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THE MORNING OREGON! AN, MONDAY, JANUARY 1905, FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND, OREGON OLDEST NATIONAL BANK ON THE PACIFIC COAST CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,500,000 DEPOSITS, S , i . . $9,000,000 A. L. MILLS, President J. W. NEWKIRK, Cashier , W. C. ALVORD, Asst. Cashier B. F. STEVENS, 2d Asst. Cashier THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY DIVERSE RESOURCES ARE OREGONS CHIEF STRENGTH, AND PEOPLE HER CHIEF NEED. STUDY of the accompanying table o the productions of Oregon In 1904 will convey some Idea of the variety of the state's resources. "With a population estimated at 525.000, the state in 1904 pro; duced material wealth to the amount of $55,969,587. Many of the commodities enu merated are simply raw materials, which are sold elsewhere to be manufactured, but the state is at the same time making good strides In the manufacture of her own raw materials, for the value of her manufactures Is close upon 40 per cent of the total. But the strength of the state consists in the diversity of its resources. No other state which has lumber for its leading Industry can boast that it also leads In hopgrowing, that it can grow more wheat to the acre than any other, that its sup ply of butter is almost as large and is quite as good in Winter as in Summer, that its waters yield more salmon than those of any other 'state. It could not boast of growing longer and better wool and mohair and producing better fruit, and more of it to the acre, than its neigh bors. Even had it all these merits, such a state could not also show some of the greatest gold, silver and copper mines on earth. Oregon has all these resources, and therein lies her strength. As the finan cial security of a farmer rests in diver sity of crops, so that the failure of any one does not mean total loss, the busi ness stability of a community rests on the variety of its resources. With so many sources of wealth, Oregon can never be left high and dry by low prices of, wheat, hops, livestock, lumber, fish, -airy products, wool or any single commodity PRODUCTIONS OF OREGON IN 1904. General manufact'd goods..$34,79,765 Lumber 12,630.000 Dairy products 7.052.S10 Grain 10.342,276 Products of mines 5.000,000 Hops 4.000.000 Livestock sold 3.900,000 Wool 2.850.000 Fruit . 2,240.000 Canned salmon 2.503.9S0 Cold storage salmon 1,000,000 Mohair 150,750 Total .SSS.969.5S1 or class of commodities. The foundations of her prosperity are laid broad and deep, so that the failure of one supporting pil lar would not cause the collapse of the whole structure. What Oregon needs more than anything else is people, with strong brains and strong muscles, and the energy to use both. She has abundant work for all such, and will abundantly reward them. She is not crying for outside capital to come in, develop her resources and carry away the profits. Men with money are welcome, and will find plenty to occupy them, but the men are needed as much as, if not more than, the money, and should come to manage their investments themselves. WEALTH OP OREGON. Deposits in Banks Increase over Eight Million Dollars in 1904. N addition of J8.13S.22S.94 was made to accumulated wealth of the peo ple of Oregon in the year 1904, an Increase of 14.59 per cent on the preceding year. The total deposits in all the banks of Oregon in November were 363,753,753.46, an average of $121.43 for every man. woman and child in the state, estimating the population at 525,000. This means a tremendously rapid in crease in the aggregate wealth of the state. If it should continue at this rate the deposits in Oregon banks will have doubled in six years with a large margin OREGON A STATE OF MANY SCHOOLS. Number persons between 4 and 20 years of age 14S.720 Number enrolled in public schools 103.S77 Average dally attendance, 72.464 Number of teachers em ployed in public schools... 