TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN MONDAY, MAT 21, 1906.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON
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PRUNE CROP IS
A
Adds More Than $1,500,000
to Wealth of Oregon
Each Year.
GOOD YIELD THIS SEASON
Jerome Laselle Discusses Prune In
dustry and Prophesies That It
Will Soon Become Exten
sive In Eastern Oregon.
ALBANY, Or May 20. (Special.) Ore
Eon last year produced approximately 300
carloads of prunes, aggregating 00 tons
or 12,000,000 pounds,, and brought Into the
tate $540,000. This waft an off year,
when there was but one-fourth of the
usual crop.
'Under the conditions about us this
year," said Jerome Laselle, of Laselle
Pros. Packing Company, "we expect a lit
tle more thaa halt a crop. Taking into
consideration new acreage of bearing
orchards, there will in all probability be
1000 carloada of prunes raised in Oregon
this year.' Prunes are looking good, and
have been thinned sufficiently to become
of good size."
One thousand carloads of prunes, each
"car running about 40,000 pounds, will
make .the output for the state 40.000,000
'pounds, and will, if sold at an average
of 4 cents a pound, bring Into the state
Jl.600.ono. . This places what has often
been considered an Industry of small lm-
'portance in the Btate, In the position of
a recognized factor In the commercial
Jife of Oregon. The addition of this vast
amount of money to the income of the
agricultural laboring classes is no email
item, and the prune business, like the
hop industry, makes necessary the em
ployment of a great number of men.
How Crop Was Saved.
Last year when the yield of fruit
throughout the valley was very small.
Laselle Bros, saved the prune crop of
Linn County. With less than one-fourth
of a crop on their orchards, many owners
thought it would not pay them to start
up their dryers, and were about to aban
don their crops, when the Laselles
stepped in and rented and operated the
dryers of the county. All the prune crops
were bought green, and many prunes
were shipped in green and prepared for
the market In the Linn County evapora.
tors. These men have been In the prune
business in the valley and Eastern Ore
gon for many years. Beginning as orch
ardlsts, they maintained faith In the fu
ture of the prune business In Oregon, and
hranrhed out until they are, perhaps, the
largest buyers of prunes in the state, and
they deal exclusively in this fruit. Be
cause of their long experience in the busi
ness and the interests they have estab
lished in Eastern Oregon, Washington
and the Willamette Valley, these men are
familiar with the conditions existing In
every portion of the state.
From Mr. Laselle comes the statement
that all over the state prospects are
good for an excellent crop of prunes "Of
course It will not be a full crop, but It
Is better as it is," said he. "The prunes,
when the trees are not full, attain a
much larger size, and bring a higher
price. Last year the small crop made
prunes grow unusually large, and their
size increased their value.
Oregon Prunes for Europe.
".We ship most of our prunes to the
Eastern States, where they consume
great quantities of the dried fruit. But
much of the crop that goes from Oregon
is. shipped direct, to Europe. Last year
we shipped considerable of the fruit that
we handled to England. Oregon prunes
are certainly appreciated as among the
best."
laaelle Bros, have dryers located in
several parts of Oregon, and In Clarke
County, Washington. While Mr. Laselle
states that the Vlllamette Valley is at
present the greatest prune-producing sec
tion of Oregon, he says the Eastern Ore
gon country Is adapted to prune raising,
the fruit being firm and sound, and that
people there are planting more prunes
every year. He expects that the prune
crop will eventually assume an import
sn' In Eastern Oregon even greater than
It holds in the valley. In the Willamette
Valley, Marlon County holds first place
as a producer of prunes, and Linn Coun
ty ranks second.
The dryer and packing house in Albany
have made this, cfty one of the prune cen
ters of the state.. The country" around Al
bany Is dotted with prune orchards that
have not brought a full crop for some
years, and left the orrhardlsts not quite
its hopeful and confident of the business
as could he desired. This year there
seems every Indication that the prune
men are coming in for their delayed re
ward, and will reap a bountiful harvest.
IXQIAXS WILL BUILD CANAL
Will' Be Employed by the Govern-
ntent on Klamath Project.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May 50. (Spe
cial ) Klamath Indians will be employed
In the building of laterals for the first unit
of the United States Reclamation Service
main canal of the Klamath project. The
details have been worked out and the In
dian Bureau and Interior Department of
ficials have approved their employment.
It Is expected that not less than 100 of
the natives of this region will be at work
within the next month or six weeks, un
der direction of the engineers, who have
recently been acquiring the equipment for
n complete construction camp. Captain
O. C Applegate. for many years in the
Indian Service and in charge of the Klam
ath agency, will have the -work of em
ploying the bronze-hucd workmen. Su
pervising Engineer Llppincott, of the
Reclamation Service, in charge of all Cal
ifornia projects and the one at Klamath
Kails and also that at Yuma, is now here
on official business and In connection with
the plans for establishing the construction
camp of the project that will be under
direct 'eontrol'of the engineers.
