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THE 3IORNIIG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1906. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON 12 US N MEN CL Commissioner Carson Will En force the Fruit Pest Law on Their Petition. ALFALFA FOR DRY LAND Growing of Plant In Willamette Val ley "Without Irrigation Not nn Experiment School for Dairying at Corvallis. Ashland fruitgrowers are falling Into line. In the fight for clean orchards. No tice, however, the final statement of Mr. Carson. With a good law on the statute books and a due organization of officers to enforce It, to , carry' out such a law should not depend on Its "popularity with the people whom It affeojpfSJS'part from any question of strict flfelft, 'applying to all laws, it may he slgestQ& that the state at large has aibrest In the quality and value of itsorchard prod ucts. Albert Johnson, a prominent Ashland grower, recently forwarded Commissioner Carson a petition bearing on the matter and the following is Mr. Carson's reply: "Dear Sir: Your letter of December 26. with Inclosed petition received and In re ply will say I am truly glad to see such an interest manifested in asking a rigid enforcement of the horticultural 'laws of the state. I will assure you that- 1 will as far as my power goes do all I can to see that negligent orchard men do a duty to themselves and spray their orchards. "I will Instruct Mr. "Weeks, the county inspector for your county, in regard to the matter, and the last part of this month will visit Ashland with him and will see that notices of disinfection are served on every fruitgrower In Ashland to spray for scale on or before March 35, and if these notices arc not complied with will refer the matter with the evidence to the District Attorney for action under the law. With the names attached to the petition I feel much encouraged with my ability to enforce the law, as the en forcement of any law is purely a mat ter of the law's popularity with the people whom it affects. I am very truly yours, "A. H. CARSON. "Commissioner Third District." Better Outlook for Prunes. The future of the prune industry seems brighter. The following, from the Albany Democrat, Indicates better conditions in Linn County: "This has boon the banner year for prunes in the business of Lassclle Bros. & Fortmlller. Last night the firm com pleted the packing of SO carloads of Ore gon prunes, averaging over 40,000 pounds to the car, probably the biggest business of any prune dealers in Oregon. Three months were spent in doing the packing. The -prunes were put up neatly, in most cases in boxes, handsomely labeled and go into the market as the Rose Bud Prunes. Seventy-five cars of the prunes have al ready been sold." The guests at the Chamber of Com merce banquet In Portland the other night listened, with great Intorest, to the speech of W. W. Cotton. After praising the Willamette Valley as the garden spot of the world, and advising his hearers to invest their spare money in Willamette Valley farms, Mr. Cot ton proceeded to say that as for him he was about to try as an experiment the growing of alfalfa on unlrrlgated land. It will, therefore, be news to be told that he has been preceded by scores of experimenters for several years, from one end of the valley to the other; that the experience of the Corvallis farmer who writes the let ter from which the following para graphs are taken is but one of many. Therefore Mr. Cotton may confident ly set to sowing as much alfalfa as he has ground and seed for, and can make due preparation of the land. For many months The Oregonian has been add ing lt voice to that of other Oregon papers, urging its readers to sow al falfa fearlessly, and printing and re printing directions for drainage, culti vation and inoculation. It is a matter of conviction tliat the provision of a large, proportion of alfalfa field in every dairy farm would raise both products and value by from 10 to 25 per cent. Alfalfa in the Valley. Ij. Lc Brooks' experience follows: "I have been sowing alfalfa the last two Springs with very good results. I sowed two acres on a poor clay point on May 26, 1904. I used Inoculated dirt from the Agricultural College al falfa bed. The ground was not worked down as fine as it should be, and an extremely dry season from April to November followed, but cut two crops this year, and on May 19, 1003, sowed three acres more on much better land, and worked the ground down fine, plowed it extra deep. disced It twice, rolled three times, har rowed four times: besides, the ground was well manured ' before plowing. I sowed 40 pounds of Inoculated . alfalfa seed on the three acres, with 50 pounds of land plaster per acre; land plastor and seed sown same day and