4,046 Number of schoolhouscs in Oregon 2,190 Percentage of illiterates in Oregon in 1900 3.3 Hank of Oregon in small- ness of ratio of illiteracy.. Sixth Amount State School fund.$4,551.2S3 Annual revenue therefrom.. 241.234 Annual expenditures for common schools 2,464,119 While the number of persons be tween 4 and 20 years-pf age is taken as a basis for apportionment of school funds, the actual years of attendance at school are from 6 to 16 years, and many children leave school at"14 years of age. This fact will account for the 'difference of nearly 45.000 between the school census and the school enrollment and explains the apparent discrep ancy between those figures and the percentage of Illiteracy. Only five other states have a smaller propor tion of illiterates than Oregon. to spare; in fact, they will have almost doubled in five years. A combination of causes has worked to Increase the wealth of Oregon. There has been a good wheat crop, which sold at unusually high prices. The crop of hops has been almost up to the average, and the average price obtained was fully three times the .cost of production. A large pack of salmon was made both by can ners and cold storage men, and they have market for the raw materials which would otherwise furnish' employment to manu facturers and workmen of other communi ties. With a supply of capital at home ade quate for the needs of her own Indus tries and development, with farm mort gages reduced to the condition of a curi osity. Oregon can look with indifference at the ups and downs of stock in Wall street, for her wealth is of that substan- SANK DEPOSITS OF OREGON. 1904. 1903. Increase. . BANKS. 1 3 o Amount. ? Amount. ? Amount. 5 Z lj a National I 39$26,739,718.1034$24,651,200.52 5$2,088,517.5 8.47 State and Foreign j 741 37,014,035.36)1601 30,964,3H.O014 6,049,721.36 19.53 Totals 1113$63,753,7S3.461941$55,615,514.52191S3,133,238.94 14.59 realized a good profit. There has been a great Increase in the fruit crop, as more orchards come into bearing and prices have been good, with the sole exception of prunes. An active home demand for lumber has done much to offset the falling off in foreign and Eastern markets. The mines of Eastern and Southern Oregon continue to pour into circulation more gold dug from their depths. Manufac turing industries are springing up in all sections of the state and creating a home tlal kind which does not evaporate under the Influence of a bear raid. She no longer needs to borrow, so her fortunes are but slightly affected by the fluctuations of tho New Tork markets; indeed, she at times has money to spare which can be used in helping Wall street out of Its troubles. The strong financial position of Port land, as the metropolis of the three states of the Oregon country is thus stated by A. L. Mills, president of the First Na tional Bank of Portland, in an article which appeared la the New Tear's edi tion of the New Tork Times yesterday: "Portland distributes its wares and mer chandise throughout three states, and its banks finance the great crops of the Northwest without assistance from .the EasL Oregon's motto Is, "Alls volat pro priis,' and our financial institutions take pride In