The Klamath Indians are said to be ex
ceptionally industrious, excellent In the
care and use of horses and in every way
qualified to give good results In their la
bor of building the works that will make
their former domain among the most pro
ductive agriculturally and horticulturally
f any portion of the Coast region. .
FOKCE OP 300 - MEN AT WORK
Contractors Expect to Complete Pro
ject In Advance of Time Set,
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May 20. (Spe
cial.) Mason, Davis Co.. the Portland
contractors constructing the first unit of
the main canal of the Klamath project of
the Government, are now rapidly Increas
NOW
FACTOR
ing the number of men and teams em
ployed and have Installed plants of ma
chinery for hastening and economizing In
some of the heavier work of digging the
big canal. Forty-two additional teams
were brought into the basin this week by
the contractors, together with nearly 100
additional laborers, and the force which,
up to this time, has been rather small in
number, will be maintained at probably
not less than about 800 men at any time,
and very largely Increased during the
heaviest construction period. The work at
the lower end of the unit is being pushed
to completion, and the tunnel through the
hills Just below the intake is being driven
with all possible speed. The central por
tion of the main canal cannot be built
until September, after the last irrigation
of lands under the Ankeny canal, which
will be replaced by the big canal of the
Government.
Work in connection -with the project Is
progressing satisfactorily to the contrac
tors and it is their expectation to com
plete the big undertaking far in advance
of the stipulated period of construction
fixed by the contract. .
PLAX IMMENSE LOGG1XG CAMP
Will Clear Tract or 10,000,000 Feet
of Timber. .
MONTESANO. Wash., May SO. (Spe
cial.) Another big logging camp will be
established in this immediate locality
within the coming week, to cut out a tract
containing 19,000,000 feet of the finest tim
ber in this section. The camp will be lo
cated a few miles east of Montesano. on
the Satsop River, and a railroad will be
built from the edge of the tract to run
the logs down to the Northern Pacific
road for delivery to the mills on Gray's
Harbor.
Sol Foss. one of the most experienced
logging men in this timber country, who
was manager of the Lamb Timber 'com
pany, of this city, for several years, and
later superintendent for the Diamond
Match Company at their camps down
near Chlco, in ' California, will have the
supervision of this big industry.
POSTAL BUSINESS GROWS
KLAMATH FALLS WILL HAVE
SEW OFFICE.
Foundation of New Building Is Un
der Way Distributing Center
for Klamath Region.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. May 2a (Spe
cial.) Klamath Falls will have a new
Postoffioe building after September 1 that
will be a credit to the town and in keep
ing with the splendid character of public
Improvements that mark the progress of
the future distributing center of Southern
Oregon. Hiram F. Murdoch,- Postmaster,
began negotiations with the Postofflce De
partment last August for the provision of
larger quarters to meet the requirements
of a community assured- of a very rapid
Increase in population. Two propositions
were submitted, one for the rental of en
larged space at the present location, and
the other for the erection of a new build
ing. The second mentioned tender was
acepted by the officials of the department.
Work was started this week on the new
building, which will be located on the
south side of Main street,' between Sec
ond and Third streets; size. 26x40 feet, and
the lease to the Government is for five
years; the rental will be $400 per year,
including light, heat, water, full equip
ment of furniture, fixtures and boxes of
the most approved pattern. Equipment
of the building will be under the super
vision of H. B. Hall, assistant superin
tendent for the department at Los An
geles. For the immediate relief of the press
ing need of enlarged facilities. 100 double
dial, keyless lock boxes will be installed
at the present office by enlarging the
space occupied by the office, provision for
which was made In a recent authoriza
tion of the department, and the necessary
additional fixtures will Sorm part of the
equipment of .the new office.
Ask Removal of Postmaster.
Attention has been recently directed to
the Postofflce situation at Klamath Falls
through the action of the Chamber of
Commerce of this place, requesting the
removal of the Postmaster and demand
ing better postal facilities. It seems from
developments that the effort for improv
ing conditions has been under way for
many months, and that the resolutions
adopted came at a time Just preceding
public announcement of the plans already
aproved at Washington. The important
point to the people of Klamath Falls and
vicinity is that the town is to have a new
Postofflce building and modern equipment
at a date not later than September 1.
Hiram F. Murdoch, Postmaster, has
served In that office for a little more than
four years prior to July, 1903. as a third
class Postmaster, and since that date, un
der the new classification, as the head of
a second-class office. The salary of the
office is $1600 per annum, with a total al
. lowance of $420 per annum for clerk hire,
based solely upon the separating service
necessary for the office.
Everybody Waits in Winter.
