rHE MORNING OKEGONIAN, KONDAT, PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON 12 MODERN METHOD ' ' III AGRICULTURE Farming Involves Knowledge of Carpentry, BlaGksmith ing and Machinery. TOOLS AND COMMON SENSE Improved Equipment Is a Feature of Prosent-Day Farms, "Which, Well Cared For, Means Economy and Profit. AUantten -was called last -week to the need of exact account-keeping on the farm the telltale index to success or fail ure consequent on the Introduction of modern methods. While Oregon contin ue to be a country of magnificent dis tances, especially while communications between farm and town are confined to roads, and poor roads, too, it is needful that the farm, ranch and orchard be self contained. That Is, they should not be oMfgod to go or send from farm to town, causing delay, stoppage -or inter ference In farm work. Progress toward more profitable results on the farm is marked especially by im proved Implements and machinery. Who out compare the outfit of a well-equipped form of today with that which sufficed 20 or 38 years ago, and fail to see that much greater cost and complexity of the appa ratus which is now thought needful is in volved? So entirely is this admitted by universal experience that farmers often felt to take note of what this means. Ob viously, first, a heavier outlay in equip ping the farm. Self-binders, gang-plows, steel rakes, mowers, cultivators, thresh ing machines, and the rest, not only cost much more than the old tools, but the man pet to run 'them must know more, and be able not only to work these ma chinos, but to understand their construc tion and adjustment. Practical Mechanics Needed. More than that, the valuable workman on the farm is not paralyzed by a sudden breakdown, but can mend or remake a broken lover, weld a broken rod, drijl and ectaut a cracked plate, lengthen, shorten and rofrx a broken belt. There is today much less excuse for Ignorance or ln Knctoncy In these matters than there was bofore tne Agricultural Colleges had in stated on students in agriculture and hor ticulture qualifying also In carpentering and Wacksmitliing. Such knowledge will opt end the fastor when manual training btoomos a necessary part of the public school course as surely will be the case ere long. But that the workman should know how is of little use unless he has the tools to work with. A Buffalo forge and Its accompaniment of blacksmith's tools, a oarponter's bench, well equipped; a work shop and store of supplies of nails, bolts, screws, rivets and the like, should be and will be found on every modern farm. The $f or $5 so invested will save its cost in the first year. And in the dull, rainy nays of Winter there will be farm gates to make, dairies and stock sheds, stables and barns to repair, bee hives and supers to make and outfit, and a hundred other Jobs to fill in every spare hour. Who has not seen a thresher break down in some slight but essential part, and a whole crew of men and horses stand idle until a man on horseback has sped to a town six mites or more away ,to get a needed repair? Who has not had to stop cutting bar or grain until some trivial rod or satsstag bolt has been restored to work. Therefore, a man to know how, and tools and materials for him to work with, aro the requirements on the farm today. Value of Common Sense. ""A note in the Corvallis paper said that the Agricultural College expected some where about S00 students this coming term. If It wore 1600 Instead of 800, Ore gon would be the gainer. Intelligence gained in such fashion is what must leav en the lump of farm life in Oregon. With familiarity with machines and estima tion of their value will come the knowl edge how to care for them. It is by no means common, now, to see the self blndor left to the mere' of the elements In the cornor of the field where it stopped work, or the plow standing rusting in the furrow. Not many years back they could be seen in every county in Oregon. Even yet the imploment shed Is too often a neglected corner of the barnyard through the Winter months. Eastern visitors often refer to the wastefulness and prodigality shown en some Oregon farms. Doubtless the farmers are on the up-grade, but have yot some way to go. WHERE WHEAT IS STILD KING Eastern Oregon Grain Is of the Highest Quality. . The quality of the Eastern Oregon wheat crop leaves nothing to be de sired. This, from the Pendleton Trib une, Is confirmed elsewhore: 'This year's wheat is the best that I havo seen in this country for 15 years, said Mr. Bycrs, of the Byers Mills, yesterday. ' The whoat is a good deal richer In gluten and will make the very best of Hour- Bluestem wheat, whioh usual ly runs at about 5S pounds to tho bushel, this year ran up to 63. Besides this, the wheat has a clear bill of health, vory little smut thus far being seen.' " It seems that Washington Intends adhering to its standard weight in grading wheat. Some time ago the Portland Chamber of Commerce asked the Washington Commission to change the gTade to conform With the Oregon rules, making the test weight for No. 1 wheat 59 pounds. Instead of 58. Wash