their ability to care for the In dustries of the. state unaided. Money is forthcoming for every legitimate enter prise, and yet there Is an abundance of idle capital In the banks awaiting safe Investment. "From the viewpoint of Portland, all the indications for future prosperity are of the best; our farmers are reaping great rewards for their labor: our manufactur ers are prospering; our merchants aro increasing their sales annually and using their credit but sparingly; our banks are full of money and the average reserve Is far above the legal requirements. There seems no cloud on the horizon to threaten a financial storm in this section of the country. Tet the conservative banker can not forget that it Is the unexpected that always happens; that R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Review of Trade In December 3L 1532 said 'the most prosperous year ever known in business closes today with strongly favorable indications for the fu ture,' and the panic of 1S33 was but six months away! "From whatever source trouble comes, whether from labor agitation or from a general failure of crops with low prices, or from foelgn complications or fromtar iffs and trusts, or from the 'frenzied finan ciers' of the East, Portland is vastly bet ter able to withstand a financial crisis than ever before In its history." 3In the accompanying table the state ment of every National bank in Oregon for Novemben 10 is given in comparison with that of November 17, 1903. The ta ble of deposits shows returns from every bank In Oregon National, state and for eignbut only the aggregate for the state and foreign banks is published, as ne amounts were obtained from the indi vidual banks in confidence, simply for the purpose of making up the total. HAS ROOM FOR MANY PEOPLE GREAT AREAS OF PUBLIC LAND IN OREGON AVAILABLE TO MAKE HOMES FOR SETTLERS. KARLT one-third of the land surface of Oregon Is still open to settlement lmdr th vnr4nnt Innil In tuq nf thft United States, and a large proportion of the remainder is reserved for the Indians or for forestry.so that probably not more than, one-half has passed into private hands. Of the land still open to settlement 13. 5S2,93 acres, or more than two-thirds, is In tho great grazing Counties of Malheur, Harney, Lake and Crook, and much of the remainder Js In the mountainous dis tricts, where minerals abound, timb.r Is heavy and, east of the Cascades, grazing is good in Summer. There still remain large areas In the in terior valleys and foothills, where wheat can be grown in abundance, and where wheat will grow, other grains and hay will thrive equally well. Irrigation is fast revolutionizing conditions In the great range counties, by taking large areas out of the public range and put ting them under cultivation. When this change Is accomplished, there will be a good living for a family on each 40-acre tract. On that basis the 100,000-acre tract In Malheur to be irrigated by the Gov ernment will support 2500 families, and the 250,000 acres in Crook County being Irrigated under the Carey act will sup port 6250 families. In course of time the great Harney "Valley will be Irrigated and furnish- homes for 25,000 people. There still remains 1,528,516 acres of land west of the Cascade summit, open to settlement. Though this is a small total compared with that In Eastern Oregon, yet It would be considered largeMn most of thfr Eastern States. A. great part of this is mountainous, but is either heavily timbered, or Is rich In mineral. There- PUBLIC LAND IN OREGON OPEN TO SETTLEMENT. County Acres. Baker 910,283 Benton 10,393 Clackamas . 