Morning Oregonian., May 07, 1906, Page 12, Image 12

THE MORNIXG OKEGOXIAN. .3IOXDAY, MAY 7, 1906.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON
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BUMPER CROPS
ARE PROMISED
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THE UMATILLA
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We Save You 20 Per Cent on
Standard Original Patent
Medicines and Sundries
Willamette Valley Farmers Ju
, bilant Over the Outlook
for 1906.
One Hundred Thousand Acres
of Arid Land Will Be
Reclaimed.
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IRRIGATION
LARGE ACREAGE IN WHEAT
(Kind Kffcc-tn of Itotation System Ap
parent In Linn County Fruit
Looks Well and Stockmca
Are Well Satisfied.
ALBANY, Or., May 6. (Special. The
promise that nature has given the Wil
lamette, Valley farmers for this season 18
large, and jtrenerous. if It is fulfilled Linn
County will produce a bumper crop of
everything that grows on the farm, and
prosperity will be the lot of every tiller
of the soil. Not In years have prospects
for record-breaking crops been so bright;
hot in ten years have the crops been so
far advanced at this season of the year,
ind seldom has so large an acreage been
planted by the farmers of Ijinn County.
When the exceedingly bright prospects
for bountiful harvests are considered In
connection with the Immense acreage
planted, it would seem that Linn County
will be prevented from establishing a new
record only by unprecedented weather
conditions between now and harvest time.
A trip over Linn County shows that
rnost of the tillable soil was seeded last
"Winter. The Winter was ideal for the
rapid growth of fall-sown grain, and the
loads are bordered on either side with
waving Rreen fields of wheat that now
reaches to the thigh of a man walking
through it. The grain has stooled out
well, Is as thick as could be wished, and
was practically uninjured by the cold
map in the early Spring. In one or two
localities some wheat was turned slightly
trown by the cold, hut the warm weather
that followed brought the grain out until
the effects of the frost have entirely dis
appeared. Miccp Keep Down AVheat.
So forward has been the season and so
Bdvanced is the grain that the practice
of "sheeplng" which waa followed In the
early days, when thus was a banner'
wheat district, has been revived on many
farms. Flocks of sheep have been per
mitted to range over many of the fields of
wheat for some time, and the only per
ceptible effect is seen in the fine condi
tion of the sheep.
An Important feature noted in Linn
County is the superiority of grain that
waa sown on land that bad been devoted
to clover or vetches. In some wheat
fields there can be seen a distinct line of
taller (train across the land where clover
or vetches were grown the previous year,
while the poorer wheat is on land that
whs devoted to cereals. This is a fact
that ia now fully realized by farmers,
snd the acreage of vetches and clover is
being annually increased. Vetches or
clover and wheat are attenuated and the
land given a chance.
Not only does the clover and vetch seem
to give back to the land the properties
which wheat lake from it. but the hay
produced, by theso plants is far superior
to other kinds grown here in quality and
in the quantity . produced to the acre.
These plants do the work that alfalfa
was expected to do. and grow luxuriantly
in the upper volley. The vetch acreage
is increasing rapidly in Linn County, and
although this county produced an im
mense hay crop last year, it will be du
plicated this year.
Spring; Seeding; Nearly Over.
Most of the Spring grain is already in
the ground. Especially is this true in the
high, dry localities. On the low lands
the work of seeding is progressing rapid
ly, and within a short time will be com
pleted. Because of the fine weather many
acres that were Intended to be pastured
this year are being sown to grain. The
large acreage of Vail grain will be sup
plemented greatly, and the result, with
anything like favora-ble weather condi
tions, will he unparalleled prosperity in
Linn.
Little Summer fallowing will be done
this year. Farmers have learned the su
periority of the diversified crops system,
and all the land fit for cultivation will
yield a harvest of some kind during 1906.
The outlook for prosperity this year is
jiot confined to wheat and hay only.
Fruttmen and stock raisers are wearing
smiles of anticipation. Fruit has come
out magnificently and the orchards will
bear profusely despite the cold snap of
February. The early prediction from Linn
t'ounty that the cold snap would prove
beneficial to fruit, in that It would thin
out the blossoms, has proved true. The
fruit was thinned out and only In rare
instances was it overdone. Most fruits
will be abundant. s
Stork In Fine Condition.
Prock is in fine shape, and barring the
lambs that were killed during the two
weeks of cold weather, which unfortun
ately came during the lambing season,
the mild Winter and early Spring have
been a boon to stockmen. Plenty of grass
msde early pasturage and put stock in
jcood shape. Now hogs and sheep are
feeding and fattening on the clover fields.
Taken as h whole. Linn (rounty never
seemed bleseed with more promise of
prosperity, and the farmers are corre
spondingly Jubilant.
PLANTS JAPANESE OYSTERS.
