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12 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. 'MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1905. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON ITER IS LIFE TO THE SOIL What Irrigation Means to the Development of the State of Oregon. LANDS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE Progress Mado in Bringing Arid Tracts Into Cultivation and Plans Which Arc Formed for New Projects. If much of this pagre Is this "week given to water and Its work it Is be cause at this time the subject is en grossing: general attention. The Trans Mississippi Congress, -which has Just closed its sessions, converted itself into an irrigation congress for much of its time. Mr. Newell, of the Reclamation Service, is in v Oregon, has been vis iting the irrigation sites, and deter minations have been arrived at of the greatest consequence to Oregon. The Telegram printed on the 17th a long account of the general situation sup plied by "one of the attaches of the Government Reclamation Service" now in Portland, whose modesty concealed his name. He states the main point In these few words: "In Oregon there are at least 2,000,000 acres of land which can be irrigated, and the flow of all ' the rivers and sources of water supply for this amount of land aggregates enough water to cover 12,000,000 acres one foot in depth. Of these 2.000.000 acres about 440,000 acres have been reclaimed through private enterprise." Largo Acreage Involved. Later on, how.ever. It apears that 140,000 is the number of irrlgate'd acres assigned to Oregon In the last census. On this basis at least 200,000 to 240,000 acres "more should be added as the result to date of rocent Irrigation works, outside of operations in prog ress but not yet completed. The fur ther statement is quoted from the same source that the investigations of the department "to date show that in time there may be added to the 440,000 l.Joo.906 or 1,500,000 acres more." The significant statement follows that this addition " must come mainly thrdugh large and cxponslve works, many of which are out of the range of possibil ity until the railroads penetrate near where these must be located. One point before passing on: "All the normal flow of the streams in Eastern Oregon is appropriated, and in many instances over appropriated." So says this expert. Judging from the enor mous number of lilings, in both Eastern and Western Oregon, this may be true. Rut if so a heavy crop of litigation is being .sown, of which the suit In Uma tilla County with 2000 interested par ties, and among them the State of Ore gon (which was referred to In last week's Industrial page) is the first fruit. The whole system of water claims, past and present, Is another illustration of the same want of fore sight which In forestry matters has landed Oregon In the worst of trouble. The State of Oregon In relation to her rivers and streams proceeds to try to shut the door after the best horses In the stable have been stolen. Plans at Klamath Lake. The following communication from Klamath Falls brings up to date the story of that reclamation project and its relation to the surrounding country of vast possibilities. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 20. Within a few weeks the Government will call for bids for the construction of a portion of the Klamath project. This statement is issued to the landowners under the project as the Joint assurance of the Reclamation Service and the directors of the Water Veers Association. The service has sub mitted estimates to the "Washington office, and as soon as certain requisite legal form alities on the part of the landowners are observed, the Government will advertise for bids. The directors of the association state that these legal matters will be attended to within a few days. A conference- was held here this -week between Chief Engineer Newell and Super vising Engineer Llpplncott, of the Recla mation Service, and the directors of the Water-Users Association, representing the landowners. Mr. Newell stated the adnge. "Haste makes waste," has been peculiarly Justified in the history of Irrigation enter prises. The Reclamation Service has been sometimes criticised because It spent so much time in preliminary Investigation, stream measurements, topographical sur veys,, soil testing and study of conditions affecting the proposed work. It waa be cause such investigations were neglected that so many Irrigation enterprises have been such lamentable failures. The criti cisms of tho service were natural and not unanticipated, "but the Reclamation Serv ice," said Mr. Newell, "would not be rushed by them Into hasty, ill-advised action. If the service erred. It would be on the side of safety." But while the service Is not hasty, neither Is it dilatory. The surveys on the Klamath project have been prosecuted with unusual rapidity, and the service Is now ready to advertise for bids. Just how soon this Is done depends now altogether upon the landowners. In answer to an inquiry, Mr. Newell