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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1906)
THE KORNUCG OREGONIA2C, THONBAY, APRIL 30, 1906. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON 14 PORTLAND TO TUP IT Work on Lewiston-Riparia Grade Is Progressing With Great Rapidity. WILL OPEN LAND OF RICHES Xew Iiine Gives Lcwlpton Water Grade to the Sea and Adds Rich Tributary Section to Portland District. IKWISTOK. Idaho, April 29. Special.) Day by day the grading of the Lwis-ton-Itiparla Railroad la advancing and every day hammer, sledge and pick aro shortening the distance be-twecn Lewis ton and Portland, till next Fall direct railroad communication between the two places will be established. It means much to Lewlston to have a water grade to the sea. It means much lo Portland to have tributary to It one of the richest inland countries in the United States, a country rich in fruit, grain nnd all farm products, rich in livestock, rich In wool, and rich in its mines. 1-ong lias Lewlston dreamed of and hoped for a water-grade railroad. The limbing of the Northern Pacltic step ladder up Kendrlck Hill has become a nightmare. The annual car shortage at a time when, the farmers are crying for rars to sh'P their grain and the annual blockade on Ivcndrlck Hill have become unbearable. It Is no wonder that Lewis ton looks for relief when the Joint road from Riparla to Lewlston is completed. With a down-hill pull and with compet ing railways the farmers feel confident that a better day is dawning. Land of Boundless Resources. With the completion of this road Port land will nnd open to It a new field for commerce of all kinds, for the Snake and Clearwater territory has within It bound less resources. Along the Snake Iliver between Lewls tou and Riparla are the famous Snako River fruit orchards with their thou sands of tons of peaches, cherries, apri cots, pears and berries. Last year when low water tied up the O. R. & N. Coa boats tho fruitgrowers sustained a heavy loss. "With the advent of the railroad the larger fruit raisers will put up their own Icehouses, ice the cars in their yards and have their fruit .shipped in good con dition, with no Jolting from transferring. At Olarkston, the Lewlston-Clarkston Company has under Irrigation 20(0 acres of land that six years ago was a desert waste. This land now supports 3000 peo ple who send fruit to all parts of the Tnited States. The Lewlston-Clarkston Company Is purchasing more land and Is supplanting the irrigation ditch with a pipe line for the saving of water. When this is done the Irrigated acreage will be greatly increased. The company Is also putting In a mammoth reservoir to sup lily water for the town use. The Lewiston-Sweetwater Company has a large force of men "working on ditches, laying pipe lines and damming a big nat ural reservoir, by which this company expects to reclaim 10.000 acres of arid land adjoining Lewlston on the nouth. Small streams will be turned into this reservoir and the Winter snows of Craig Mountain will be caught in it and stored for irrigation during tho Summer. So far have the contractor proceeded with their work that the company expects to put 1000 acres of Irrigated land on the market this Summer. Next year another JWO acres will be added, and each year the irrigated district will be enlarged, till the sandhills and the sagebrush will be supplanted by fruits of all varieties. Another Irrigation Project. The AVaha Lund & "Water Company will soon let Its first contract for another big irrigation project. This company purchased the famous Twenty-One ranch, consisting of 2100 acres of land. On this land Is found many springs and a fine natural reservoir. I'slng these and other surrounding streams and W'aha Lake this company expects to store enough water for 20.krt acres. A tunnel will be driven to tap AVaha Itke for tho main supply The first contract to be let by this com pany will amount to about jriO.OOO. The company expects to have Irrigated tracts on the market next year. Around close to Lewlston may be found manv beautiful vineyards, where grapes of all varieties can be grown, the climate being peculiarly adapted to all kinds of grapes. To the south and southeast are vast wheatfields. Here lies the Tammany country. Nez Perces Prairie and Camas Prairie, with soil rich and productive, where wheat yields 40 bushels and even more to the acre This country is also the greatest livestock producing country In the Northwest today, and bere stock- buyers from East nnd "West flock annu ally. Steers, hogs and horses alike are shipped in groat quantities. Home of the Sheep Kin p. South of Lewlston and along the Snake Hlver is found tho home of the sheep king. Here thousands of sheep graze the year through, and In the valley a mil lion pounds of wool may often be seen lying in sacks on the ground waiting for the up-river steamer. With mutton at the present high prices, the sheepmen who havo fed well during the "Winter are realizing