harrowed in together. "Tho first month the best of It was Hevcn inches high, at two months 13 inches; after that kept It mowed close to the ground to keep -weeds down. The stand cannot be any better; an Eastern man saw it and said Jt was tho best -stand that he ever saw." Sheep in Eastern Washington, Shccpralsing on a great scale In Eastern Washington is indicated In the following newspaper item. It will be noticed that these- sheep are to be fed and fattened at home during the com ing Winter and Spring not sold off to be fattened in Idaho for the Chicago Spring market. "Coffin Bros, are Wintering 63.000 heep this year on their big ranch in Chelan and Douglass Counties. This is the largest band of sheep owned by any one concern in the State of Washing ton. The sheep are being fed at the 3ifferent places on the ranch with hay that was raised on the farm owned by Coffin Bros, and others. These sheep are probably worth $200,000 and by, next Spring they are expected to bring a. good return on the Investment be sides the wool that they will produce." The following paragraph will first catch the eye, it is to be hoped, and then Influence the purpose of many who may be able, even t some expense and con siderable sacrifice of time, to attend this .dairy course. ' Will Teach Dairying. The State Agricultural College at Corvallis is, in every sense, the peo-' Die's school. The teaching- is free, is AN practical, and Is scientific up to the last day. The dairy farmers of the Wil lamette Valley have learned their business, some from their parents, others from practical experience under those who may or may not have been posted up to date, others from hard knocks, when It fell to their lot to have to do the best they could and find out how as they went along. All, It Is to be hoped, take a farmer's pa per, and read It, and Its correspon dents' advice. But, believe It, to everyone the chance of learning- by seeing how a highly-trained expert goes about it, how he uses the plant and equipment, and what that last Is. may save untold trouble and cost. Oregon still imports dairy products, although she should be a large exporter. Every natural ad vantage is on the side of our dairy men. But with all of us It Is more or less the question of knowing how. And this Is the annual chance to learn. The special dairy coursei begins Jan uary 16 and continues to February 1C. In the latter course the services of W. W. Grant, an expert checscmaker from California have been secured, for special lectures In cheesemaking. The forenoon of each day will be devoted to practical work In the dairy nnd In the laboratories, nnd the afternoon will be given over to popular lectures. especially arranged to meet the needs j of men actually engaged In agrlcul- i lure, horticulture, dairying and other i rural industries. The -work In the laboratories will be under the supervision of experts and of a character to be of great aid for those who engage in this Industry. PLENTY OP ORCHARD LAND NO MONOPOLY ON HOOD AND ROGUE 311 VER APPJLES." John MInto, Oregon Pioneer, Writes Concerning Fruitgrowing and Forest Reserve. The following communication from the well-known pioneer, John Minto. Is more than the usual rosy apple spiel. The point he makes of the adaptability of the soil of our fir lands to fruit culture when the timber has been removed is sound. Those who have traveled In other lands and have noted the poverty of the soil of the fir and pine forests in Scotland. Norway. Sweden and Germany, must have often been struck with the contrast here. Naturally the greater vigor, size and longevity of the conlfera of Oregon can be traced directly back to the soil in which they grow. The other suggestion of Mr. MInto, that settlers should be allowed to rake home steads on the timber reserves, falls in line with the contention of Senator Hey burn. It is a dangerous policy to allow reserves once made and acquiesced In to be carved up by homesteads. There seems to be less reason for it in view of the utilizing of the forest reserve lands for grazing purposes so well started re cently in this and the adjoining State. When the reserve land sustains Its full quota of stock and holds its timber In tact the while. It contributes as much, probably more, to the national resources than If cut up Into small farms. To the Editor: From The Oreconlaa's re port of the annual meeting of the State Hor ticultural Society the fact In beginning to re appear, well known to old Orcgonlans, that Hood and Rorue River Valleys are not ex clusively the apple-growing: district of this state. The enthusiastic devotion of a com paratively few people have made a limited dlHtrict and themnelvcn famous for the nro ductlon of apple and strawberries. All honor to the docr of it. But