ington now accepts 58 pounds as tho test, and there will be no change. The change would mean that all wheat falling; below the 59-pound test would have to be classed as No. 2, and It would work a hardship on the pro ducer, although the exporter might be a. small gainer by such a change. From Condon it is learned that the new railroad Is doing great things for the farmors in Gilliam. The long wheat haul to Arlington has been cut out. and the wheat men In this region will all get their haul ing done In from eight days to six weeks. This will enable them to break up more, sod and otherwise Improve their farms. The haul of 2000 pounds of wheat from farm to warehouse per horse used is good In any country, and over any dusty road. But it is no feat to be recorded where roads are both smooth and solid. Let the good roads movement go on and prosper until Mr. Zeuske finds Imitators in every coun ty. This is clipped from the Pendle ton Tribune: "E. W. Zeuske. of North Cold Spring, was In town yesterday. He has sold his wheat, I860 sacks, for 59 cents a bushel. Mr. Zeuske has finished haul ing to the warehouse, and the last load was one of the biggest of the season. He boasts of owning good horses and with" six of them he hauled 85 sacks, or 12,022 pounds, of wheat to Helix, which was his last load of the season. He says if any of the boys can beat that he will buy the cigars." Condon is no large town, and the country round it is young. Tet the wheat .farmers have mastered tho great principle of good equipment of their farms. Fourteen headers of one make is- a good showing: "There were 14 McCormick headers sold In Condon this season. Dunn Bros, sold seven and W. L. Barker & Co. sold seven." 3IUXICIPAI WATER RIGHTS McMInnvUIe Secures Supply Cltj Ownership at Eugene. Two events of the week are in line with the movement for municipal own ership of city utilities. The water com mittee of the city of McMinnviile has secured the water rights and reserves in tho Cowles Creek Basin, including mot or tne rignts or. way ror tne pipe lines. Preliminary surveys have been made and the elevations and supply of water have proven satisfactory. The committee Is npw awaiting the arrival of the engineer to make estimates of cost on which to bane the bond Issue. The estimates are based, it is under stood, on providing for the supply of a city of 4000 people. But, beyond the streams now to be utilized, other creeks are found which, being gathered in, will keep McMInvlUe In pure water when she has doubled that population. The other case was at Eugene. This is noticeable for several reasons. The amount in question was considerable (un derstood to be 5200.000). and a necessarily heavy burden to be laid on a city of from 6000 to 7000 people. Then, a proposition by responsible capitalists, backed by a first payment of money, was pending for the supply of water and electric light on not unreasonable terms. Great debate had been hold in the newspapers .of the city for and against the proposition. Not only did the newspapor differ In the ad-' vice they gave, but In their columns the taxpayers had ventilated their opposing views The unknown quantity was the vote. In the Eugene Register the result is stated as follows: "For condemnation. 492; against con demnation, 161: for light bonds, 504; against light condemnation. 1C3: for water bonds, 501; against water bonds, 1SL "The supreme test is over. Municipal ownership carried by overwhelming ma jorities. The people of Eugene have again declared their desire for public control of electric light and water. The vote was not heavy, being some short of 700. It now remains for the Council to proceed and carry out the wishes of the people and prox'ide foi building the conveniences necessary for furnishing the utilities." So heavy a majority is necessarily de cisive. A fortunate thing for the whole community that no room is left for dis pute. Next? Some results, not altogether pleasant, were Inevitable. They are stated in the extract from the Guard, which follows: "E. W. Hall, the representative of Rhoades, SInklcr & Butcher, the Phila delphia firm which had made a first pay ment on the Lane County Electric Com pany's plant at Springfield, left this after noon for Salem. He stated to a Guard reporter that the payment would be for feited and the deal for the plant, also that for the local water works, had beon declared off. He stated that It was better to lose the small payment made thairfo remain In the field and lose a large sura trying to operate plants In opposition to the city plants. "This syndicate had big plans for the future In the way of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in Eugene and vicinity. The improvements contemplated included the building of electric railroads. This, of course, is Is now all lost to Eugene. "The city will, as soon as possible after the bonds are Ie3ued. begin the work of building the electric plant up the Mc Kcnzle." After going so far on the municipal ownership road, still further steps may perhaps be found possible. It does not necessarily follow that building and oper ating an