stated that the service did not ask of the owners cf private lands impossible or unreasonable conditions; that the project embraces a number of canal systems, and work on all could not be commenced at the same time, nnd that as soon as a sufficient percentage of the private lands under any one system was properly subscribed to the association, work on that system would be commenced. The Irrigable area In the Klamath proj ect proper is 250,000 acres. The original estimate was 235,000 acres, but it has been decided to install two pumping plants, which will provide water for 15.000 acres. The to tal estimated cost is $4,500,000. or an aver age cost of ?18 an acre. Of the Irrigable area, approximately 130,000 acres are now lake lands and covered by water, ranging from two to 12 feet In depth There will be no public lands under the project sublect to entry for several years, as the public area Is confined to the lake lands, which cannot be entered until runy reclaimed. the Government does not desire that its land be placed in competition with private lands which must be sold. Since the Government cannot sell a water right to any one nerxnn for more than 160 acres, a large acreage of Tne private tioiuings must De sola. Present prices average from $12 to $50 per acre. The people of the Klamath country real ize that the Reclamation Serx'ico has madi remarkable progress In forwarding this work. T. H. Humphreys, project engineer. arst began tne investigations 14 months ago. under direction of J. B. Llpplncott, supervising engineer, ine proposed work involved the lowering of the water levels of certain navigable lakes. In part nax-lga-ble waters of the United States. Authoriza tion to do this had to be obtained from Congress ana rrom tne Legislatures of Oregon and California. Strong opposition to the bill developed In Congress. A pri vate corporation had undertaken the work of putting in a large Irrigation system and refused to sell except at a prohibitive fig ure. There were several other ditches and many riparian interests -to be considered. There were no reliable records of preclpita- tion and run-off. An engineering force had to be organized and set to work. Obstacles of various kinds were encountered. To earn out the previsions of the law. contracts from the private landowners, a great mast' of thorn nonresidents, had to be obtained. Yet, after only 14 months of ceaseless activity, the sen-Ice announces that It Is ready to begin construction. Two railroads to connect this country with tho Southern Pacific line in California hav locating parties in tho field, and both prom ise to reach here next year. The people will welcome either er both of these roads, but they are anxious for direct rail connec tion with Portland. They feel that Port land Is thHr natural market, and they ap predate the advantage that would result In having two competing markets. Joseph Jacobs, consulting engineer of th Reclamation Service and formerly engineer of the Southern Pacific, made the following statement in regard td" probable railroad business: "It is. of course, difficult to predict the exact future tonnage this country ntlgtu yield for transport by rati, as a result of the building of this project, but the follow ing data may. in a measure. Indicate its possibilities: Klamath Falls, th county seat of Klamath County, has at the present time a population of 1209. and the popu lation of the county Is about 5000. The Federal project, as now planned, contem plates the Irrigation of 234,000 acres of land, an area easily capable of supporting a community of 50,000. The dry lands with Irrigation are adapted to culture of tho hardier fruits, grain and alfalfa, while th swamp lands, when reclaimed, will. open up rich tule-peat lands, admirably adapted to truck farming and to culture of the vari ous forage plants required for dairy inter ests, an industry which has proven. s highly profitable In the bottom land 0 tho Sacramento and the San Joaquin val leys. Beet culture also promises to become an extensive industry In this basin. The extensive hill pasturage afforded here makes this an excellent stock country, and there are now being shipped from this district some 25.000 head of cattle per annum. With the largo Increase in forage crops for Winter feeding that will result from irriga tion, this industry will expand, and Is sum to become one of the chief Hcraents of the future wealth of the country. The timber Interests of the country are highly valuable, and any railroad entering It must pass for much of Its length through a rich belt ot yellow pine and red fir. The country abounds in uneurpassd pleasure resorts, with fishing, hunting, boating and the proximity of Crater Lake to make It Inevitably a Mecca for the Summer pleasure-seeker. There exists here hydro-electric power pos sibilities to assist in the general develop ment of the country, and some, of these arc now being exploited. When the full agricultural possibilities of the country will have been achieved. Its exports. It Is be lieved, will aggregate not loss than 20.00 