53,162 Clatsop 21,903 Columbia 70S Coos 125.403 Crook 2,003.847 Curry 226411 Douglas 132.775 Gilliam 279.4SS Grant 463.032 Harney 4.250.301 Jackson 206,952 Josephine 97.714 Klamath 399,191 Lake 2,346.293 Lane 286,140 Lincoln 4S,074 Lain 66,245 Malheur 4,973,952 Marlon 6.264 Morrow 156,030 Multnomah 1,760 Polk 2,457 Sherman 44.206. Tillamook 99,811 Umatilla 163.797 Union 61.075 Wallowa 446,240 Wasco 803,593 Washington 6,870 Wheeler 29.490 Tamhlll .. 35,775 Total 18,364,732 Total land area of Oregon.e0.51S, 400 Percentage open to settle ment 80.34 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS OF OREGON ON NOVEMBER 10, 1904, AND NOVEMBER 17, 1903 RESOURCES Name. First Arlington First. Astoria First. First. Citizens' First. First First. First. First First , First First. Wallowa First First of So. Or. First First. Independence First Farmers' & Traders La Grande First First McMinnville First Commercial . First.. First.. Place. Loans. Discounts and Overdrafts. iU. 3. Bonds to Secure Circulation. Nov. 10, '04 Nov. 17. '03 Albany Arlington Ashland Astoria. Astoria Athena Baker City. Baker City Burns Canyon City uonaon Coquille Corvallls Cottage Grove-Elgin enterprise Eugene Grant's Pass.... He'ppner Hood River Independence.... Kjaroatn t-uis.. La Grande La Grande Lakeview McMinnville McMinnville Ontario Pendleton jPendleton . Portland Merchants' .'Portland. United States. First First First First First First Totals Increase.. Decrease. Portland.... Prineville... Roscburg..., Salem Sumpter The Dalles. Union '303.255.84 192.308.66 73,555.94 319.716.571 314.06S.4S 179.773.01 249,296.69 GSl.l&S. 104.7C6.23 44.01S.364 23.604.07 24.32S.40j 149.S56.Sa 63.419.92 S0.97.41 14S.401.42 4O0.EOL7O 182.174.53 43.454.14 29.772.15) 24.0C2.3SJ H 1.1, 3.2a 53L3C5.0- 49.7S3.671 256.163.97 240,999 JO 93.143.65 46.143.70 1.02L123.9S 4.046.66L.03 1.934.575.S7 L402.925.87 1SL00S.32 523.915.47 271,774.63 41.S20.54 313,153.93 103,069.41 J15.353.S64.2S L102.0S4.21 Nov. 10, '04 1 Nov. 17, '03 326.9S2.' 24L143.93 67.9S4.73I 303.094.26 264.791.75 127.114.6S 265.095.41 709.2CS.23 109.321.24 Do,64-52 1S.739.44 1L26S.2S 49.893.14! 77,406.61 132.55L74 426.803.55! 195,S32;S5; 357,875.93 3J 110,630.07 YsV.m'ci 550.434.C6: 227.34S.63 192.233.77 110,833.65 70S.424.03i 3.736.215.72, L750.S10.16 L-73.921.01 16L67L37I 515,303.91 241.23L11 S5.599.53 30L41S.S7! n4.25L2S0.0: 20.000.001 $ 12,300.00 8.4S0.00 13.25a00 12.500.00 12.500.00 26.300.00i 70.000.00 13.312.50; 6,853.26' 6,718.75 ... 6.617.18; 50.000.00 13.0S5.00 6.550.00 12,500.00 25.000.00 12,500.00 12.500.00 6,5S6.41... 12.500.001 10,503.00... 15.750.00i 15.000.00 13,140.62 ... 51.616.41 50.000.00 6.G56.25 13.093.75 ... 72.820.00 500.000.00 263.8S9.O0 300.000.00 12.500.CO 12.500.00J is.ew.oo 6.773.44 12.500.0W 12.StH.00l 20.000.00 12.500.00 8.4S0.0CH 13.750.00 12,530.00 12,503.00 26.523.44 323.7Oa.O0! b.7Sl.o 6.859.36 6.617.1S 50.000.00 13.OS5.001 6,763.63 12.500.001 25,000.001 .BW.W 12,500.00 Other Bonds and Securities. Nov. 10. '04 Nov. 17, '03 J $1.74S,77.S7( ""i4abss 12,500.00 I 15.750.00 15,000.00 ' 1500.00 50.000.00 6.656.25 '7o.bbo"oo1 500,000.00 250.000.00 300.000.00i 3.500.001 1.WJU.VW 19.09S.00 6.773.44 12.500.00 12.600.00 167.S96.6S 10.S61.O4 35.S6S.27 42.975.11 63,300.00 5.480.12 2.710.05 293,262.36 5.850.001 2,692.211 9,27L15 44.340.73 1S.5S3.35 7.KJ1.67 911.75' 3.912.93 143.236.851 5.750.00 51.S3L439.55j 444.03 1.614.90 25.S52.tXM 16.565.23 9.545.171 ,ti4.iai 146.247.20 4.892.70 ""2SU5 2.646.476.54 4C7.829.5S 302.5S2.75 2.343.26 9.276.371 103,55.4 2.555.60 