Because of the belated arrival of mails
from the railroad connection at Pokeg
ama, the mall service was very Irregular
during the Winter and early Spring
months, but, with the adoption of the
steamer service between Keno and Klam
ath Falls, a great improvement has been
made, the mall frequently arriving earlier
In the afternoon than the specified hour
in the contract. During the period of bad
roads. It was sometimes the small hours
of the morning before the mail due not
later than S P. M. reached- the office.
There Is a very heavy mail to handle at
Klamath Falls, the average being about
20 pouches, exclusive of that for Lake
view. Merrill and Fort Klamath, but in
cluding that for Bonanza, Dairy, Red
field, Lorella. Bly and Odessa, and a large
part of Take County, in this state, and
Modoc County. California. This greatly
increases the work of the office, as the
mails for the railroad and outgoing stage
lines to Inland points must, all be ready
at an early morning hour.
The foundation for the new building
is being laid, and the contractor is mak
ing preparations to complete the building
as rapidly as possible. -
COXDOX GETS WATER SVPPLY
Purchases Spring and Will Bond City
for $17,000. .
CONDON. Or., May 80 (Special.') Con
don Is building an addition to its present
water works. The Darling ranch, with a
big spring, has been acquired by the
city In order to secure the excellent water
supply. The city paid $5000 for the ranch,
and work will be started at once. This
will give Condon an abundance of pure
water. The ranch is located 4H miles
northwest of town, and Iron pipe will be
used in bringing the water to this place.
Arrangements are. all complete for putting
in the engine and pump.
An election will be held Thursday for
the purpose of bonding the city for $17.01)0.
the amount needed for the new Improve
ments. The public is in favor of the Im
provement, and before next Fall Condon
will have solved the water problem.
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ter's Little Liver Pills the best liver reg
ulator in the world. Don't forget this.
Gee pill a dose.
WEALTH. IN " MINES
Faith in Resources of Pine
Creek Region.
TELLURIUM ORE IS FOUND
Miners Eagerly Begin Work of the
Present Season and Expect
to make Big Clean
Up in Gold.
NEW PINE CREEK, Or.. May 20.
(Special.) That the Pine Creek district is
to have a real and substantial boom in
mining is now self-evident. Who knows
but that it may become another Cripple
Creek, for surely the earmarks would in
dicate as much? Pine Creek has that
which made the Colorado camp famous
the wide world over tellurium.
Tellurium ore has been found here in as
many as three different places, the rock
assaying from $70 to many hundreds of
dollars a ton. In one place, a property
owned by Messrs. Jeter and Frakes. a
shaft 20 feet deep shows a ledge, both
walls well defined. 12 to 20 Inches of ore
carrying tellurium and assaying $215 a
ton.
Gold Discovered Last August.
The first discoveries of gold of record
In this camp were made last August, the
rock being free-milling in character. One
of the first properties discovered, the Big
Bonanza, owned by Messrs. Wade, Reld
and Plummer, and now under bond to
J. E. Stribllng and associates for $120,000.
has a most splendid surface showing and
bids fair to develop into an immense pro
ducer. There are numerous claims with a fine
surface showing, upon which little work
has been done, on account of an early
Winter and an unusual heavy snowfall
this Spring. The mines, being at an ele
vation of about 8000 feet, there remains
quite a considerable amount of- snow. It
is melting rapidly, however, and will, in
all probability, have entirely disappeared
by June 1. With the opening of Spring
an immense amount of energy Is being
put forth, and this camp will undoubtedly
be heard from before the coming season
shall have ended.
Considering the geographical location of
Pine Creek, lying, as it does, Just a little
northwest of some of the most famous
ore bodies of Nevada, and that gold, both
free and . In tellurium, has been found
here, much Is possible.
Town of New Pine Creek.
The town of New Pine Creek has a pop
ulation of 250 and has two hotels, two liv
PRIMARY LAW WORKS A REVOLUTION
ANCIENT GLAD-HAND METHODS AND MACHINE TACTICS OF THE BOSSES ARE PLACED
ON THE SHELF, WHILE NEW SCHEMES TO GAIN VOTES ARE TRIED WITH PROFIT
PIFTY or sixty years ago, before
John D. Rockefeller had swapped
his birthright of hair for a mess of
tainted money and when the Hudson's
Bay Company was the only trust doing
business west of the Mississippi River,
the stock-in-trade of the Oregon politi
cian was the ability to grasp every voter
in the territory by his bewhiskered paw
and call him by his first name. Twenty
years later he was compelled to add a
black frock coat and have the genealogy
of every callow first voter In the Willam
ette Valrey at bis tongue's end.
That was the golden age of Oregon pol
itics. The bucolic statesman .who covered
as many miles as a Methodist circuit
The Country Editor Will Oppose the
Repeal of the Primary Law.
rider In the course of a year and was
willing to plod on horseback through 75
miles of Oregon mud to make the eagle
scream at a political rally in a log school
house paoked with men, women, children
and untaxed Siwashes, Including 80 vot
ers, waa the man who landed the nomi
nation when the state convention met.