while conceding this, we nhould not forset that Western Oregon attained the name of the land of hlg red apples In the rnlnlnc camps of California between 1840 and 1S39. The recent exhibition award jihow cups and honorable mentions to cultivators in Columbia and Yamhill Counties on superior ."oeclmea; of the eix best Winter apples. Hood River takes the chief awards at this meetlnr be cause, as Intimated, partly of Isolation from the Willamette Valley and from the numer ous pests that neglect of once profitable orch ards Induced. It should not be forgotten, however, that, given that care again, the Willamette Valley could be made one continuous apple orchard the conditions of miocessful culture being bo general. Take the Wallace orchard. In Polk County, some three miles from Salem, where 25 acres last year gave a net ale of $10,000. chiefly for pears, with over $3000 for picking and hauling. There are hundreds of farms In Polk County that would yield the same results for the came care. Similar or equally favorable conditions of climate and soil are m general. The writer, from 53 years of observation and practical experience, concluded that the yellow flr tree Is a sure guide to good apple bearing land, and where It grown a healthy orchard may be grown. That lady who wrote o charmingly from the home, of the pointed firs located In a good apple and roue situation, lor toe Dest conditions lor both plants are similar. Tour city is the Rose City, but Greater Portland Is as good orchard sround as the Scappoose plains, as Is all the nr growlng land level enough far orchard pur poses from Portland to Astoria west, east to Hood River and south to the CallDooya Mountains, and even amongst them. There are a hundred valleys In Western Oregon In which care and labor will produce fruit equal to Hood River, and without the constant toll Irrigation involves. This la not meant as opposed to irrigation where it Is needed and possible. In a country needing It. given the water supply, the cultivator has almost complete command of his crojx, hut here again care and labor are the essential of success. All the water possible to attain can 'fertilise but a small portion of Eastern Ore gon, and when that Is applied fruit production will probably be -secondary to alfalfa and vegetable crop;, as It Is In Colorado and the Taklma "Valley. Then, when water Is recured, for an fruit Is concerned, the questfon of quality will come Into the competition for the market. It California products In all but citrus fruits may be a guide to results, the orchards on lands receiving frpm 20 to 40 inches of rain fall will take the market. This brings me to the yellow pine lands of Eastern Oregon. They arc generally above the reach of -"water, except rprfngs and welH but from some opportunities of Judgment 1 am ratlsfled industry will find thousands of homes within the yellow pine lands of Oregon. Home building began within the yellow pine belt of the Blue Mountains before any home was built on the plain lands, away- from springs or watercourses, and an the pressure for homes Increases the yellow pine lands will be appropriated. I most sincerely hope the Public Lands Commission will recommend homestead en tries within the forest reserve, subject to reas onable rules for maintenance of forests on land flt for no higher purpose. Very much of this pine land carries pasturage equal In annual value to the growth of timber on It. Whwe water can be b ecu red livestock could be one source of family support. Fruit and vegetables can be grown where pine trees grow. The. writer hsi ecn corn growing In a field dotted with pine stumps. Ho has been Informed by no less a person than cx-Govemor Geer that his' late father made one of the best orchards In Union County on pine land, without Irrigation. I would like to know his views on tho foregoing proposition for home steads within reserves. Mr. A. Ray. of Portland, very properly treat ed the hop as an horticultural crop. Oregon baa hop) and enough under excellent conditions of soli and climate to supply the present world market, but will not be depended on tq do o. It 1 jo reach at the mercy of climatic and parasitic conditions that the jirlce can sever e safely forecast Hi uatll the harvest la closed. It is a better crop to disseminate wageM than the orchard, ' and should not be hantlly abandoned. The writer l enabled to give remits from 20 acres of bps In 1904 that offered a comparison with the Wallace orchard under the same prosperous rear. Thlrty-flve acres of orchard gave $13,000 gross Income. Twenty acres of hops gave a cash sale of $6240, and plants were sold the nucceedlng Winter for -JS00. a total of $70t&. Neither of these trops Interferes much with poultry raising on the Fame ground, and the homestead of both can be embowered I roses If madamc so wills. JOHN MINTO. NEED FOR STEEL PLANT. Portland Should Give BInck Sand Process a Practical Working Test. Itwas stated a few days ago that 20.