Jr. M. M. Vavts Puts Three Tons of
Seed Bivalves in Yaquina Kay.
ALBANY. Or.. May S (Special.) That
JapaJtese oysters will flourish and propa
gate in the waters of Yaquina Bay 1s the
firm belief of Dr. M. M. Davis, of Cor
valiis, who returned today after planting
three tons of the Oriental bivalves in his
beds at that popular sea coast resort.
The story of the importation of these
large oysters appeared In the newspa
pers not long ago. It was feared at
1hal time that many of the oysters had
jperlshed during the long sea voyage from
'the coast of Japan. Dr. Davis mates.
'Tiowever. that most of the bivalves stood
the trip well and revived Immediately on
jbeing placed in the waters of the Bay.
Only the largest of them were found to
be dead.
The oyster beds of Yaquina Bay are
gaining a high reputation. The Yaquina
tiyster is a favorite with many people,
and the fresh oysters are in the market
during the season, in roost of the valley
jtowns. Dr. Davis and his associates have
planted their oyster beds with several
view varieties that are thriving well, and
promise to make Yaquina famous among
epicures and lovers of shell fish.
To regulate the stomach, liver and bow
vis and promote digestion, take one of
Carter's Little Liver Pills every night.
Ury ihcin.
SHJiKP-SHEARtXO ON EASTERN OREGON RANCH.
T
S A MUNDPOLY
Smelter Trust May Buy AH
Mines in Baker District.
RAILROAD TO BE BUILT
Better Transportation Facilities
Would Mean- Erection of ' a
Smelting Plant at
Baker City.
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BAKER CITY, Or., May 6. (Special.)
The advent of the Guggenheimers, the
smelter trust magnates in the Baker
mining district, has caused as much or
more speculation and comment than any
other event in this country's history.
The great smelter trust does not operate
mines 70 miles from, transportation, and
the inference is that the smelter trust
will build a railroad. The properties
which the Guggenheimers now control
are known as the Cornucopia mines. In
cluding about 25 mines and prospects in
the vicinity of Cornucopia, on Snake
River, about "0 miles northeast of Baker
City. The best-known mines of the prop
erty are the Cornucopia proper, the
TTnlon Companion and Red Jacket. The
Red Jacket haa made a mint of money
during the past year.
The Cornucopia mines formerly be
longed to the Searles estate, of New
Y'ork, and were being operated by Pierre
Humbert, of San Francisco. Last Sum
mer some of the ore was transported by
wagons to Baker City and thence shipped
by railroad to the Sumpter smelter at a
profit. This means that the ore went bet
ter than $50 a ton, for It cost that much
to get the ore to the smelter. People
were surprised and astonished at this.
Then Pierre Humbert returned to San
Francisco. The mine ran along for some
time when workmen began to file labor
liens. This was about the first of the
year. Liens aggregating about $4000 were
filed and the property attached.
Took Wages Out of Ore.
When a Deputy Sheriff went out to
attach the property the miners had
started the mill on some ore taken from
the Red Jacket. It was so rich that they
organized to work it on the co-operative
plan, the workmen to take their wages
out of the gold obtained from the ore.
This plan was carried out, and the men
were all paid, as more than $300 a day
was taken from the pans.
Pierre Humbert came up from San
Francisco about the time the labor
claims were settled, and after remaining
here for a few days went East. Shortly
after his departure the Insurance agent
of the Guggenheimers came to Baker
City to await instructions. Two weeks
ago he received orders to insure the
Cornucopia mines for the Guggenheimers.
That is all that is known concerning the
sale. 1
However. the presence of several
strangers at the Cornucopia minesVand
in the copper belt who are desirous of
buying copper and gold mines Is be
lieved to ' be an Indication that the
smelter trust is trying to get a monop
oly on the mining business in that dis
trict. One of the New York representatives
of the Iron Dyke is now going over the
proposed route of the railroad down the
Snake River from Huntington to Lewis
ton. It is also known that men owning
grading outfits have been- engaged to
work on railroads somewhere within the
state. There are two of these camps in
Baker now, awaiting instructions. The
old Iron Dyke road has 18 miles of grade
completed out of Huntington. It was
built several years ago and work was
stopped at the time the mine became in
volved in litigation. This litigation was
settled by the Supreme Court and the
road sold under execution. The time
for redemption expired April 20 of this
year.
W. L. Vinson is also ready to build a
road to this same district from Baker
City, and the Sumpter smelter is ready
to move down to Baker City whenever
tltis road is built. Although assurances
are given that both roads will be con
structed these are the only facts obtain
able.. If either road Is built it means
the opening up and developing of the
richest mining region of Eastern Oregon.
The road down the Snake River would
give an outlet for ore to Salt Lake, Og
den or Lewlston while the road from
Baker .would bring the Sumpter smelter
here and give an outlet to Tacoma.