electric road or roads In and about Eugene, and even effecting commu nication with other communities In the vicinity, should be left to private capital to construct and own. SUGAR BEETS FOR PROFIT Oregon L&nds Pay Well in This Crop. New Factory Planned. Adaptability of Oregon lands to sugar-beet culture Is receiving gen eral attention. Wallowa County lands have been for some time under con sideration, with results seen In the fol lowing extract from tho Wallowa Chieftain: "Field Superintendent F. S. Bram well, of the La Grande sugar factory, accompanied by a number of expert sugar-beet growers, whose judgment as to the adaptability of the soil of this valley to the growth of sugar beets was desired by him, made a tour of this valley Tuesday as the guest df the Enterprise Commercial Club. Mr. Bramwell was here as the direct rep resentative of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, and was authorized by that company to say to the people of this valley that as soon as the railroad was completed as far as Enterprise. It was prepared to enter into a contract to erect a sugar factory, provided the people In return would guarantee the requisite acreage." When the question of sugar-beet cultivation in Oregon was first taken up, some 10 or 12 years ago, sam ples of seed were sent out through the Agricultural College, and instruc tions on culture were also distributed. There were many responses from wide ly separated points, and samples of the product were sent In to the college in great numbers for analysis. The sugar content, of course, varied very widely. But reference to the analysis will, it Is believed, show that the very great majority were considerably above the minimum, and a large proportion above the average mentioned in the United States department bulletin. Among them, beets raised on the tide lands on Yaqulna Bay ranked equal to the best In Eastern Oregon. Present investigations appear to be confined to Eastern Oregon points, it would be cculte worth while for some of the Willamette Valley and coast counties farmers to take the matter up again. No doubt the Agricultural College would take In hand thXjiecessary anal yses. Such a. crop works in with rota tion on the farm, and s profitable both for itself and for tho Inducement to raise still more stock. Women, from their sedentary habits, are often subject to headache and consti pation. These are quickly removed by Carter's Little Liver Pills. 1 ' BkMB jw inBuLEBHnrnmnfinVn ' 1 f s I HOOD RIVER FRC1TDRLER. j i. 4 EST- OF THE RISING SHEEP VALUES SHOW THE WAX TO PROFIT. Winter Feeding on Irrigated Land Yields Good Returns Big Crop of Alfalfa Here. In Lake and Klamath Counties sheep have been reaching comparatively higher prices than cattle, and many fiock-owners are taking advantage of the tide. Read the following notes from those counties: "L. B. West, buyer for the Carstens Packing Company, of Tacoma, has been In Klamath County for the past two weeks buying stock for shipment to Ta coma. West came here from Lake Coun ty and has purchased 19,000 head of mut ton In the two counties. He bought 1000 head from I. D. Applegate last week, payr Ing $3 a head. Mr. West has not bought any cattle here yet, but expects to do so. On being asked by a representative of the Republican how he found stock con ditions here, Mr West said, 'I believe you have better cattle here than we have In come "one of ihe most Important Indus tries of the county. Gold In Bohemia District. The Bohemia district. In Lane County, is attracting wide attention. The reported strike In the Champion group may rival Sucker Creek in values, but there is no chase of a deer luring hunters on the the discovery to throw a flavor of ro mance over the find in Bohemia. A spe cial from Cottage Grove, Or., says: The Sucker Creek sensation, caused by tho boy hunter, Roy Brlggs, find ing a rich pocket of gold in Southern Orogon. is almost duplicated by the re con I finds of the Orogon Securities Com pany, of Bohemia. The reported strike two weeks ago is far excelled by late de velopments. They have opened up two more chutes of ore In the Champion group that surpass tho Helena or any finds In the middle of the slate. "The ore Is literally covered with gold. A Cottage Grove man just came In from there, and said he saw about 20 pounds of ore mortared that yielded $303 a ton; also a tcacupful of decomposed matter waa panned out that was almost half Bold. x "As tho ore Is being taken from the drifts and upraises, gold can be seen all through the quartz. At three different places where the gold Is found there is no immediate sign of disappearing, and no estimate can be made as to how much there is, but many tons have already been blocked out. These finds are the nrincl- Tpal topic of conversation on the streets. but the officers of the company are quite reticent. Josephine County. A Grant's Pass correspondent sends the following general account of de velopment in Josephine County: GRANTS PASS, Or.. Sept. 16. Work is now under way of Installing 40 more stamps and an additional boiler and engine at the Granite Hill mine, located eight