- 0W tons of steel would be needed for the two bridges to be built by the Northern Pacific across the Columbia and Willam ette rivers. Still more will be required for structures along that road; how much cannot easily be estimated. Ten thousand tons of rails for the Drain to Coos lino arc reported as arriving at Drain. The Natron road must be provided for. and about I0,- 000 tons will be laid there. Steel for the Portland-Salem Electric, extension of the O. W. P., the building of the Tillamook. Nehalem. and a much larger quantity for the Lwiston and Snake River, and for the Wallowa extension, must be added to the total. And the list Is not u.osed. Then think of the steel buildings to be erected In Portland and of the various street railroads. A pity then. Jt seems, that the steel from black sands proposition was not tried out, and either adopted or dismissed as Impracticable before this steel age ar rived. Is it too late? If Portland wants factories her chance is here and now. to establish an Industry that always builds up a city and brings prosperity. Iron workers are good workers and good citi zens the world over. If Dr. Day Is right, the electric furnace Is the practical equivalent for the blast furnace of Pennsylvania. Where Is there a better use to which to put the necessary part of the 100,000-horsc iwwcr now being got ready for the city's Industries? If one describes the black sand and Its con stituents to an Eastern steel manufac turer he smiles blandly nnd says: "But where is your coal?" Tell him Portland proposes to use electricity instead, and he says that idea Is 20 years ahead ot the times. Ask him why. and he says because it has never been done successfully yet. And not a foot beyond that will he move. So It Is up to Oregon people to help themselves. The sensible thing seems to be to call Dr. Day Into counsel, to ascer tain how best a practical test of the mat ter on a working scale can be made now without waiting for a California man or a Washington man to come here and get well paid for doing what Oregon men can just as well do for themselves. Unless preliminary figures arc wofully wrong, no large sum will be required. HEN WINE CREEK. lBfcfttf'ljWfcfc -.tjiSiSiBLsjr !(111111b'Hs111H BBBk2 ftrBEisiBBsSsvi t' i (l&SBsssssssal IJTTXE NORTH FORK OF NORTH SANTTAM. UTIL1ZESTHESWAW1P Medford Farmer Pumps Water Into a Storage Reservoir. FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES Gasoline Engine Furnishes the Power Xcccssnry to Carry Out- Novel Scheme lor Reclaim ing the Iand. . Thore Is a farm called Hollywood, lying west of Medford. and on It ten acres of swampy land. The owner. A. C Allen, drained the ten acres, leading the water through the pipes into a central reser voir, holding 73.0CO gallons. Then he In Htalled a 34-Inch centrifugal pump, driven by a 13-horsepower gasoline en ginecapacity, 200 gallons a minute. So Is a lO.OCO-gallon tank filled, and thence is the water led to all parts of the tract and serves for Irrigation when and where needed. The engine, when It is not pumping, does whatever ele It is asked on the farm, and earns Its cost. So Mr. Allen Is out the price of the gasoline when his engine Is pumping, and no more. He says he intends using his power to run a pri vate lighting plant. From the history of his Irrigation system we fancy he will do It. This story Is- condensed from the Medford Mall. Possibly . there may be swamps In the Willamette Valley also to be drained first, then watered at the right time. Notice was taken of the Intended in stallation, as an experiment, of a float ing water wheel in the Deschutes River, near its mouth. A more advanced propo sition Is that of the Davenport Land & Irrigation Company, of Lincoln County. Washington. They Intend setting a -horse power submerged motor in the Co lumbia River at Davenport, and expect therewith to Irrigate a 60)-acrc plat at Davenport. The patentee of the machine Is H. H. Granger, and the description fol lows, from the Scientific American of No vember 11. 