cars of freight per annum, and most of It will bo of a clans to yield substantial tar iffs. One other matter worthy of mention Is the advantageous eastern outlet for any lino of railroad built Into the Klamath country. Lying in a general northeasterly direction from Klamath Falls, thore, Is a series of Irrigation projects, embracing In the aggregate about 800,008 acre's of land. Some of these are now being seriously con sidered by the Federal Government, and doubtless all are destined some day to be built, when transportation and other ele ments affecting their cost make thorn feasi ble." Steamer Piles the Waters. In this connection may be noted tho launching of the new steamer. The Kla math, at Klamath Falls, to begin her run between Klamath Falls and Laird's Land ing, at the lower end of Little Klamath Lake. Forty mllOH by stage from Laird's Landing takes tho passengor to Bartels. the present terminus of the McCloud-rlver railroad. That road runs to Upton on the Southern Pacific Railroad, in Siskiyou County. California thence to San Fran cisco. Next July the McCloud railroad Is expected at Laird's Landing. From present appearances it will be on hand on time, and the direct route from San Francisco Into Southeastern Oregon will be opened The most accessible point to an Oregon road will be Shanlko, or wherever the terminus of the Columbia Southern may then be. The Meed railroad peopio arc not Idle meanwhile. See the following Item from the Lake County Examiner; tho "here" being Klamath Falls: "Mr. A. 1x Peysar. meinbor of tho firm of S X. Wood & Co.. of San Francisco, arrived here yesterday morning. Mr. Pey ser came up from the city with a party of San Francisco business men with a view to securing the trade of Southeast ern Oregon for their city over the new railroad to tap Klamath County from "Weed." For tho benefit of all who believe In rMnnnmm that settlement and de velopment of a country must precede the railroad's entrance the statement Li of ficially made by the president of the Ne-vada-Callfornla-Oregon railroad, now building to Klamath Lake, before the Cal ifornia 9tate Board of Equalization. The road is. of course. Incomplete and in fant. The statement follows: "The Nevada-Callfornla-Oregon road has 143.64 miles of road, valued at $117,950. The" rolling stock is valued at $17,060. The gross earnings from operation were $204. 200.95. The operating expenses were $116. 336.37. leaving a net income from oper ating' of $SS.S64.59. The Income from mis cellaneous sources amounted to J2K5.93, giving a total net income of $91,520.57. In terest on the funded debt, taxes, bet terments, ni'-ditlons, etc.. amounted to $60,352.05. leaving a surplus of,$3L16S2. "In speaking of the buslness-of the road. Dunaway said that there had been no Increase in the volume over the pre ceding year. The transportation of cat- try were the main lncomos of the two roads. New uses for Irrigation appear every week. Hopyards are now backing it up. The Eugene Guard prints the following: "Seavey Bros., the well-known hop prowers, having one of the largest and HARPER RANCH, ON THE RESERVOIR finest yards on the coast, -situated In the McKenzie bottom about six miles north oast of Eugene, have Just purchased a centrifugal steam pump, with a capacity of 1.000,000 gallons of water per day, for the purpose of irrigating their hops. "This action has become necessary on account of Jie intense heat of the past few weeks greatly Injuring the hops, drying up the loaves and young hops so that they are 'falling off. It Is hoped by a thorough system of irrigation to prevent further Injury and Insure a better crop. At least one other prominent grower of Lane County will follow the Seavey Bros.' example and Irrigate his yard." Even the -Rogue River Valley falls Into line. In the Mcdford Mall appears the following: "J. S. Barnett the nurseryman. Is hav ing groat success with an Irrigating plant, lie has installed an electric motor and with It he forces water to all parts of his land by means of pipes and a four inch centrifugal pump. His wator supply is furnished by a.'well only ten feet deep, and the pump constantly in motion falls to lower the water to any noticeable de gree." Oysters, in Oregon. When Pofessor F. L. Washburn was State Biologist, he took groat interest in introducing Eastern oysters Into.. Oregon waters. Yaqulna Bay was the site chosen. and the problem was If these Eastern oysters could be prevailed on to spawn so far from home. The professor's anxiety appeared to be rewarded the nuptials of the oysters were duly accomplished, and millions of oysters-to-be were produced. Alas! Western Pacific waters were too cold, and none of the babies came to ma turity. But tne older ones, the parents, grew wonderfully well. The professor's mantle has fallen on competent shoulders. Last Spfing. Dr. M. M. Davis, of New port, ordered thousands on thousands of Infant Eastern oysters sent to him. They arrived in Oregon well and happy, and were deposited in their beds. When they came they were about the size of a bean. They have grown to be