miles from Grant's Pass. Manager I-.' Wickersham has a large force of men at work and he expects to have this new equipment In operation by October 1. This will give the Granite Hill 20 stamps and make It the second largest quartz mill vIn Southern Ore gon, the famous Greenback mine, that Is turning out $500,090 In gold each year, having 40 stamps in operation and 20 more that are being set and soon to be in operation, holding the honor of the big mill of this district. The shaft at tho Granite Hill mine has now reached a depth of 400 feet, and the vein at that level Is fully as rich as on the upper levels, wh'ile Its width has materially Increased. Though In operation but ayyear yet the Granite Hill has proved to be one of the big gold, producers of Southern Oregon, and now that it is being fully equipped It will pay big dividends to Its owners, who are Chicago capitalists, for the Granite Hill, like every other big mine of Southern Oregon, Is operated by other than Oregon capital. The Greenback mine, owned by New Tork City capitalists, the largest holder being W. H. Breevort. is having It producing capacity greatly Increased. Twenty stamps are being added, giving the mill 60 stamps. The work of set ting the new stamps Is almost complet ed and It is the plan of Manager R. N. Bishop to have them crushing oro by the last of this month. Heretofore steam newer both for the mill and the hoist, has been used, but electric power is hereafter to be used. The current will be from the Gold Ray station on Rogue River, of the Conder Power & Water Company, and trans mitted to the mine, a distance of 41 miles, over the three aluminum cablos that pass through Rogue River Valley by way of Grant's Pass. These cables will be capable of carrying 23,000 volts, and In. addition to supplying current at Grant's Pass, will give power .-for a number of mines. The Greenback Mine.. The workings of the Greenback have reached a'dcplh of 1200 feet, and con- trary to the belief of many persons, who hold that Southern Oregon Is a pocket district, the mine has held both Its valje and Its width, and gives no evidence of losing either. The Ocp mine, near Jacksonville, s another of the big Southern Oregon mines that are to have equipment In creased. This mine was equipped last year with a fine ten-stamp mill, oper ated by electric power from Gold Ray, and has been a big gold producer for the ten months that It has been In ope ration, J. W. Opp being the superinten dent. Recently the mine was sqlJ by the Jacksonville owners to New York parties and it Is now under the man agement of Foster & Gunnell. or Grant's Pass. The mill building was ar ranged for 20 stamps, but only ten stamps were Installed at the time It waa built. Tho new owners will put In the remaining stamps and complete the equipment of the property. Over 3000 feet of tunnel work Is done on this mine and It Is In as good working shape for rapidly getting out ore as any mine In Oregon. The ore Is brought to the mill on tramcars by gravity and the drainage of the mine Is also accom plished by gravity force. The Oregon Belle, another flno min ing property, near Jacksonville, has had a ten-stamp steam power mill late ly erected on It, The milling of ore was commonced two weeks ago and very satisfactory results arc being had. the plates showing up gold In a manner that Indicates good dividends for the New Tork owners. Foster & Gunnell are also managers of this mine. The Oregon Belle haa a fine and com plete equipment. Over 2030 feet of tun nel work Is completed, two power drills, operated by compressed air. be ing in use. A tram railroad brings the ore to the mill, the cars being operated by gravity, and drainage Is alspydone by gravity, making a. big saving In operating expense. The Gold Pick. Another mine that Is not owned by Oregon capital, and which gives prom ise of becoming a big gold producer lx the Gold Pick, on Bolen Creek, near Holland. This property Is owned by Se attle men and Frank Fowler Is man ager. Extensive development has disclosed a large body of high-grade ore and so encouraged are the owners that they aro now having a three-stamp mill put on the property. It will be operated by water power, that Is capable of sup plying power for a 20-stamp mill. Tho last of this machinery was delivered from Grant's Pass three weeks ago and It Is expected to havo the mill in opera tion by October 1. This mill will be operated steadily until next Spring, when. If the mine maintains its present fine showing. It will be enlarged to a ten and possibly a 20-stamp mill, will bo put In. The Homestako mine near Woodvllle, of which Frank Trowbridge la mana ger, and Indiana capitalists are the owners. Is equipped with a five-stamp mil, which will be put In operation probably next week or soon after. The power will be electric and will be taken from the wires that carry current from Gold Ray station to Grant's Pass, Greenback and other points. An electric power pump placed on the bank of Rogue River, will force water to the mill for battery rind concentrator pur poses. A ten-stamp mill Is being erected on the Millionaire