1.545.49 31,239.29 $4,699,845.18 S5.622.05 133,379.33 7.375.3S 34.459:05l 6o.926.77 73,400.00 1,400.32 2.799.93 47,452.02 Bank Premises and Real Estate. Nov. 10, '04 Nov. 17, '03 1,264.63 33,812.20 16.105.38 10.660.64 1.649.S9 3,263.20 133.303.Z1 15.8JO.00j 770.60 '"3.493.10 10,690.781 33.776.24 117.92L23 9.60L52 3,437.765.83 Z4.343.11 317.7S3.S3 3.14S.91 9.4S2-S6 65.144.4S 12.214.30 3.217.99 36.282.43 $4,785,467.23 $ 11,000.00 10.500.00 7.507.31 6,S7.0W 6.000.00 8.124.05 -.000.00 12.907.25 6.200.00 2,040.15 3,278.95 9.750.89 24.756.82 6.750.00 5,lo.00 12,800.00 1L24S.60 13.150.00 3.800.00 4.247.89 53.757.71 4.355.901 ,li&. 17.0fO.00 12,430.69) 10,131. 10! 1,500.00 4.000.00 S.OS0.69 10.000.00 70.000.00 78.712,45 148.7S3.37 5.500.0CH 11.73L51 49.194J55 16.000.00 5.13S.28 7.6S6.S5 $593,099.-1 5,519.71 Nov. 10, '04 $ 12.C00.00 9,000.00 5,957.31 14.163.01 6.000.00 1.0O3.0W 3.50.00 12,907.33 6.151.1W 2,040.15 8.605.13 24.738.32 5,000.00) 5.000.00 11.800.00 10,100.00 13,905.0W 3.500.VXM '31,432.21 3o.17o.0q 17,870.16 18.366-2S 9.O3100C 4.S00.0W iv.wU.wl 95.000.00 73.695.51 149.9S3.S2 5,500.0(M S,-67.a7 47.2S7.03 16.000.00 5.4SS.2S 7.40O.O0f $637,579,601 Due from Other B'ks and U. s. i re as. I 199.533.79 92.616.23! -1.072.07 152.778.69 304.615.-1 165.394.29 54.893.16 324.608.9a 39,8.7.63 44.544.68 46.770.39 54.5S8.14 231,044.92 73.4S0.18 31.444.41! 15.14S.35i 314.637.26 125.540.20 79.152.47 17,767.941 171.536.43 17,472.93 41.3i3.3 45.378.14 13,700.35 147.7S.4S 35.197.SZ 57.2S0.69 Z4.Z3.63 70.945.81 2.12S.94S.93 546.24L55 765.6S9.S7 140,117.45 2L03S.50 -7,108.78 2.034.25 214.643.72 2S.74L39 $6,979,034.05 1,4Z3,S15.Z7 Nov. 17. '03 $ 2S3.06S.81 39.429.27j 23.407.7 126.412.00 316.-51.16 55.84S.4W 65.035.00i 325,753.95 15.176-29 71.45L45 204.018.58 118.493.78 37.076.44 34.055.04 334.59L94 57.79S.97 111,954.27 "U3,9f24 34.S33.50 83,709.99 Cash and Redemp tion Fund. Nov. 10, '04 Nov. 17, '03 90.444.OU 21.757.69; 1.696.672lS0( 274.593.271 -93.109.45 12S.69L6 5,232.77 79,763.23 42.322.88 144.56S.S6 19.907.63' $5,549,217.78 $ 49,709.72 24.313.39 27.902.SS 63.081.Si 122.269.02 17,740.77 S.019.27 87.534.83 18.652.43 13.410.67j 16.493-271 17,766.62 45.172.84 18,159.20 12.764.78 7.S8S.6S S9.4S0.5S 22.S00.75 6S.8S6.72 9.253.9S Z1.M.5S 7,934.23 62.833.30 56.0S7J24 15,003.52 35,112.-7 27J35.54 U.742.45 12,381.34 109.037.SOl 1.-1S.065.17 563.614.09 642.654.17 24-.667.31 17.030.73 53.533-31 22,6S2a0 35,455.06 14,979.40 $4,018,607.-5 295,242.63 $ 62.012.371 19,921.60 26,803.08 57,456.06 141.54L36 11, 523.20; Z4.347.94 93.026.92 26,22.45 -,033. 09 12,010.55 -9,542.03 1L436.67 8.63L70 10.1ST.23 90.743.07 16,776.63 78,013.46 2S.7O9.90 46.323.47! 40,063.44 233.555.80 33.S43.9 65,032-25 I 95.0-5.16 1.165. 5S7.08 609.822.00 toi.46o.53 30,27L75 25.300.23 78,285.26 13,803.82 26.460.33 20.237.50 $3,723,364.7 Totals. Nov. 10. '04 Nov. 17, '03 ; 753.41L03 342.799.32 184.3S7.47 593.677.31 S22.75S.31 -89.012,24 364.21917 1,4S4.602.24 1SS.63S.90 114.565.43 111.136.58 157.3S4.96 519.399.78 lS.75a.97 147.829.35 200.65L38 9S4.104.90 369.665.48 599.553.33 67.603.37 345.0S0.40 65,SSL-4 812.181.05 6SL395.66 114,610.02 546,740.66 601,079.76 177.721.74 103,9S.07 1.Z-9.-01.84 10.910a49.73 3,859,862,54 S,5O-,635.03 366,1-6.34 -95,552.58 5S4.1S7.76 111.875.93 ES2.7SL53 193,536.34 $33,492,728.84 2,604,279.891 840.04L33 326.370.20 167.026.94 5S0.832.10 814.614.27 209.S6.60 3S7.92L72 L517.178.43 143,776-14 S9.020.04 153,235.95 4S5.672.64 208.572.23 138,530.27 04.362.6 1,00.547.77 312.993.45 5S7.82-.63 "S5V64s!6 "314.747.7. 