle graze during the entire year, and as there is an absence of cold weather, less
expensive buildings are required than in the colder regions.
Butter commands a better price than in the East, the average price for the past year being a little over 24c per .pound. The Valley but
ter finds a ready market in Alaska and the Orient, and the supply is not equal to the demand.
Jt is conceded by experts that this particular region is better adapted for dairying and the product superior to any other, not even ex
cepting the celebrated dairying localities of Switzerland.
There is one industry that is plodding along with very little noise, and is destined before long to become one of the greatest on the
Pacific Coast, and thaHs mining. Many-are-led to believe thatvgold can only be found in quantities in California, British Columbia,
Alaska and Eastern Oregon, while right at our doors, skirting the valleys above mentioned, can be found all the precious metals in paying
quantities, and at a less expense of production than elsewhere.
A conservative estimate places the output of gold from the regions mentioned since gold was discovered in Oregon, at $50,000,000.00
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