mine near Gold Hill by Indianapolis, Jnd., parties, the mine being in charge of J. E. Davidson. Electric power will be used from tho Gold Hill and Gold Ray station, and Its entire mine equipment will be the best to be had. Extensive development work has been carried oa Tor the past year and a- half and the mine Is In a shape to at once be operated to the full ca pacity of the mill. The mines named are only part of those in the. district around Grant's Pass that are having their present equplment enlarged or being' newly equipped. On many other properties It has been practically decided by the owners to put In mills. This Winter and next Spring fully 20 mills will bo add ed to the list of Southern Oregon pro ducing properties. It is a low esti mate to say that there are 250 promis ing claims being developed In this dis trict besides the vast number that are mere prospect holes of uncertain value. Southern Oregon Is held back by the lack of capital. If Portland moneyed men would Invest here as do Eastern capitalists this district would soon be come one of the greatest gold produc ing and wealthiest sections of the United States. Portland gets almost the entire trade of Southern Oregon and can always control It If only the effort Is made. It would be to the Interest and prosperity of Oregon's metropolis to aid and encourage the- development of the Immense and varied resources of this flection, of which mining is only one. There arc fine Investments here In orchards, timber, electric power sta tions and railroads and town property. The tics of Investments are the strong est factors la drawing trade to a city. Portland capital placed In Southern Oregon would hold and develop a trade that 'Would not be exceeded In vol umo by that from any other tributary section. RICHES OF OREGON MINES QUICKSILVER PROPERTIES IX CROOK COUNTY PROMISING. Big Strike In Bohemia District. Grant's Pass Correspondent on Josephine County Mines. Not only In Josephine, but In Crook County, the hidden wealth of Oregon In quicksilver Is being developed. The follow ing Item Is from the Madras Pioneer: "The cinnabar properties lying on Look out Mountain, near PrinevHIe, are at tracting wide attention Tests made with samples of the ore from this group of mines show them to be rich In quicksil ver, and the quantity of ..he ore Is said to be almost unlimited. A furnace for the treatment of the ore has just about been completed on Lookout, and It will be "blown In" within the next few days. These properties are owned almost en tirely by business men at the county seat, and local capital is drawn upon for the development of the property. The quick silver mines of Crook County may be the north. I find the stock all In good condition and there appears to be plenty of cattle, especially In the southern part of the county and across the line In Call fornla. There are not many sheep here. we buy most of ours In Lake County. "Numerous sales have been made In the past ten days. The Herald reports: H. A. Champagne, the Roscburg buyer bought several bands. From C. E. Sher- lock and H. J. Newell he bought 400; from H. J. Leehman, 15CO; from Turpln & JammerthaL 800 wethers; from Bloom. lngcamp, of Bly, 6300; from E. Casebeer, of Bly. 2SC0. "The 2500 head of sheep belonging to the John Reld estate were sold to Reno buy ers last week. "W. A. Sherlock Is in the market for 20,000 mutton sheep." Over in Yakima. In (the Yakima Valley. Wash., the sheep inaustry is or great importance, as is in dicated by the following clippings: . " 'Sheep are bringing good prices now, said Arthur Coffin, one of North Yakima's biggest dealers, recently. 'Lambs are worth 32.25 and ewes will bring $3 and up to $3.50. These prices will mean heavy shipments and most of those from this section will be shipped East; In fact, with in the next 30 days over 25,000 sheep will be shipped to Chicago from North Yakima.' " "Coffin Bros, have sold the last of their wool holdings In North Yakima. They had 72,000 pounds and they got 17H cents per pound for It. This la 5 cents per pound higher than they received last year for wool. The last lot of wool In the valley Is at Ellensburg. in the hands of Robert Hamilton. All the rest of the Yakima wool has been sold to Eastern and Western mills." Herald. The question Is often asked by men considering the purchase of small acre ages of Irrigated land, at distance from railroad, to what purpose can they put it. If to grain, the- question of haul comes In at once: In view of the comparatively-low value of the product, the cost of transportation is prohibitive. If to alfalfa, how can a market, or a use, be found for it? A heavy tonnage of al falfa hay means that a large number of animals must bo there. onNthe ground, to consume It- In the corn states the small farmer gets cattle to feed through Winter and turn out fat In the Spring for the Chicago market. The same action Is now taken In the Malheur country on a considerable scale Thus, the problem what to do with their hay Is solved In the best way. In older countries the sale of hay off the farm Is prohibited in case of leased