a handsome profit. On account of the high price of feed, however, few were able to feed for market, and a ma jority are relying on this season's wool clip. Also to the south and in Asotin County are vast wheat fields, and the warehouses along the Upper Snake during the fall bulge with their mighty burdens of grain, Better steamboat service is badly needed, Still further south Is the beautiful Wal lowa country, once the home of Chief Joseph and his fellow-tribesmen, the Nez Perces Indians. This land Is rich In grasses and the farmers are anxiously waiting for the O. R. & X. Co. to build from Huntington down the Snake River to Lewlston. Railroad men believe this road Is not far distant. Along the Salmon River are the open cattle ranges, and many men have been made independently rich by the cattle raised on the wild grass or of this country. North and cast is the Potlatch country, the country of grain, beans and prunes. This is the country that supplies the Lew lston country with Its beans and dried prunes, and the farmers are waiting for even larger fields. To the east and south are mines. Some are paying but many others contain hid den treasures that only await the coming of transportation facilities. Along the Snake River is the Eureka, the Yellow Boy. the Fargo, the Iranaha, the Ohadl. and the properties of the Electrolytic Company, many of which "will become producers with transportation. In "Wallowa County, on the banks of the Snake Iliver. the Grand Rondo Ceil NEW Cora pa ay has purchased 3609 acres of land O. R. fc and has an Immense coal deposit. The coal is of high grade and once again the Question of transportation Is all Impor tant. Pierce City Booming. In the Pierce City camp miners arc working with renewed vigor. Since the days when this camp was In Its prime it 1b said J3.000.000 worth of gold, mostly from the placers, has been taken oat. One company is putting In a dredge with a capacity of 1500 yards a day. The camp is experiencing a boom. On Crooked Rlx-er. tho Hogan Company is working an immense dyke of low-grade ore. It is quarried out and handled with a .10-stamp mill at a handsome profit. In tho Buffalo Hump camp Is the famous Jumbo mine, which bids fair to return big profits to the investors. In Dixie camp. In Klk City camp, and numerous mining camps, are promising mining proj- ertles. Aside from the quartz mines, the mountains are dotted -with the placer miner and the big hydraulic streams are t;arlng away thousands of yards of dirt every day in search of the golden nugget. To add to the promising prospect of the Lewlston country the Northern Pacific Is building a road E miles long from Cul desac to GrangevUle. cutting through the Nez Perces and Camas Prairies. Contrac tors have started work on this road, which will bring down tons of grain to Lewlston, from when? It will take the water-grade to the sea. The Iewlston & Southeastern Electric Railway Company lias let Its first con tract and graders are at work. This com pany will build an electric road 109 miles long to GrangevUle. passing through dis tricts that are soon to be Irrigated. Sur veyors are rushing work to keep ahead of tho contractors. The road will probably be put Into operation when track Is laid as far as Waha. after which the further construction work will be continued. This company will build an Immense power plant on the Salmon River, to fur nish power for the road. A tunnel will be driven through the mountain at Horse shoe Bend, to bring the water to the power plant. Tho company -will also sell power to the mines in the Salmon River country, and to the towns along the road. Light for Palo use Country. The Iewiston-Clarkston Company last Fall completed a new power plant, and is now lighting the towns of Genessee and Moscow, and before long the line wfll be extended to other towns In the Palousc country. This company will enlarge Its Asotin plant In the near future, and Is also preparing to build a large power plant on the Grand Ronde River to fur nish power for mining purposes. Sur veyors are working ou the Grand Ronde site. Tho Open-River Association expects to put two boats on the Snake River to ply between Cclllo and Lewlston, and local people are taking up the proposition of building a boat for tho Upper Snake. These, with the O. R. & N. boats that are now operating, will give tho Snake River a large commercial fleet. Lewlston lias had a wonderful develop ment within the last year In the building line. "Within the last three months build ings valued at JSsVi.OOO have been com pleted, all modern brick structures. They represent a total frontage of 833 feet. The most costly building was the Idaho Trust Company block on Fifth nnd Main, cost ing ya.000. This Is the country with which Port land will soon be brought Into close com munication, and these are some of the products It offers for market. BUVS UNION" SUBURBAN LINE Central Railway of Oregon Will Complete the Construction. LA GRANDE. Or April 29. (Special