717,769.03 525,546.95 493.568.60 177.322.1 10.233.24L43 3.383,265.35 3,292.263.75 341,7S3J3 576.3S9.34 530.806.19 177,713.97 493.654.33 225,916.34 $30,888,348.95 1 LIABILITIES Name. First Arlington First Astoria First First Citizens' First First First First First 1 First First. First Wallowa First First of So. Or. First First Independence First Farmers' & Traders'. La Grande First First McMinnvUle ... First. Commercial First. First. Merchants' United States First. First. First First First...., First Totals.... Increase.. Decrease. Place. Capital Stock Paid In. Nov. 10, '04 Nov. 17, '03 Albany Arlington Ashland Astoria Astoria Athena Baker City Baker City Burns Canyon City. Condon Coquille Corvallls Cottage Grove Kigtn Enterprise Eugene Grant's Pass Heppner. Hood River Independence Klamath Falls La Grande. La Grande Lakeview. McMinnville McMinnville Ontario Pendleton Pendleton Portland Portland Portland Prineville Roseburg I. Salem (Sumpter.. The Dalles Union , S0.000.00, $ 50.000.00 .oco.eo -0.O00.00 50.000.00 50.000.05. 100.000.00 7.COO.00 25.000.00 25.000.001 25.OO0.nOJ... 5.ooaooi 50.003.CO! 2S.000.Offl 25.000.001 50.O00.CO 50.000.00 50.000.001 50.000.001 5.O00.00l... 50.000.00 23.030.03... 60.000.001 60.000.00 60.000.001... 50.000.001 50.000.00 5.003.00! 60.000.00... 70.000.00 500.COO.00 250.000.00 SO0.CO3.00 50.000.00 50.O30.O0 75.000.00 25.000.00 60.000.00 50.000.00 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits. Nov. 10. '04 0.000.00 $ 50,000.00 25.000.00 50.000.00 50.000.00 50,000.00 100.000.03 75.000.CO 23,000.00 25.000.00 23.100.00 50.000.00 25,000.00 25.0'.00 50.0)0.00 30.000.00 50.000.00 50.000.00 -o.ooaoo 60.0OX0M eo.ooo.oo abbo!6o! 50.000.00 2.000.00 $2,745,000.00 17600.001 70.000.00 500.000.00 0.000.00 00.O00.00 50,000.00 50.000.00 75.000.00 25.000.00! 50.000.00 50.000.00! Nov. 17. '03 Nov. 10. '04 Nov. 17, '03 3S.402.SM 22.002.85 2.93C1S -o.471.0-3 50,050.20 1-.61S.47 11.776.921 174.S03.1- 10.076.96 2.201.03 2,122.55 Z,49S.9Zi 12.103.33 3. 534.61 2.5SS.-5 2S.03.00 55.SS4.3 23.218.13 55.SG0.30; 5.000.CO 18,015.23 S32.U 16.991. 23.4S7.4S L316a 53,0C9.4 47.433. 53 12j260.32 144.623.53 9SC.570.7Sl 137.15S.6S! 131.S37.1 39.S7S.C5 2S.7741 U.533.S4! '"1.654.S9! 16.S97.90 $2.56S.10aOO $2.345015.74 14907.-5 19.S2.69) L45.4W S.109.S1 70.299.97 . 7.1S1.70 7.350.24 153.346.071 6,735.51 1.115.47! 539-H 13.C0S.12J 4.176.39 2.490.B7 1S.54S.94 66,469.721 1S.278.63 52,437.621 ""l'i-SLOO National Bank Notes Outstanding Deposits. November 10, 1904. Banks. 13,713.07 -5.725-23. L5L0Sll9 41,345.791 11.54.74 12.919.57 935.837.07 119.14ZS-1 33.4S7.09 35.717-3S! 20.766.17 10.405.42! 1.150.201 a,-jL 16.745.9W $2,093,903.05 6.100.00 12.500.00 6.14O.0CH 12.5CO.OW 12.500.00 12,500.00 25,000.0 -2.603.00 0200.00 6-S0.00 6.250.00 6.250.00 49.CTO.OW 12.500.00 6.250.0CM 12, 500.00) 25,000.00 11.903.00 12.500.00 5.510.00 12,500.00 30.000.00 15.000,00 15.000,00 12.500.00 60.000.00 Eaooo.oo 6,250.03 12.503.00 64.700.00 495.000.00 250.000.00 300,000.001 5,150.00 12.000.00 16,500.00 650.00 10.400.00 12.19.00 $L652.S9.C0j KJ.-W.w 9,700.00 $ 12.500.00 5.700.00 11.400.00 ... 12.500.00 12.500.03 25.000.00 9.100.00 6.250.00 ... 6.250.00 ... "V.bbaooI!I 4S.S50.00, 12,500.00 6.25a00 12.500:00 25,000.00! 12,500.031 12,600.00 1L900.00J 15.000.00; 15.000.00 1200.00 50.000.00 6,250.00 7.877.19 ,69S.75l 243.82 153.34 6,943.96 2.4.l" 15,299.00 419J4 160L21 97.27 2.150-S4 16J295.C0 873.6W 15,24L6S 29.402.6 3,845.64 763.42! 7.542-52 4.340l9 .S55-27 63,400.00, 430.Z50.00 250.000.00, 00.000.00 4.100.00 12.500.00 12,703-w1 6,ZO.OOf 7,750.00! ll.O5.00j Indlvld'ls and U. S. $1,573,395.00 9S.462.14 2,550,493.70 S15.935J7! 