land, since the store of fertility Is so reduced. Every . Inducement Is offered to the leaseholder to obtain stock to feed the hay on the farm. Cattle fed on the alfalfa hay add sub stantially and materially to the worth of the land. Eighty thousand tons will feed many a steer. Thousands of Cattle. The Ontario Argus prints this: "A deal was' closed and the contracts signed at the Bank of Ontario Monday which mean that about 2000 head of range cattle will be fed In this vicinity this Winter and 7000 tons of surplus hay will thereby be consumed. "D. Maglll, a John Day stockman, disposed of 1500 -ead of 3-year-old steers to farmers who will feed them Instead of placing their hay on the market. The deal represents about J 65.000 capital. The cattle will come from Bear Valley, in Grant County, Oregon, and will be delivered- here about October 15. Mr. Maglll will also feed 300 head of his own cattle here, and' haa already purchased sufficient hay for that purpose. Another John Day stockman is figuring on Winter ing 100 head here. , "Contract were signed for 1655 head, as follows: A. A. Brown, 175 head; A. J. Quackcnbush, 175; Tenscn Bros., 230; Moody Bros., 250; John Roy, 250; J. A. Walters, 100; C. E. Amldon, 150; E. B. Conklln, 100; W. C. Langley, 75; W. H. Pullen. 100. "About 80,000 tons of hay Is raised In this valley anually and the farmers have been receiving good prices for their croo until last year, when the stockmen decided that they were ask ing too much and as a result a large amount of last year's crop wa3 left over." Alfalfa in the Valley. Here Is a Willamette Valley Instance: The Salem Statesman notes: "James McClaln. who lives on E. E. Gillem's farm, four miles south of town, brought in a load of alfalfa hay yesterday. which reminds one very much of East ern Oregon. Mr. McClaln says there Is no reason why alfalfa cannot be grown successfully here. Ho has 14 acres' in hay that he has been cutting for five years. This year he has cut three crcps that have averaged about two and one-half tons to the acre, and or dinarily he gets our crops a year. The hay is grown on river bottom land, but has never been Irrigated. Tihe hay sells readily for $9 a ton." Very soon such crops will be too common to attract any attention. Then the wealth of Western Oregon will have been materially Increased. The Kapsas experiment station gives, in a recent bulletin, the following results of the use of alfalfa and rape pasture In fattening hogs. Oregon farmers will. It Is hoped, take notice. "The Kansas experiment station took 30 shoats, averaging 52 pounds In weight, and divided them into three as near equal lots as possible. One lot was placed on a half acre of alfalfa pasture, one on one acre of rape and the third In a dry lot, that Is contained no green feed. All were fed the same kind of grain and had access to water. The results obtained in this experiment show that It took 71 pounds more grain to raise 100 pounds of pork without pasture than with it. The rape pasture that contained one acre and pastured ten pigs for 9S days had 202 pounds of pork to its credit, as compared with the lot without pasture, and there were 204 pounds of pork to the credit of the half aero of alfalfa pasture. This ex periment emphasizes the great, value of pasture for hogs, and also the supe rior value of alfalfa. A large per cent of the barren hog pastures, or those grown up to weeds, could easily be sown to rape, and thereby made to yield a handsome profit on tne Investment of seed and labor. Cattle Are Ijov. The following note from a Klamath paper gives the price obtained on a recent sale of cattle at $18 per head. On such a basis it is no wonder that the aheep Industry moves ahead, and that cattle ranges are being put on the market for sale. This paper says: "The only cattle sale reported Is that H. R. Dunlop bought about 200 head of cat tle from W. A. Currier, of Paisley, at $18 per head." Buying California Butter. Why California butter should be Im ported Into Clatsop County In this year of grace passes understanding. The fol lowing clipping from the Astoria Herald led to the looking up of some figures on the subject. With the acreage available for the very best pasture and hay land for dairy purposes in easy reach of the Columbia River, this same county could produce enough butter to take care of Astoria, and all other towns and villages In the county, and send a large surplus to Portland the year round. Soil, climate. rainfall, all conduce to the creation of one of the very finest dairy countries in the world, where grass grows and thrives the year round and yet they Import Cal ifornia butter! "The price of butter has again gone up. having advanced from 50 cents to "0 cents a roll In the past two weeks. The rise Is due to the dry weather, which has had the effect of curtailing the supply of butter In the country adjacent to Astoria. The merchants here now pay the farmers 60 cents a roll for butter and retail it for "0 cents. Of late, considerable California and Portland butter has been shipped In to Astoria, the local creameries being un able to supply the demand. The