Correspondence.) Toe Central Railway of Oregon closed the purchase of the Union Street and Suburban Railway, which connects the town of Union with the O. R. & N. at Union Station, from James H. Hutchinson. The new road has now seven miles of grade finished, and it is expected to have the grade complete to Covo next -week. Sur veyors are at work at Red Pepper Lane and are headed toward La Grande. Another surveying- crew has started from Union up Catherine Creek for Medical Springs and graders will begin on this part of the road within the next two weeks. By the 10th of May It Is expected to have grading in progress on all sections of the road. In a few days officials of the company will confer with citizens here In regard to terminals and right of way. Lu Grande's New Tabernacle. LA GRANDE. Or.. April 23. (Special Correspondence.) An Invoice of 52000 worth of glass for the new Tabernacle Is expected to arrive this week. This represents the whole amount to be ex pended for doors, windows and other plain and ornate glass for the struc ture. The building when complete will represent a cost of fully $50,000. "Work has commenced on leveling- and grading the surrounding lots and work on the interior finishing will be commenced at once. British Generals as Cooks.. From London Tld-Bits. It has been said of General Sir Red vers Buller that he Is such an excel lent cook that he would have little difficulty in obtaining a first-class chefs position In a "West End hotel. In his younger days, oefore he reached his high military rank, his brother officers used to say that Redvera Buller could make an appetizing dinner out of old saddles when rations were short on a campaign. Another distinguished sol dier who shares with General Buller a wonderful skill In the gastronomic art la Major Geoeral Baaen-PowelL BOAT TOWING BART.K OF CKMKNT FOR Building and Business Activity Increasing. NEW THEATER COMPLETED People Turn Out In Gala Attire to Greet First Performance. Chamber or Commerce Xow Active. ABERDEEN. "Wash.. April 29. The opening of the new Aberdeen theater was the feature of the past week In Aber deen. The audience was as brilliant as the first night of grand opera In a large city. The people of Aberdeen have jecn something besides lumber and mills and have come mostly from cities of the East and therefore are generally up to the times on an occasion of this kind. Aber deen also has- been so long without a good playhouse, and this one Is so far In advance of what.they have been expect ing, that about everybody took the op portunity to show their appreciation of the event by putting on good clothes and happy faces. The playhouse excited the admiration of Blanche Walsh and her company of actors and they played with a gusto and finish which excited the ad miration of their auditors. The theater Is a paragon of perfection In that It possesses all the advantage of the most modern amusement place. Th beanie architect who drew the plans had the bencnt of experience In maklnr his drawings, and with plenty of moner to i-prnd the stockholders succeeded In car rylng out his Ideas In a most satisfactory manner, i nc tneater is provided with all recent equipment for presenting the best plays and the decorations and furnish ings of thhe house arc in line with every thing that goes to make up a first-class amusement house. The opening of the theater drew people from all the sur rounding towns and the audiences filled every seat and overflowed to the extra teats placed In the aisles. Chamber of Commerce Wakes Up Another big feature of the past week was the rejuvenation of the Chamber of Commerce, an organization that lias not been overtaxing Itself for some time In doing things that will be of benefit to the city However, it has made up the past weeek for all Its shortcomings hercto- ABERDEEN THRIV NO LV ''vT34 tthm GRADING CAMr ON USTVISTOX-RirARIA RAILROAD. fore. It has not only succeeded In get ting the Council to push the long-delayed Montesano road proposition, but It has Increased tho membership of Itself to more than double. It has raised a large amount for the suffering people of San Francisco, rushed forward the location of the proposed courthouse, when It shall have been voted from Montesano to Ho quiam. and has started many enterprising schemes ahead. In fact, the chamber promises to be from now on a great and Important factor In building up Aberdeen and likewise Gray's Harbor. Mayor Llndstrom. who Is also the presi dent of the Llndstrom Shipbuilding Com pany, expects that the conflagration In San Francisco will seriously affect his half dozen contracts for building steam schooners. The work was likely to have kept a large force of men busy through out the summer, but Inasmuch as tho men who were stockholders in the several companies that had made the contracts are heavy losers by the appalling calam ity there will be no money to go on with the vessels. Should the contracts be abandoned It will be a serious blow to the shipbuilding