777,619.1fl 4-3.W 16-S6.S4 7.4S2.l 607.79 3,490.14 1.654 $4,723.1 60L29.11 62L03L04 248,997.72 150.037.4 500.7C6.2S 6S0.047.77 306,944.81 225.007.08 1,166.900.07 14L.36L.S4 S1.014.4 77,76X03 123.-3S.04 407.876.91 141,571.15 113,893.73 107.975-54 -36,824.93 2S3,673.76 454.9L-5 32.09S.27 264,-6a.l 30.029-23 190.7S7.07 579.062.54 50.02S.39 SS.12S.74 349,345.64 131.355.151 41.42S.07J 911.X16.1 6,077.CS3.25 .376.707.S9 2.0-3,079 270.6S.65j 458.948-33 473.67L51 SO.018.14 42S46.5a 119.44.44 Total. November 17, 1903. Banks. $22,014,163-57 L4S758.47 62S.90S.Z3 237.696.47 150.31L29 600.705.25 680,206.11 312.893.77 227,442.23 LlS2.199.07j 141.al.34 SL014.40! 77,763.03 123.636.04 40895.43 14L73LS6 113,991.00 110,126.35 S53.120.07 284,547.36 4S0.193.03 32,098.37 S4.56.li 30.023.23 220.189.331 5S2.908.1S -0,793.51 93,67L6 -3.5S3.93 l4jaL42j 4L4Z3.07 L009.S7S.31 -27,578.95 3J2.703.S6! 2.S30.69S.42 271.003.23 509.275a 1 48L153-52 80.625.93 431,726.64 119.44.44 $26,739,718.10 2.0S3S175S Indlvld'ls and U. S. Total. Nov. 10. '04 Nov. 17, '08 $ 20,S17.2$ 1.3.71 6S7.02 2,660.44 58.63 7,046.50 3.019J5S 971.1-J 2L70 '6.i6!6 426.751 12,302.77 l.9O4.09 699.694-59 2-5,743.80 13436-32 49L332.29 6S1.S14.30 137.044.47 255,512.85 ,Z1.68.91 110.789.63 56,524.57 "V25576ri4 370,194.93 165.94.49 102,767.90 123.315.32 -S2.95L40 Z31.-iS.0 450.583-27 "a6,i54!93j 226.034.69 592.139.61 47.0! 41263.56 51.7S4.82 134.205-21 25,S4.19 ;70L014.05' 577.36.0l! 711.454.4Si 16,544.86 7.443.12 3,3L08 L049.72! 632, 330.29 o.6O5.140.9 24S6,765.93 1.S87.34Z1S 251. 963.31 476.57--31 43.254.63 14L4S2.59 60.30.10 147,025.72! $4.12V95.4;$O.52S,9O5.10: ;3 720,512.51 247,037.51 134.943.54 491.332.29 6S1.S14.-0 134.704.91 2S5,57L4S Lig.72.41 110,7S9.6l 55,5a4i "l2i76"i4 373.214.51 166.895.84 1S2.7S9.6W 123,315.32 889.078.04 232.014.821 47.6S6.04 I 216,854.93 606,043.70 41263.56 352,222Sl 134,677.41 Grand TotaL 637.673.48 8.307.154.35 2.761.12.0W 2,-9S,796.e6 251,965.31 493.123.17 432.699.77 145,313.67 360.-23.10 148,075,44 $24.65L-00.2 ; 753.41L0a 342,739.32 184.337.47 693.677.31 822,755.31 3S9.012.24 364,219.17 L484.602.24 1SS,638.SW 114.55.43 311,136.58 157.384.96 519,399.78! 1S.78.97 147.829.35 Z00.6-l.38 984.104.90 369.65-.48 699.S53.33 67.603.371 345.030.40 65.8SL34 312.1SL05 6S1.9.66 114.610.02 546,740.66 0i.OJ9.76 177.72L74 103.923.07 1,2S9,20L84 10,910,149.73 3.S9,S5.54 3,562.635.03 365.136.34 595.522.58 584.1-7.76 111.875.93 682,781.53 $33.49,723.S4 2,604,125.24 840,041.33 329,370.20 167.095.94 6SO.S32.10 814.614.27 09.3S5.60 3S7.02L72 1,517478.43 148.776.14 S9.020.04 "l53.235!9 4S5.672.64 208.5T.23 136.530.37 204.362.26 L020.547.77 312,993.45 587,823.66 "293,646!6 314.747.76 n7,769.03 "iii'sCiss 493,563.60 in,322.15 914.993.05 10.233-I4L43 3,3S365.5 3,292.253.75 34L783.29 576.3S9.34 -30,806.19 177,713.97 493,654.33 - 225,916.34 $30,SS3,6CC60 mainder is either good bottom land on streams remote from the early tide of set tlement, or Is on hilly slopes suited for orchards or vineyards. Nor Is the area of Government land open to settlement more than. a. rough indication of that available for new pop ulation. Though less than half a mil lion acres of Government land remains open in the Willamette "Valley, that which has already been appropriated is capable of supporting a much larger population than now inhabits that re gion. The land is of a character suited to Intensive fanning, and the owners of large farms are becoming so well awaro, of this fact that they are selling pacts' of their holdings, in order to devota their energies more