butter in dustry has not been sufficiently developed here, and as a consequence money Is sent to Portland and Callfqrnia every year for butter. However, the farmers are going in for dairying on a larger scale, and con ditions are showing improvement every year." PROPER WAY TO CAN FRUIT Suggestions of Interest to House wives In Their Annual Industry. The following is taken from the last Issue of a well-known health Journal, and is suggested housewives who are now putting up their Winter supply of fruit, as well worth a trial: "The berries selected for canning should be fresh and firm. Place In a clean, cold jar as many as possible without crush ing the fruit. Seal the jar without the rubber, and place in a cold oven, with an asbestos mat between the can and the floor of the oven. "When the oven la filled with cans, so placed as not to touch one another, it should be gradually heated, care being takerinot to heat too quickly, especially If gas Is used. After ten minutes, in crease the heat of the oven until It Is quite hot. and allow the fruit to re main from 20 to 30 minutes. Hard fruits, such as pears, peaches, apples and plums, require longer cooking. "While the fruit is baking, prepare a syrup, allowing one cup of sugar to each quart of water used. Very acid fruits may require more sugar. Let the sugar dissolve, and bring the syrup just to the boiling point. "When the fruit Is cooked, fill the cans to the brim with the boiling syrup, seal them in the usual way, and allow them to stand until cold. While cooling it will be found possible to seal them a little tighter at Intervals, as the glass con tracts. "When the can is perfectly air-tight, dip the top In liquid paraffin wax, deep enough to cover. When treated in this way, the fruit will keep for years. "For the, saving of time, and the ex cellent results obtained, this method haa been found superior to any other." Trying to Save County Bridges. BAKER CITY, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.) Forest fires, which have been raging In the mountains around Sumpter, were par tially -extinguished by rain in that region today. But the fires which have been burning nearly all Summer In the Cornu copia region are still destroying valuable timber. The fires came from the Powder Range and crossed over to the south. For days they threatened the mine building and machinery on tho Cornucopia lead and threatened to destroy a valuable county road. The County Commissioners had men out fighting the fire for several days this week In an effort to save tho bridges and plank roads which had been constructed through the mountains to the mines. Tho fire even spread over the foothills and destroyed haylahds and ranch prop erty. : srxciAX. nxcuRsiby ratzs. Terr Xow Nbaetjr-Say Tickets East Offered by O.K. N. September 16, 17, the O R. & N. sells 90 day special excursion tickets to Eastern points; stopovers granted going and re turning. Particulars of C. w. Stinger, city, ticket agent O. R. & N. Co., Third au Washington attests. Portland- 01 IN MANUFACTURES GROWING INDUSTRIES IN VARI OUS PARTS OF THE STATE. Estacada Tiles and Pottery New Works In Contemplation for This City. Mention has before been made of the brick and tile factory at Estacada. on the Oregon Water Power line. The enter prise is fast assuming its Intended shape, and. when completed, will be adequate to supplying a large demand heretofore filled by Imported goods. The clay beds, of im mense thickness, are of divers colors and densities. There I3 no apparent reason why they should not be adapted to art productions. The following Is from the Estacada News: "Work of construction on the Estacada Brick & Tile Company's new brick factory Is progressing as rapidly as 13 possible. The foundation for the large dryshed Is completed, though work on the shed ha3 been delayed somewhat because of tho wait for timbers. The millwright work is being done In the main factory. This building is three-story, with three room3, the boiler-room 20x34. the engine-room 18x34, and the pressroom 20x34. on the ground floor. The concrete basements for the drypan and the four-mold drypress are finished. The plant i3 to be equipped with a four-mold Chisholm. Boyd & Whito drypress. a nine-foot drypan and a fine automatic clay-mixer, besides numerous sieves and other apparatus. All the work Is under the supervision of Charles Smith, who has been building brick plants and making brick all his lifetime." Troutdalc Industries. Troutdale, from its easy connection with Portland, seems almost a suburb of this city. It is growing fast, as shown In the following interview with Mr. Chapman, a leading resident, given to the Record: "Mr. Chapman lives at Troutdale, and of course is loyal to his home town. Speak ingjf it he said: 'Troutdale Is perhaps known as one of the best tie and stock markets on the Pacific Coast- Hundreds of thousands of ties are shipped annually, mostly from Proctor & Beers' and Kelly & Wyland's mills. Outside capital Is very much In evidence in Troutdale.' said Mr. Chapman, 'the Union Meat Company hav ing an Investment of about $150,000 