It is stated on good authority that the
Oregon Short Line approves of the Snake
River road, although it is not putting up
money for the construction.
F1GUTIXG FOR WATERWAYS.
Ivlnn County Lumberman Seeks Con
trol of Two Streams.
ALBANY, Or., May 6. (Special.) The
suits recently filed to enjoin W. J. Turn
idge of Crabtree. Linn County, from ob
taining exclusive control of and convert
ing Crabtree Creek, and Roaring River
into a waterway for floating logs and
lumber will be bitterly contested by Turn,
itlge, and this Is probably the beginning
of the struggle for control of the valu
able waterways that affect the develop
ment of the lumber industry in Linn
County. Two suits were filed by James
Oupor and Matilda Garland, both resi
dents of the Crabtree timber belt, to en
join Turnldge, who had applied to the
County Court for a grant of exclusive
control of the streams mentioned for
commercial purposes.
Hostilities were promised some time
ago, when the mill dam at the junction
of Crabtree Creek and Roaring River
was blown out, thus removing the only
real obstacle to floating logs in the water
way. Feeling ran high, but the people
who used the dynamite were never found,
and ' the matter seems to . have settled
down to a legal battle.
NEW INDUSTRY FOR YAKIMA
Fruit Cannery Calls for 2500 Tons
of Tomatoes.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., May 6. Spe
cial.) The Webber-Bussell Canning Com
pany, a new concern which is building a
$.V).000 plant in this city, is calling on
the farmers of Yakima to furnish 2600
tons of tomatoes this Summer. The firm
offers to pay $S a ton. As an acre will
grow -20 tons the returns from an acre of
tomatoes would be $1H0.
This is the opening of another field for
the Yakima farmer and tomato growing
is likely to become one of the - leading
industries of the valley. The same com
pany is abso offering to take large quan
tities of peaches this season for canning.
ACRES IN APPLES
Union County Company Sets
Out Thousands of Trees.
ADDS TO ITS HOLDINGS
Will Engage in Fruitgrowing on
Large Scale; Prospects Good
for Bountiful Yield
This Year.
LA GRANDE. Or., May 6. (Special.)
Union County fruit growers unanimously
agree that the outlook for a big fruit
crop was never better than for this sea
son. Indications are that the crop will
be double that of any previous year. The
trees are in a perfect condition. Carl
Stackland, of Cove, estimates that 600
carloads of apples will be shipped this
fall, breaking all previous records by 200
carloads.
The Red Apple Orchard Company Is pre
paring to put a force of ten men at
work clearing about 76 acres of land In
the foothills three miles north of La
Grande. The company Intends to place
the ground! in condition for planting
commercial varieties of apples.
Owns Bearing Orchards.
It owns a large tract of fruit land and
has already a large acreage of growing
trees, including about 1& acres of 12-year-old
and 46 acres of 2-year-old orchard.
When the land new being cleared la set
out In trees the company will have 135
acres in one onchard.
This special tract of land Is pictur
esquely situated, and it is the company's
Intention to make the hill orchard one
of the show places of the valley, which
will .attract the tourist and pleasure
seeker. The plan Is to make an artlcflcial
lake which will be fed from six large
springs, thte lake to be stocked with fish.
In places clumps of native pine and fir
will be left standing to add to the natural
beauties of location and the improve
ments contemplated.
Sets Out 95 Acres.
The company has just finished setting
out 95 acres of orchard near Imber. In
all 4500 apple trees of three varieties were
planted. In this work 14 men were em
ployed ten days and six men for an ad
ditional week.
In this vicinity, adjoining the Red Apple
Orchard Company's land, is the 100-acre
apple orchard of T. L. Casey and one of
20 acres belonging to T. L. Brooks. These
orchards average 15 trees to the acre.
PROJECTS ARE NUMEROUS
No Trace of Lost Stockman.
GARFIELD, Wash., May . (Special.)
No trace has yet been found of Gus Rob
arts, the wealthy Palouse country stock
buyer, who disappeared several days ago.
A reward has been offered for news of his
whereabouts, and Sheriffs and detectives
are searching for him. Many of his friends
believe that he Is dead.
Water Converts Large Tracts of
Sagebrush Desert Into Veritable
Garden Spots Review of
Work Already Done.
PENDLETON, Or., May 6. (Special.)
Umatilla County is waiting for water,
and the water is in sight. When it comes
the Umatilla country will come into its
heritage. There are In the county, at a
conservative estimate, 100,000 acres of land
that can be brought under irrigation.
This land is at the present time either
growing wheat, or lying waste and bar
ren. When it feels the touch of the
water it will become one vast garden of
fruit and grain. This is no idle prophesy,
for it has been demonstrated what the
arid lands of Umatilla County will do.