as large as half a dollar already, and arc. seemingly, pros poring. In three years' time from their arrival here they will be merchantable, and a new industry will be an accom plished fact- Pure blood Is necessary to enjoy perfect health. Hood's Sarsaparllla Insures both. t -v SITE, MALHEUR PROJECT, OEGON. WOOL - BALING SEASON" FOR EASTERN OREGON. Products of tho Dairies and the Profits Which Come From This Industry. The wool-baling season at Pendleton has closed, with the result that 6.000.000 pounds of Eastern Oregon wool has been baled In the Furnish wool warehouse. Twenty mon on the average have found employ ment since April 25. It Is understood that this figure Is double the total of last season's work. It Is noted in the Corvallls Times that the price of butter-fat at the creamery has risen to 274 cents a pound. Tho price stood at 22V2 cents only a few days ago. In previous years the price has ranged during the early Summer months from 15 to 17 cents. This year for a very short time It was as low as 19 cents. The high values now prevailing can hardly be tak on as normal, as the shortness of tho grass since hay time, in consequence of the continuous dry weather, is the main cause of a slim supply of milk. But. with due allowance for this, dairying is prof itable In Western Oregon to a degree that Justifies the claim which Is put forward. Shortly stated, this claim Is that each cow. of good average but not extra qual ity, will return to her dairying owner $6 a month for the year round. This sum comes in on the monthly checks from the creamery- Add the value of the skimmed milk for calves, hogs and chickens add also the value of the calf, and then sum up the worth of the dairy cow to her owner. Doubtless the silo on many aWUlam ette Valley farm has been opened during this dry time and its moist contents add ed to the dairy cow's rations. If emp tied, there will be time to have It filled again with the corn now growing so fast on well-nigh every dairy farm. Hood River has prospered, and is pros pering, so soundly and well under the in fluence of combination among her fruit raisers, they have shown the way so suc CLEAR LAKE RESERVOIR SITE (CALIFORNIA), KLAMATH rROJECT. UPPER DAM SITE, - V cessfully that the example Is being fol lowed. Rogue River is the next to act There are several other districts in the state where similar action Is most de. slrable. For the label to Indicate and guarantee quality is all-important. This label should speak for more than the quality of the fruit It should stand for careful picking and packing and for cor respondence with name and designation. The Grant's Pass Courier says: "It Is the plan of the organizers of the Josephine County Fruitgrowers' Union that It shall, market apples, pears, peach es, cherries, berries, melons and other perishable farm products. The union will purchase at wholesale, and supply the members at cost, boxes, nails, paper, spraying pumps and spray compounds. Growers will be Instructed as to varieties of fruit that are most salable, what fruits are best adapted to certain lands, and how to plant, cultivate, phune, and spray their trees. The picking and packing will be done In accordance' with the rules of the union and an expert packer will be em ployed to visit orchards, the fruit of which is to be handled by the union, and Instruct the packers, where needed, how to properly do their work. All boxes and crates shipped by the union will bear a stencil giving the name and address of the union, the number of the grower and the number of the packer. "The label will also show the kind of fruit In the box and the number It con tains If of apples, pears, peaches, etc.. and If of cherries, berries, etc.. the num ber of pounds. During the shipping sea son a manager, to have charge of 'the packing and shipping, will be employed, as will also a bookkeeper. Warehouses will be rented or built In the various towns along the railroad from which shipments will be made, the headquarters, though, of the union, will be at Grant's Pass." NEW ENTERPRISES STARTED What Is Being Done In the Way of Modern Industry. "The Oregon Produce Company has Just completed a new storage building, which for size and completeness has no superior in. the state. The building cov ers a ground space of 60x110 feet, and has a basement ten feet high. The build ing Is substantially built of brick. This building, with the one across the street, which was completed last year, will have MALHEUR PROJECT. a capacity of 300 carloads of produce. The new building will be fitted up this WInter-wlth an Ice-making plant capable of manufacturing ten tons of Ice each 24 hours. Mr. Gust stated that the Ice plant would be Installed In time for the Win ter trade," says the La Grande Observer. In view of the possibilities of Eastern Oregon and of the Immense acreage there adaptable to this "Industry It Is In teresting that only 3300 acres should have yielded 30,000 tons of beets and have kept the La Grande sugar factory at work last year. Evidently here is an In dustry such as the booklet writers call "capable of Indefinite extension." It Is understood also that the product named Is one-fourth larger than In any previous year. Although not actually placed In Ore gon the new enterprise described below Is In line with the suggestion of the pos sibilities of Eastern Oregon. The esti mated cost of land, buildings, machinery and" equipment Is stated to be $1,125,000. In all sincerity we. In Oregon, may both wish and predict success for this under taking. It should bo the forerunner of coffxmi nthon In the Harney and Mal heur country and in the Irrigated region of Crook County. The location chosen Is Nampa, Idaho, the recent purchases there aggregating 600 acres, over w ui which are contiguous, where the factory Is to be built. The Nampa Leader pub lishes the following details, the cost of the land having been $20,000: "There has been some question as to whether the building would be built of cement blocks or brick, but It has been finally decided to build of brick. The main building wKl be of pressed brick and steel entirely fireproof. It will be 102 feet long, 20S feet wide, highest point 90 feet, with average height of SO foot Th truck sheds will be 500 feet long and ISO feet wide. The sugar house will be SO feet wide and 120 feet long, ine total number of brick to be used will be vjvrtvf The factory will have a storage capacity for 23,000 tons of beets. The en tire institution, -including tracKs, wind er 100 acres of ground. The machinery, ttrith wplehs 2000 tons, has been ordered. and will be delivered here January L" STRAWBERRIES IN ENGLAND Care in Picking and 'shipping Pre vent All Waste. Last month's Issue of a well-known English magazine published an article on strawberry-srowing for the market In Northern Hampshire, a district about 50 miles south of London. The crop Is on a large scale, about 30.000 baskets a day be ing shipped from Botley Station, while the season lasts. The basket weighs five pounds. About 120 pickers were at work In the field vlslted.a majority of whom were women and boys of 16 or IS years. The stalk of each ripe berry Is pinched In two, the fruit being untouched by the fingers, and bad or rotten fruit kept out at all cost. The picker having filled her or hla basket, carries It to one of the little shanties dotted here and there over the field. There half a dozen packers are at work. The strawberries are weighed first, then a paper tied over the top of each basket, giving name of fruit, name of grower, and destination of consignment. Within an hour from picking the fruit is weighed, packed and In the wagon car rying it to the depot- For handling the over-ripe fruit a Jam factory Is established In the .center of the district, about seven miles from the field in question. This surely is a hint for Oregon. An Eastern buyer visiting Hood River for the first time a few weeks ago, could not believe but that he was seeing the season's crop. In vain was he told that the season was over, and that all he saw was the leav ings and ends for which no market ex isted. This Western country bears tho accusa tion of wastefulness, and a few facts like this justify it. The English strawberry pickers receive good wages, a skilled picker earning as much as 24 cents an hour. Pickers are paid every day when work Is over, and carry homo from $2 to $2.50. From this strawberry center the fruit trains go to every large city In Great Britain, and some nre shipped to Ireland. The refrig erator cars are fitted with shelves for the baskets. The fruit trains get the right of way and pass ahead of all other freight. Tho fruit being picked and packed with care, and receiving rapid carriage, arrives fresh at their destination, the motto of the wholo business being "care and speed." OF NITROGEN GAS USED GERMICIDE. AS California Thinks It Hns Solved Method of Keeping Fruit From Decaying. For many years process after pro cess hns been invented and tried for preserving ripened fruit. The house hold purgatory known as "putting up fruit" survives to the cost of many an overburdened housewife In town and country. The line of experiment and Invention takes the direction of con serving the freshness and quality of tne raw ripe fruit, or else, of some sort of preparation by boiling or steam ing, ending In canning or bottling under heat sufficient to expel most of the enclosed air. The former art. that of keeping good the raw, ripe fruit has ended In the refrlgertor car. The conditions of that traffic. Involve tho carload as the unit, call for the Icing, of which we have heard so much, and open tne door to the exactions of Earle and Armour and the rest. The most promising of the pro cesses on the other line, that of treat ing the ripe fruit to be put up In bot tle or can, was the exhausting of the air from can or bottle and hermetically sealing down the lid or cover by the sudden admission of outside air Into the exhausted, receiver. Although ex cellent results followed If the process were faithfully and carefully complet ed, yet It Involved the use of some simple machinery, and it has never come Into general