fully to the remain der. Even under the system of larg farms only half cultivated, the Willam ette Valley, with less than one-seventh of the area of the state, had 212,636 out of the 413,536 people in Oregon, according to the census of 1900, or more than half, and it Is estimated that the "Valley can pro duce a comfortable living for '2,500,000 people. The coast counties are equally produc tive, having the same soil and climate, and only lacking better roads and mora railroads and steamers to make them more accessible from the interior. As it Is, they have nearly S per" cent of the population with only 6.2 per cent of the area of the state. Oregon's greatest need is people, and it has to- offer them that which man most craves land on which he may make a living for his family as a freeholder. In dependent of any employer. Abundant facts are given in this edition to show that it is good land on which he may make a good living. How rapidly settlers are taking the available Government land of Oregon Is shown by the fact that this state stands first In the amount of revenue derived from land sales. In the year ending June 29, 1904, there were 12,874 entries cov ering L164.153 acres, which returned $1. 442,576 to the Government. Of this sum $1,224,334 was derived from soles of timber land. Washington County Exhibit WASHINGTON COUNTT will not be behind the other counties of the state and will make an exhibit at the Lwis and Clark Exposition of 1905. The work has been given in charge of the women and every effort will be put fortij to make a creditable display of the re- Bources of the county. A. Woman's Lowl and Clark County Club was formed soma time ago, with auxiliary clubs in various! sections. Tho officers of the county cluh selected from these auxiliary clubs,, axe ask follows: President Mrs. A. T. Buxton, Forest Grove; secretary, Mra. Dr. Bailey, ElUs boro; treasurer, Mrs. Hare, Hillsboroj. press correspondent, Mrs. Bath, Hillsboroj vice-presidents, Mrs. Benjamin ScholfleU, Cornelius; Mrs. Walter Hoge, Fores Grove; Mrs. Taznasle, Hlll3boro. Commltttees on exhibits, collecting, ex cursions, etc., are at work and sufflcisirt money wfil be appropriated from tha county treasury and other sources to en able those -entrusted with the various de partments to accomplish the best results. Washington County is situated in one of the most fertile sections of the Willa mette "Valley and its resources are many. To gather and arrange a good display of the very best of our groins, seeds, nuts, vegetables, fruits, flowers, hops, wool and dairying products will be no light task and will demand all the wisdom, skill and energy that can be brought to A WEATHER TALE OF TWO CITIES. Dally temperature of Jury, 1964, a typical Summer month, in Port land and New Tork compared. PORTL'NL NEW TK Temp'ture Temp'ture (Deg. Fan.) (Deg. Fah.) Date. S g K g S g 8 ? S 5 ? 1 L 73 56 4 I83- 63 7S 2 76 52 64 75 63 69 3 .-. 82 61 72 74 60 67 4 72 53 65 80 63 72 5 77 57 67 90 71 80 6 83 57 70 85 71 78 7 7a 58 66 79 71 75 8 79 56 68 7S 65 70 9 S7 61 74 79 66 72 10 91 62 76 71 67 63 11 81 61 71 82 68 75 12 67 54 60 82 63 75 13 70 43 56 75 64 70 14 62 50 56 80 62 71 15 63 52 58 81 53 73 16 57 52 54 84 63 76 17 69 51 60 84 69 76 13 76 56 66 S3 68 78 19 87 53 72 93 72 83 20 95 64 SO 84 74 . 79 21 94 63 SO 87 68 78 22 74 58 66 (3 67 Tl 23 73 55 64 74 66 70 24 84 53 TO 67 64 65 23 100 62 1S1 75" 64 70 26. : 74 59 .66 SO 70 75 27 67 55 62 SO 66 73 23 69 54 62 SO 67 74 29 69 52 60 79 66 72 30 79 56 58 77 63 71 31 96 63 SO 80 70 73 Mean .... 77.55a.6i67.ols0.2 S7.073.