Many irrigation schemes are now either
partially or wholly completed, or in con
templation. One of the most important
pieces of work under consideration is the
government project known as the East
Umatilla county scheme. By this it Is
proposed to irrigate 20,000 acres of land
not far from Umatilla. This vast tract
at the present time is waste land, dotted
with sage brush and inhabited only by
jack rabbits; but It is rich, and once
under water it will give homes to at
least 500 families.
Bids for the construction of the big
Umatilla project will be opened by the
Reclamation Bureau June 2S, and it is
expected that the ditches will be finished
and the water running in them before
another year has passed.
New Town of Herniinston.
The Herminston irrigation project in the
northwestern part of Umatilla County is
an important piece of work, and is of
double interest because it is now ready for
the settler. The Herminston tract con
sists of 6000 acres. The ditches to sup
ply this tract with water have been con
structed and are ready for use. The
water is flowing through them and al
ready large crops are being raised by
those who have settled there. A town is
springing up at Herminston, the railway
point, and a thriving community is now
to be found where a short time ago was
onlv sage brush, jack rabbits and coyotes.
The Furnish ditch, one of the largest
projects in the county, is now under
construction. Here 10.000 acres of land
will be under one ditch and every acre
of it is now owned by W. J. Furnish, the
Pendleton banker, and is growing wheat.
The big ditch to supply the Furnish
tract has been finished, but has not as yet
been "puddled." or lined with clay, to
make It watertight. This work is being
done as rapidly as possible, however, and
it is expected that the ditch will be ready
to use bv next Winter, when the flood
waters of the Umatilla River will be
turned oyer the land. The Furnish prop
erty is under what is known as a Winter
irrigation, that is the flood waters of the
river are run over the land and allowed
to seep in so deep that the moisture
stored in the earth will raise two and
three crops in one season.
In the vicinity of Echo there are sev
eral irrigation projects. One of these is
a tract of 4000 acres under the Butter
Creek ditch, which gets its water from
the big Hinkle ditch. The Hinkle ditch
waters another 4000-acre tract of land
in the Umatilla meadows, besides fur
nishing water to a number of small Irri
gation companies.
The Allen. Ditch Company furnishes
water to 1000 acres of rich land along
the Umatilla bottom, every acre of which
is in fruit and alfalfa. The Courtney ditch
supplies water to 2000 acres more near
Echo.
The Butter Creek landowners below
Echo are contemplating and have done
considerable work on an extension of
the Butter Creek ditch into Cottonwood,
the Tacoma settlement. This is a colony
of Tacoma people who settled west of
the mouth of Butter Creek and now have
about 1600 acres nearly ready for water.
The Brownell ditch is another of the
irrigation schemes which has proved a
success. It waters 2000 acres of land a
short distance east of Umatilla, and is
complete.
The last intake on the Umatilla River
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Is for the ditch which supplies Irrigon
with water and has converted more than
3000 acres of desert into a garden.
Already 75,000 acres of land in Uma
tilla County are under water, or being
made ready for water. On the south
side of the Umatilla River 100,000 acres of
barren land are waiting to be reclaimed
when the Government has constructed a
storage reservoir for the purpose.
Engineers have found a place on Mc
Kay Creek in the foothills of the Blue
Mountains where a vast reservoir cover
ing 320 acres can be constructed to hold
the flood waters until they are needed in
the Summer for the crops on 60.000 acres
of land around the base of the Blue
Mountains, in the Umatilla Indian Reser
vation and extending into the Pilot Rock
country. It is estimated that this reser
voir would cost $126,000 while the ditches
to serve the country would cost as much
more.
AVhat Water Has Done.
Milton and Athena and the country
surrounding them can be pointed out as
examples of what Umatilla County will
do when water is put on the now bar
ren wastes. Here 10,000 acres of land
are annually making from (300 to $600
an acre for the owners. It is a fruit
country, and grows more fruit to the
acre than any other locality on the Pa
cific Coast. It is especially fmed for
its water melons, and its strawberries,
while it ships peaches, pears and apples
to the New York markets.
Milton has suffered by being too near
Walla Walla. The Walla Walla fruit
packers take Milton fruit and ship it
East in the boxes and under the labels
of the Walla Walla companies, thus cre
ating the belief that it was grown in
the Walla Wralla Valley.
So important has the question of water
become in the Milton country that the
Government has detailed A. P. Slover
to make a study of conditions there dur
ing the Summer and work out some plan
by which each and every water user
will secure absolute justice.
Umatilla County is now a wheat coun
try, and also produces many cattle and
sheep and much wool, but the day Is
coming, and coming soon, when ranges
and sagebrush deserts will disappear and
In their place will come homes of small
landholders, each reaping rich harvest
from irrigated farms.
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