interests of Gray's Har bor. Work on Montesano Line Survey. The surveyors who have been at work planning a line from Montesano to . this dty axe now directly within the city's limits, and it is understood will remain in this vicinity for a week. Nothing de finite has yet come to light as to the com pany back of the enterprise, but It Is be lieved some one is In touch with the plans; for a great deal of property on the south side of the river has changed haads the past week, and a big offer has been made for the Book ranch, which Is right in line with the route which the surveyors are working on. The surveyors will re main in this vkJaUy far seme time, BuUdteg eperatteaa tfereacheut the city contteue active. aad w aearly every see ties there -are many aew bouses aader O. R. A X. B RID OK ACROSS ClTKA RWATKR way, while business blocks are added to and enlargement of mills and factories are everywhere noticeable. The Oray s Harbor country. In fact, appears to be In the hcydey of Its prosperity. Thb year, from present Indications, will be the ban ner one In the matter of new buildings. Eugene France, a pioneer resident of the harbor. Is seriously 111 at his home In this city from Inflammatory rheuma tism. Mr. France has amassed a fortune in tho timber business and Is rated up In the hundred of thousands. He Is as well known In Portland as he Is on Gray's Harbor and the Sound country. Much alarm has been felt here among those having relatives and friends In San Francisco, and especially as no word has reached the city In regard to their where abonts. THE BACHELOR GIRL. A Prose Poem Honoring an Exalted Personage. Baltimore Herald. Of all free beings who waft, wing, wob ble, fin or mince along on little feet, to say nothing of the forest denizens who swing themselves from limb to limb, the moat gladsome and the one with the larg est range of destiny, swing of Influence, freedom and power Is the bachelor girl. "When Luna. Is spinning her silver web In the treetops of the mountain or touch ing the crests of the waves with a soft glow the bachelor girl, walking In wood land ways or along the white sands of the beach. Is beyond the assault of the sentiments which make her younger sis ter listen with palpitating heart to the foolish things whispered In her ears by the soft swain at her side. She Is the sort of girl that men like, because she knows their ways and knows them. They do not feel that the tragedy of the spider and the fly Is being enacted when they wander with her In sylvan paths or shoot out with her In a canoe upon the rip pling lake or climb with her the moun tain altitudes. She Is safe. She is sensl ol. She Is secure In her own conscious Independence and reliance. She has no fond mamma looking after her future: fhe works for her living or Is living on the gelt gotten together for her by a working papa. Relieved of the pursuing Idea of matri mony, she gives herself to the reading of newspapers. Algeclras Is to her a name and a place. She knows the latest things In balloon ascensions. She can discuss Intelligently the policy of Emperor Will lam and Is Axed In her convictions on the subject of race suicide. Her Easter bonnet Is not a fine frenzy of despair, but a compromise with fashion to make it becoming to her face and figure. Her gown Is grace Itself, while from the tip of her gloved fingers to the top of her coiffure there Is an Indescribable touch of Independence, intelligence and self-reliance that give her the air of a finished product. She does not suggest, as do her sentimental sisters, the need of a man to make her complete. While her sisters are voted designing, stupid or a bore the bachelor girl has the men at her heels who want to breathe an atmosphere free of breach of promise suits brought on through an undesigned entanglement of their verbal expressions of admiration In vows of fealty and affec tion. She gets more automobile rides and theater parties than a half dozen of the fishnet style of girls, and never has to even remotely suggest the need of any of these things to further her happiness. The bachelor girl has bad a number of seasons to her credit, and scores of men have frantically besought her to walk with them the long road that has no turning. Finally, when she has had enough of personal freedom and been de veloped to the point of efficiently holding her own In the domestic relation, she marrie. She nods at the fellow whom she electa to be her husband' and he straightway keels. The bachelor girl Is a great American product. She Is the pride of the Nation. She Is the material from which Is fashioned the best sort of wives and mothers. A Robe With 7C8 Elk Teeth. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Miss Nannie Howling Crane, the daugh ter of a former head ef the Cheyenne. recently sold her 'arty robe" to some curio collectors for The gown was old and moth-eaten, bee its value con sisted in Its decorations, 7X elk teeth. Ax yean go by the number ef elk teeth is becoming smaller. Almost aay genuine tooth will sell for . while the choice varieties sell for as high ax Sfl each. The too Briee Is asaally aid for a tooth that Is uk-bIbx- zreea with are. As ellc ef the m2 sex vredaeea only two good teeth, aad the robe, thereere, reprMeated SM elk. RIVER. . WASHINGTON SUGAR BEETS INDUSTRY RECEIVES NEW 151 PETUS AROUND FAIRFIELD. Building or Inland Electric Road Opens Up New Country Fully 7000 Acres to Be Seeded. FAIRFIELD. Wash.. April 29. The sugar beet industry In this section and all along- tho new line of the Inland Electric Road Is growing rapidly. The beet acreage has Increased from a few acres In 1SS7, 1S88 and 18S9 to nearly 5.no. The owner of the big Corbln sugar factory near Wavcrly has bee able to secure about 25.000 tons of beets annuhlly. or about half the ca pacity of the plant Last rail he had about decided to move tho plant to Spokane, unless he could secure tho desired amount of beets to run the full season. He said last November: "Unless we obtain more beets at "Waverly we may remove the factory to the lands recently ac quired In the Spokane valley. "We have not yet determined this question, prin cipally because we have been promised a larger acreage of beets and conse quently an increased product." After this statement by Mr. Corbin the beetralsers began to realize that something must be done or the factory would go to Spokane. The business men of this section also began to realize the fact and began to get busy to see that a larger acreage was planted this season. Meetings were held among: the far mers and a Kreater acreage promised than ever before. It Is now thought that not less than 7,000 acres will be planted tuls season. The new beet territory contiguous to the sugar beet factory which Is being opened up by the advent of the new electric road will furnish Its own 1m petus. Many farmers, being enthuslas tic over the higher price of JS per ton to be paid, will plant a large acreage of bets who heretofore have raised only wheat. . D. Thayer, one bf the largest and most successful raisers of sugar beets. proposes to Irrigate a tract of land this season for the purpose of ascer taining whether such would be a pay Ing investment. In case the irrigation pays he will build a reservoir sufflcl cntly large to Irrigate from 40 to 80 acres of land. The outcome, or Mr. Thayer's experiment will be watched with a great deal of Interest. up to the present time but Sa.Za per ton has been paid for beets and the growers claim they have made more money than In raising wheat by Ja Der acre. Now that Mr. Corbin has agreed to pay JS per ton there Is great rejoicing all along the line of the clec trie road, as the growers at that price sec big money for themselves in the business. Tho beets are cared for by an army of Japanese laborers, who keep down the weeds. Kins or Spain's Little Joke:. From an Exchange. One day not long ago the young King of Spain handed the Duko Dp Santo Mauro, one of his ministers, a petition which his Majesty said referred to the eight-hour working day. The Duke's dislike of petitions Is well known. "It Is my desire that you attend to It Immediately." said the King, seeing the minister was inclined to raise dif ficulty about attending to an Informal petition. Finding that the King- was very much In earnest, the petition was unwillingly unrolled. Muoh to the amusement of all present, the docu ment was found to be In the young King's handwriting. It begged In piteous terms for a little more leisure from national duties ana suggested that he should not be asked to worK more than eight hours a day and that he might have his Sundays off. Cotton May Again Be King. Gllson Wlllets In Leslie's Weekly. When we say cotton Is king, what do we mean? Cotton was onceKlng o It is so no longer. Wheat U now enthroned. Though the cotton cron for last year was 13,654.329 bales (Cotton exchange figures), the wheat crop of the year exceeded the cotton rmn in value bv more than llJ3.OOe.000. But wise men say that King Wheat is a pretender temporarily crownea ana that rattan will soon again resume rltrhtful Dlace as king of the crops The world aepends upon this country for clothes. Clothes mean prlnclpally cotton. It Is natural, then, since this -ountry Is the principal grower ot cot mn that our most valuable agrlcul .rnnrt should be cotton. Of cotton we have practically a monopoly. Stop the Evil at the Source. Wall Street JournaL -President Roosevelt regards the enor mous fortunes obtained by a few mea in our days ax a menace to the country. He suggests legislation to limit such fortunes. Instead of setting bounds to the rewards of genius and enterprise, Tnirht It not be better as an initial meas ere of relief to repeal some of the laws ot taxation and corporate privilege by which It has feeea possible to amass these rotfvwaJ fortanea at the expeoso ot the great body of the people? If there wax perfect equality Bder the law there weald stfil be great lneqaalitles in coadi Hkm feeeaase