use. But. If tho forecast of a new method. Is Justified In practice a revolution In the whole industry may follow. A Cal ifornia paper printed It and it has Just been reprinted here. So far It has passed without general comment. Evi dently the scope of the new process 13 very wide and growers and fruit pack ers should lose no time In Informing themselves about it. As will be seen the leading idea of exhausting the air from the receptacle for the fruit is adopted, but the substitution of ni trogen gas. as germ-killer and fruit preserver is. so far as is known, new when applied on a commercial scale. "A packing-house has been constructed and outfitted at Antioch which, if success ful, will revolutionize the fruit Indus try of California. The process, as wo unstand It, consists of packing fruit In airtight Cases, from which all air has been extracted by means of suitable ma chinery, and this air Is replaced with nitrogen gas. It is claimed for the pro cess that the gas arrests decay, destroy ing the bacteria of the ferment which causes decomposition, and that any arti cle packed In this manner will retain its condition Indefinitely. There being no dis ease germs In the package. It Is Impos sible for decomposition to set In. and as a result the fruit so packed will retain Its qualities until it is desired for use. By this means fruit can be shipped In a fully ripe condition to any part of the world with the assurance that it will ar rive at Its destination In exactly ths same condition It was In when shipped. It will do away with the necessity for reingeration. ana. m short. If successful. win completely revolutionize the fruit Industry, and add millions to th of California. That the projectors havo faith In their enterprise Is evidenced in the fact that they have erected very ex tensive works at Antioch, that they havo done It quietly and without any desire of notoriety, and that thov havn nut- rorv large sums of money Into their buildings " If this method succeeds we shall buy airtight cases or boxes of any convenient size, pierce ana remove tne cover, ami find ripe fresh fruit In the same condition, as when shipped. OF MINES AND MINING. Cinnabar In Blackbutte Is Found In Paying Quantities. A great future lies ahead of the cin nabar, or quicksilver, mines at Black butte in Lane County. For a model of the new plant and furnace designed by W. B. Dennis, the manager of tho company, see the mining building at the Exposition. ' The folowing notes condensed from a description in the Denver Mining Record, will recall the main features of the new plant and furnace: The features of the furnace of tha Blackbutte mines that give it a wklo load over roasting furnaces operated on cinnabar mines of other districts is its ability to use wood as fuel, tho wide range of Its heating zones, which, run from 600 on the lower to 1400 de grees Fahrenheit on the higher roast ing zone, the Increase of its capacity by "the reduction of the roasting time, only eight hours being required for a single roasting, where other plants use from 24 to 48, and the elimination of, soot and poisonous gases from the con densing chambers. The treating plant now being In stalled on the mines will have a capa city of 240 tons dally. In the mean time the experimental plant of much smaller tonnage is being operated con tinually. Tno Blackbutte mines, located at Blackbuttc.-Kane County, Oregon, aro among ino dbsi ucveiopea cinnaDar mines In the state. Blackbutte moun tain, on which the properties are lo cated, is pecularly adapted to the for mation of cinnabar veins. It Is com posed of an altered andesite, perme ated by a system of fractures along tho planes of which the main ore de position has occurred. Peculiarly enough, the mercury Is not only carried in the veins and ledges, but Is disseminated In small but pay ing quantity through all parts of tno country rock lying between the frac tures. This practically makes the en tire mountain one huge bulk of low grade cinnabar. Taxation of Timber Lands. Lane County Is to be congratulated on taking a sensible and far reaching step towards placing the assessment and taxation of timber lands on a sound and logical foundation. Experts have been retained who will examine the timber lands of the county, down to areas aa low as 40 acres. They will report on quantity of timber, accessibility, value of land when cleared of timber for pasturage or agriculture. and tho market value of the standing timber. Their report is expected to cost $4000. Even If so the county will havo mado a good Investment If one-half is true that is reported of the value of timber lands which have either escaped assess ment, or stand In the roll at ridiculous values. NEW "POTTER" SCHEDULE. Additional Trips to the Beach Arranged for Popular Steamer. The T- J. Potter leaves Ash-street dock for Astoria and North (Long) Beach points as follows: August 22. 23 and 24. at 9 A. M.: Friday. August 25. 9:40 A. M.: Saturday, august 26. 1 P. M. Particulars and O. R. & N. Summer book at City Ticket Office. Third and Washington streets, Portland