1S05. "A water-current motor of simple con struction has recently been invented. NORTH SANTTAM. which is provided with an efficient means for governing the speed or power devel oped. The motor Is designed to be sub merged well below the surface of the stream, so that it will not be In the path of driftwood or rubbish coming down with the current and will not be affected by the rise and fall of the current at different wasons of the year. "A pier of masonry Is built out from the bank of the stream and supports an up per horizontal beam and a lower silL A shaft is mounted to turn In bearings In the sill and beam. Rigidly secured to the shaft near Its opposite bearings are a pair of blocks, from each of which four arms or spokes radiate. Mounted between the upper and lower sets of spokes are four frames which, with the vanes they carry, serve a? wings against which the current acts The wings are hinged to the outer extremities of the spokes. On the main shaft of the current motor are a number of collars, formed with teeth adapted to stop the inner ends of the wings as thcy are swung against them by the current. "It will be evident that the wings on the side of the main shaft will be forced against these stops by the weight of the current, while thosj on the other side will swing free from the shaft, assuming a position "parallel with the direction ofj the current, and thus offering no appre ciable resistance to the flow of the stream. The motor Is thus caused to rotate, and the motion Is transmitted by menns of suitable gearing to any point desired." Still a Merc Experiment. While It may be true that the invention Is simplicity Itself in essence. It may prove hard to maintain the projecting arms In correct place and alignment when the river Is In flood. - Further reports will be looked for with Interest. In connection with the statements of the purposes of Frank H. Brown, of San Francisco, to harness the Feather River. In Northern California, and by a fall of 20X1 feet to develop 1CO.000 horsepower, the following Item Is Interesting. Few people have any idea of the rapid increase of horsepower from greater fall of water. But that 12.CO) horsepower should issue from the fall of a six-Inch stream for 1500 feet Is remarkable indeed. This may be a hint for Oregon owners of mountain ranches: At Butte Creek. California, is a water wheel driven by a single six-Inch stream falling 15CO feet. This drives the wheel at a peripheral speed 6f 31 miles an hour, developing the enormous force of 12,000 horsepower, or more than any other sin gle mechanism In the world." Irrigators beware! The Supreme Court at Washington decides that If-a statute gives the right to appropriate water for irrigation "from any convenient river, creek or stream of running water." a man may not sink a well, have it fill from seep age or percolation, then pump and pipe it to irrigate lands so made accessible. It seems, then, that only surface " water Is recognized as running. This Is an Arizona case. but. of course, lays down general law. Government reclamation men are get ting -busy. In Idaho bids are asked for Immense work on the Bolsc-Payette proj ect, to be sent In by February 1. In Washington, we are told that the Yakima project Is now cleansed from all Its trou bles, and that work is to begin about April 1. In our own Klamath a Portland firm has made the lowest bid. and the figures have gone on to Washington for confirmation and award of contract. It Is understood that the Cascade Power Company has it In hand to utilize a 600 foot fall, without tunneling, by means of flume and ditch only. For Electric Ttallronds. The llntlt of mileage of electric roads Is ever expanding. The Erie road is said to be about "to spend S1.3OO.0OO In paralleling a main line for 76 miles with an electric road. Ther.coat. it will be seen. Is, as esti mated. Just under 520.0CO a mile. The In tention is to use the electric line for all business within its length, so enabling the present main line to be relieved of trafnc both In passengers and freight, and the through service In both departments to be expedited. Is there another state In, the Union to surpass Oregon in facili ties for cheap Installation and operation of electric lines? . Is there a state where greater precau tion should be taken against allowing or. worse, facilitating the syndicating, or trust-making, or monopolizing the water powers of this state? KEEPS UP RAILi RATES. One Bad Effect of Private Ownership of Oregon City Locks. The Oregonian a day or two ago noticed the introduction by Senator Fulton of a bill for the purchase of the locks at Ore gon City by the general Government, with, a view to their being thrown open and the 50 cents charge per ton on freight and 50 cents per passenger abolished. All know that in ten years about $300,005 has been paid by the people of the Willam ette Valley as direct toll- If this were all it would be bad enough. But Indi rectly this large sum is but a small, a very small." part of what the locks have cost the people. For the lock toll has added 50 cents a ton to the total of the river freight, and, as the river freight is the standard by which railroad freight Is regulated, that same 50 cents a ton has been added to the railroad tonnage as well. Can any one easily calculate