of the inequalities ef brala. which are decreed by nature. Bat there wawld be bo sack Immeaee fertxses . have bees created ax a result ef special printexes. LL HNE FAITH IN GOOSE GREEK Confidence of Oregon Miners Is Unshaken by Reports of Experts. VERY RICH IN MANY METALS Continue to Pour Money Into Prop erties In a Much-XcRlccted But Promising: Section of the Great Copper Belt. BAKER CITY. Or.. April Z. (Special.) It Is always the native who docs things. Tho native does the prospecting and tne development work and then outside capi tal comes along and picks up tho mine. It was a native who named Goose Creek. tho region of promise, wealth and possi bilities, and so far the native Is still owner of Gooso Creek. Goose Creek is tho most alluring section In the great copper belt. From the high Eagle range on one side It slopes down to the bed of the rushing creek and then rises abruptly on the other side. It Is on the slope that the rich mineral outcroppings aro found. Goose Creek is a staked plain, all kinds of stakes in all kinds of positions hold ing the inevitable tin can with the loca tion notice inside. The north slope of the Goose Creek section Is staked from the middle of the bed of the stream to the top of tho lime dyke, and then over to tho top of the Eagle Range. This region of promise is something like the middle boy in a large family of children, the distinction going to tho eld est and the youngest. So It is with Goose Creek, which Is neither. the one end nor the other end of the copper belt, but Is about the center. The claim hunter with his tin can locates a prospect on Goose Creek and designates it a copper claim. but it ho Is acquainted with tho section at all he knows that It may develop into anything from gold to asbestos. For Goose Creek is rich In gold, copper. Iron and asbestos. Its outcroppings are by far richer than anything yet discovered on the belt, but being rather Inaccessible. Goose Creek has remained the section of wonder and promise, very little develop ment work having been done. Inspired by Bad Champagne. The native cares no more for the opin ion ot experts than he does for the gilt ter of fool's gold. Experts have visited the copper belt. They have come all the way from Paris and they have looked at the surface, drank bad champagne and made lengthy reports in which they said the copper belt was a secondary forma tlon. The native paid no more attention to these reports than he did to the brand of the champagne. He accepted them both as a matter of course and went ahead with his work. "No sulphides." said the experts; "noth ing but a fire rock copper.' "Is that so." said the native and he wont to work developing mines where the experts said there could be no mines. and today tne inatana mine nas nan million tons of sulphide ore on its dumps ready for the smelter. This ore will go from SI to t In gold and from 6 to 8 per cent copper. And the natives who own this mine have sunk almost half million dollars in developing what ex perts said was a secondary formation. It was a native. C. C. Cox. who lo cated a copper claim on Goose Creek, run a tunnel and struck valuable gold and copper ore and finally wound up in an asbestos deposit. There Is no limit to what a native will do. This same man on Goose Creek Just the other day picked up as fine a sample of boronite copper ore as ever graced a cabinet. The sam pie Is perfect, going fully oo per cent copper. But the vein or seam from which this broken piece of boronite came has not been located. Goose Creek has some valuable mines carrying both gold and copper in paying quantities, but they are undeveloped. Found Only Fool's Gold. Two prospectors of the expert stamp wandered Into the Goose Creek country" few years ago and began looking for gold mine. They found one with the gold sticking on the outside ot the rock, which wasn't quartz either. They prospected around their find for a ahort time and discovered that they had a mountain of it. It was too good to bo true. They filled a couple of sacks with the quartz containing the bright specks and lugged It for about forty miles to the stage line and brought It to Baker for an assay. The chemist assayed It for gold, as he was Instructed to do. but could not find trace. The two prospectors were dumb founded. They asked to know what the rock did contain. "Iron, answered the chemist, and the prospectors shook the dust of Goose Creek from their feet for ever, tho only remembrance of them left behind being the tin can3 they nailed to posts up on the side of the mountain But the native had a greater respect for Iron. "When It was announced deflnltely that the Eagle Valley Railroad would be built this year there was a rush for thl TELLS BY THEIR SLEEP "I can tell by my little ones sleep when a cold is coming on" said a mother when speaking of the advance symptoms of colds in children. " They toss about, are rest less, their breathing is heavy and there are symptoms of night sweats. The next morn ing I