in their pocking plants and farms situated In and near that city. They employ about 100 men and have a monthly payroll of over $6300. besides large expenditures along oth er lines. Here cattle, sheep and the stub born pig (except his squeal) are complete ly used up and marketed.' "Continuing, Mr. Chapman -said: 'The O. R. & N. has a modest payroll amount ing to nearly $S0O per month. The Sand. Lime & Brick Company, manufacturers of pressed and other brick, has recently made valuable additions to their plant and has an increasing working force. All this will add greatly to the city's promi nence' It Is aoubtful whether the following should find place among the Industries of the farm or be dealt with as an associated Industry. The hopralsers of the Sacra mento Valley are alive to the benefits of co-operation, and go one step farther than the Hood River fruitgrowers and their union. But they stop on the road to full co-operation, as will be seen. They Indi vidually own their crop and its proceeds. But they arrange for Joint action in going out to reach either consumer or middle man, as may seem best to the agent they jointly employ: "The growers believe they can maintain an office, have one of their own members traveling all of the time, selling and .plac ing contracts direct to the dealer or con sumer, or both, and get reports of hop conditions every day. In other words. It Is proposed to organize a mutual co-operative association, so that they may sell direct to consumer or dealer, and not await the pleasure of the merchant-growers, who will not buy their hops until tho price runs down close to the cost of pro duction." New Industries in Portland. Two important annoufcements are just made, looking to the establishment of In dustries in Portland or Its immediate neighborhood. The first is a wool-scouring plant, to be placed In Sellwood. Tho enterprise at Pendleton has had great success. Its work of this season having far overpassed that of previous years. Tho Portland plant will, doubtless, find Us scope In handling the Western Oregon wool. There is ample room for both. "The purchase by Thomas Ross, of Las Vegas. N. M.. of IS acres In Sellwood from the Portland Woolen Mills Company was consummated yesterday. The consid eration Is $9000. and Mr. Ross will move his wool-scouring plant from Las Vegas in time to have the wool crop of 1905 treated there. The purchase means much to tho Northwest, to Portland and to Sellwood. as It will cause the bulk of the wool of three states to be shipped hither for scour ing before it is finally sent to the various woolen mills of the country. At present wools are shipped 'In the grease,' and thl3 Incurs extra expense In freight. Mr. Ross hopes to? have the scouring mills in posi tion for business by March 1, 1906." Drop-Forging Plant. If the drop-forging plant referred to In the next item takes firm hold here and grows, it will be one of great advantage to the state: "Portland will be the home of a drop forging plant before Spring opens. This will be the first establishment of an enter prise of this character in the West. "Secretary Laber, of the Board of Trade, says the persons who will bring the plant here have been corresponding since last May. On the strength of representations made, an agent was sent West. He ar rived in Portland early In this week and left yesterday, after stating, among other things, that the data furnished by tho Board of Trade was even more conserva tive than he had expected, and he was authorized' to make known the fact that the factory will be located on a site to bo chosen later. In a part of the city where both water frontage and trackage can bo had. "The owners are now In business at Hartford. Conn., 'and they will continue that establishment, but intend to rein corporate In Oregon under another name, and for that reason will not divulge their Identity to the public. The question of securing electricity for power and oil for fuel purposes was thoroughly gone over, and the agent left fully satisfied on that point All sorts of mining, milling and logging machinery will be manufactured by the concern, and, in fact, any charac ter of steel work not treated by the ham mering prpcess. There will be In the neighborhood of 50 men employed by the company when the foundry Is opened, but thl3 number will be Increased as its scops grows." -v Has Sold Thooaands of Bottles of Chamber Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy and Never Had a Dlsatfcucd Customer. Mr. E. E. Eubanks, proprietor of the Corner Drug Store, Johnson City. Ill says: "I have been continuously engaged In the. retail drug business since April. 1S83, and have sold during that time thou sands of bottles of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I can truthfully say that I have never been asked to refund a customer's money who was dissatisfied with this remedy. I take pleasure In recommending it to all of my customers who are In need of such a med icine." All druggists are authorized to refund the money to any customer who Is not satisfied after using this remedy. It Is for sale by all druggists.