the sum? By no means. Only the old books of account of the Southern Pacific could tell tho talc. Do not purge or weaken the bowels, but act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect liver corrector. Carter's Little Liver PBla. - - - - - - ' - lJUiCr i lllS. I SMMMMHMlHMHBMMMHMMMaHHanMMMBWBnMHMaBMaBBMBBHBMB IE WRSTE POWER Streams" Harnessed to Turn the Wheels of Industry, ARE MANY CHOICE SITES Jlbre Extensive Employment of Ap plied Electrical Science Than Be fore in History of State. New Plants.Projcctcd. More has been done In 1303 to develop and utilize electrical power in Oregon than in any previous ' year. The re proach constantly heard that we are letting the great resources of our wa ter powers run by to waste will soon, be obsolete. Dealing with electricity for opera tion of cars and trains, the onlj- con siderable enterprise at the beginning of last year was the Oregon Water Power & Railway -Company, from Portland, through Clacamas County to Cazadcro. on the Clacamas River. Their local street-car traffic, and Its extensions into the country beyond must be very satisfactory, if frequent and crotvded cars, both within and outside of the city limits, arc indica tions. The country is also growing fast in population and Industries. The large dam at tho end of the' line In Clacamas County, of which completion Is In sight, will supply 20,000 horse power. Two other corporations for supply of electrical power to the industries of the City of Portland, and for many other purposes. Including street-car lines, have come into belnp during 1903. The flrst. named the Mount Hood Electric Company, takes power from both the little and big Sandy, and from Bull Run. The full amount of horsepower to be so generated, when fully developed, is stated to be 70.000. The works on the two branches of the Sandy River are the flrst that have been undertaken, and the installation of machinery is In progress. The flrst 10.000 horsepower wlllbc ready to be utilized by July l. and thereafter units of 5000 additional are to be added as demanded. The company estimates that an Investment of $500,000 will be made before their present plans have been executed. The second undertaking referred to is called the Cascade Power Company, and proposes to take power from other streams having their source in the snows of Mount Hood. The project Is designed for 60,000 horsepower. The flrst development is estimated to pro vide 33.000 horsepower. Of this It is hoped to make available 12,500 In the course of 1906, for additional industries in the City of Portland or the district to be reached by them. Between Portland and the head of the Willamette Valley Is the sphere of operations of Messrs. Rhodes. Slnk ler & Butcher, of Philadelphia, and their associates. The entry of this group of capitalists into Western Ore gon is one of the events of 1905. Al ready the electric road between Port land and Salem has, by these parties, through their manager, M. A. Welch, of Salem, been organized and construc tion begun.- The flrst few miles out of Salem are to be opened for traffic in the coming Spring. Connection with Woodburn is promised before Summer. The road is to bridge the Willamette at Wllsonvllle, about 20 miles from Portland, and to enter the city from the south, on the west side of the river. v The same parties have acquired at Eugene the rights of the existing wa ter and light company, and are pro ceeding to Improve the equipment, works and Installation. They promise better service at lower rates. The City of Eugene had Just prevfously voted by a large majority to provide and own new works, being satisfied of success as a municipal enterprise. The advent of the Philadelphia people has inspired the minority opposed to municipal ownership with fresh life. Probably a new vote will be taken to decide if the city shall proceed with its Infant Interprise. Albany's system of water-works has passed into the same hands. Probably the canal which brings the water of the South Santiam Into the city will be utilized, by dam and artificial falls, to develop power. The flrst improve ment made by the new purchasers will be a filtering plant, through which water for the city will be passed. More power will be of great value to Al bany in the near future. In view of new Industries, and extension of exist ing Industries, which are to be under taken. The City of Corvallis has. after many searchings of heart, resolved to own Its water supply. Bonds fpr a suffi cient amount are stated to have been sold, and the works commenced. But a franchise has been granted to the Philadelphia people, giving them ex GOING" I GOING ! ! GONE III HEUMCHEWtL SATE IT HESNCilE NEWBRO'S The.ORlGINAL remedy that The.Rabblt iri Iks Guinea-Pig Prof. TJnaa, the