start with Scott's Emul sion. The chances are that in a day or two they are all over it Their rest is again peaceful and the breathing normal. Here's a suggestion for all mothers. Scott's Emul sion always has been almost magical in its action when used as the ounce of preven tion. Nothing seems to over come child weakness quite so effectively and quickly as Scott's IxsTMIsMOn. SO0TT Jk ltTOi 4erM4- at Xew Serfc. iron mountain. The smelters will want this iron ore for flux, and that Is its only value. According to the reconstruction of geologists of this section, there Is no place for Goose Creek, and Baker City is near the peak of a mountain that felt away to tho John Day on the east. The native never stops to consider that Gooso Creek shouldn t be where it is. but goes ahead and develops his claims In the hopes that when the railroad is built and smelters are erected he will have enough ore on the dump to make his mine a rich one. When the Michigan copper belt was first discovered the believers in old theories stoutly maintained that copper could not be found in such formation. But it was found. Goose Creek shows that there Is plenty of rich copper and gold ore in the belt. And why shouldn't copper be found in paying quantities? There are mountains of native copper ore which will go from 4 to 10 per cent. This ore Is near the surface, can be quar ried In many places the same as stone. nd is free milling and concenrates at a good percentage. But Tlicy Know Mines. While the native may not know much about the reconstruction of this section of the country, he does claim to know a mine when he sees it and just now there are about twenty natives sink ing their money in Goose Creek mlns. which If developed would be sufficient to swamp Wall street. Tho native is as obstinate as a mule and tho fact that Goose Creek shouldn't be on the map ac cording to the geologists, he goes right ahead. There Is one native who is sinking a shaft In a porphyry dyke on the other side of the granite contact, and whilo he Isn't finding much copper he Is cer tainly finding enough water to supply the t'nltcd States army. But he thinks there can be no true copper mine without plenty of water and he is persevering. Goose Creek Is beyond doubt tne rich est in prospects of any portion of the en tire belt. It shows up well In copper and gold, in addition to known deposits of asbestos, although the latter have not been developed to ascertain their extent. And If that boronite scam can be found, although It may not be more than two feet wide, it will be rich enough to pay for the development work on the entire section. This is tho only section on the belt where boronite has been found, and It is an ore which is rare except in Mon tana and Chiles Boronite ore is never found in a secondary formation. This Spring is witnessing something, ot rush to Goose Creek, as it Is about the only unclaimed section on tne Deit. xo the native Goose crccK is me rcgiuu tho rainbows, where the fabled pot of gold Is hidden and discarding the moral of the old fables he Is going after the end of the rainbow. FRUIT IS LOOKING WELL FIIOST 11D SOME NEEDED PRUN ING IX THE VALIiEY. Caterpillars Are the First est to Appear Spraying: Begun for Codling 3Ioth. SALEM. Or.. April 30.-(SpcciaI.) With. the exception of early peaches and. In a few localities, cherries, the uregon rruit Industry promises a bumper crop. Prune trees are heavily laden and after the usual thinning-out process which nature provides, there will be as many prunes as the trees should hold. There will be good crop of late peaches, principally Mulrs, but In this part ot the valley tha frost took practically an tne urawwras. Just at present orchardlsta are giving their attention to the destruction of cater pillars, which have appeared upon tha trees in as largo numbers as last year and which would do considerable damaga unless destroyed. The pests are attacking apple, pear and cherry trees chiefly, but are also found on prune trees. They work at first in bunches on the ends of limbs and If prompt action be taken by the orchardlsta the part or the branch, on which the caterpillars are working can be cut off and the worms killed or burned. Later the pests will crawl to an narts of the trees and can be Killed only by spraying. Most of the fruit growers cut off the mrestea umDs. jeii. to pur sue their work unmolested, the cater pillars would strip a tree ot nearly all Its foliage. Snraving of apple and pear trees for codling-moth will soon begin, and has been commenced In a few or tne most ad vanced orchards. The spray used Is either a" Paris green or arsenate of lead solution. This will not only keep worms out of many of the apples, but will lessen the Injury that will be done by such of the caterpillars as escape destruction by the pruning method. CASTOR I A Tor Infanti and CMldres. Thi Kind You Havi Always Beuefit Bears the Signaturs of Dr. W.Norton Davis SCo. 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