world's greatest derxna telogiat (a!e year doctor about him) was the nrt to discover the inlcroblc and contagloui" nature of true dandruff. Bla discovery was verified by Dr. Sabouraud. of Paris, w&o denuded a rabbit with hu man dandruff flakes. Also by Lassar and Bishop who took dandruff scales from a Brae Stall, U.M. 3 1ftc., staff, fe HESPlGliE C8., vt. H., IMnlf, Mick., tor z Siapfe. Applications at Prennlaent Barber Shops. M. mm, clusive rights to supply power to the city, the company undertaking, on their part to provide the same at an early date. At or near Silvertpn, in Marion County, Is another stream able to de velop power, doubtless one of the head waters of Pudding Creek. This also has gone Into the Philadelphia owner ship. All this that has mentioned belongs to 190S. Much more has been done In the way of investigation and prepara tion, particularly In the valley of the North Santiam. It will be remembered that the surveys, estimates and meas urements recently made by Professor McAllister, of the State University, of the twenty-odd miles of this river from Mills City eastward, -where the river falls in a series of cascades and rapids through that whole distance, gave a total of 75,000 possible horsepower. While every legitimate private en terprise should be. and will "be. en couraged by the people of Oregon, it is necessary thret every possible effort be made to enlighten the public mind on the value of the future of the water powers so rapidly passing from public into private ownership. To utilize is one thing, to secure, own and hold for indefinite future profit is a different proposition. Another electric road, in Union County. Eastern Oregon, has passed from the projected Into the construct ing stage in 1905. Leaving its connec tion with the O. R. & N. line near Union. thenew electric line Is intended to connect Union. La Grande. Cove, not Lake. Elgin and Summerville sur rounding, in effect, the Grande Ronde Valley in Its line of steel. The sur veyors are busily at work, and graders are to follow close on the heels of the engineers. GAS FOR SMALL- CITIES. North Yakima Believes Acetylene Solves Problem of Cheap Lights. Just when Portland is In trouble with her gag company, wondering if she can. In the matter ot lighting, call her soul her own. the Yakima people seem to have cut the Gordlan knot by letting coal gas alone and taking up acetylene. So says the Yakima Republic. "We have made arrangements to con nect the mains with the residences of the city." said Robert Hunter, of the Yakima Improvement Company, manufacturers of the acetylene gas., this morning before leaving for Seattld. "In a very few days we will be manufacturing the gas and will have it ready to supply to your peo ple. "We have the plant completed." contin ued Mr. Hunter, "and will be making gas In a few days, probably the first of the week. We expected to be ready the first of this week, but you know there Is always some delay In getting the machin ery to work properly. Before leaving I made arrangements for the foreman to make connections with the mains. He will put a force to work at once and will have these connections in before an other two months rolls around. "The gas will be furnished to the peo ple at a very low rate. Acetylene .will make a good fuel and to people who wish to use it as such we will make special inducements. The testing of the mains will be made just as soon as the gas can be manufactured, which T think will be about Monday or,Tuesday next." Modern methods have reduced the dan ger of explosion, and have diminished the offense of the smell. PHOTEST FJR03I THE PAST f Farmer Takes Albany to Taslc for Abolishing the Hitching Post. Read this warning. A joke? No a re print from the Albany Democrat. "It you want to keep the farmers trade you had bettter put up hitching posts, for they are getting ready to circulate a petition for farmers to sign and set a time to quit going to Albany to trade till they put up hitching posts to tie teams to. There are plenty other towns near by. The farmers mean business. "A FARMER." If Albany has abolished the custom of leaving the visiting farmers' teams out In rain, sunshine, wind, sleet, for all sorts of hours, all honor to the city. If the horrible threat above noted Is realized it might pay the city to provide freo lodging for such teams as their owners saw flt to place on the city's free charity Hst. but not to restore the hitching post?. That practice savors too much of tho departing era. to reproduce It If onco abandoned. Coal Famine on East Side. Coal appears to be unobtainable for love or money just now. at any rate In quantities desired In Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. 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