For that was before the railroads and the
trusts owned the Senate and National is
sues were things to conjure with, even in
a school election, and the sidestepper got
his at the first convention bauot-box.
In the Days of the Bosses.
Later, when the railroad came and the
statesman rode on a pass and managed
his campaign from a city law office, there
was another change, and the hapless
granger who knew the times were out of
joint but couldn't put his finger on the
exact spot of dislocation, was led blindly
to the polls by his precinct boss and vot
ed for the good of the party, as the in
terests of the state boss in the city might
appear. And when the bosses had di
vided the spoils for sufficiently long and
had come to depend on the strength of
the machine and the eloquence of the
hired spellbinder at the windup to pull
the party through, the individual voter
suddenly turned Populist, and the ma
chines which had run so smoothly swift
ly went to smash.
Among the first fruits of the popular
awakening was the direct primary law,
which was passed by the last Legislature,
and which recently had its first trial in
the State of Oregon. Its intention was to
turn back the hand of Time and restore
to the commonwealth the golden age of
politics, when the voter nominated and
elected the man of his choice to offices of
public trust and political machines,
packed conventions, cut-and-dried slates
and deals between the bosses were things
yet undreamed of.
Printers' Ink and Press Agents.
But alas! for the Utopian dream of the
statesman who had hoped in the wreck
of the machines and the dethronement
of the bosses he would come into his own.
He has discovered that the easy-going
methods of 40 years ago are as hopelessly
antiquated as the clothes the handshak
ing politicians of that day used to wear,
and that printers' ink and the press agent
are tbe modern substitutes for the wide
ery barns and two stores. It Is located
on the Oregon and California state line,
in the middle of Goose Lake Valley, near
the mouth of Pine Creek Canyon, up and
through which the mines are most con
veniently reached, by good road and trail,
five miles away. Goose Lake Valley la
one of the most beautiful as well as one
of the most productive spots of the state
a valley of highly improved farm and
ranch property, two miles wide and 30
miles long, on the east shore of Goose
Lake, at an elevation of 5000 feet. It is
highly productive in grain, hay. fruit and
vegetables. The climate and elevation are
especially adapted to the growing of Win
ter apples.
Prospects of a Railroad.
To reach Pine Creek from the Oregon
& California Railroad, a line extends from
Thrall, Cal., to Pokegama. A stage line
runs via Klamath Falls and Lake View
to Pine Creek. The town can also be
reached by stage from Nevada.
Pine Creek has been promised a railroad
within a year. The Nevada, California &
Oregon Railroad Company now has its
surveyors at work north of Madaline, the
present terminus of that road. There is
one continuous easy grade, from Nevada's
plains, up through the Goose Lake Val
ley, thence through Lake and Klamatk
Counties, on through the old Military Ga
to Eugene.
RICH ORE OX GOOSE CREEK
C. C. Cox Discovers Rich Sulphite
Ledge 300 Feet Long.
BAKER CITY, Or.. May 15. (Special.)
C. C. Cox returned last night from his
copper mine on Goose Creek, bringing with
him some samples of sulphide ore, which
will go from 6 to 10 per cent copper and
about $4 in gold. This ore was found in
the tunnel about 200 feet from the mouth,
and 80 feet below the surface. The previ
ous rock has been the ordinary native cop
per ore which is found in quantities along
the belt.
The ore runs north and south, and ap
pears to be an immense sulphide dike.
The outcroppings Indicated sulphides, and
the ledge has already been opened for 14
feet. The ore Is identical with that of the
Indiana mine. The ore body on Mr. Cox's
property has been ascertained for 300 feet
at a depth of 12 feet. Just how much
deeper it extends is not known, as Mr.
Cox is only opening up the property to
ascertain the extent of the deposit. But
this showing is the finest ever made in
Goose Creek section, and there is no
doubt but it will be a big mine.
Caterpillars Live Despite Rain. -
ABERDEEN. Wash., May 20. (Special.)
Despite the reports from various parts
of Washington and Oregon that rains
have killed the caterpillars, thousands
upon thousands of which threatened the
fruit trees of these states, the water does
not seem to have disturbed their feeding
capacity in any degree here, and they
have not been starved, as it is claimed
by the ranchers of the eastern portion of
the state. The old method of breaking off
branches of trees or using the torch has
been resorted to here, and so- far Is the
only safe means of getting rid of the pest.
By keeping a check on the insects no dam
age has been done so far to fruit trees in
the vicinity of. Aberdeen.
personal acquaintance which formerly
won battles in the political arena, and
that it Is Just as impossible to shake
each of the 100,000 voters by the hand In
one campaign as it would be now to kiss
all rhe new-crop Oregon babies between
the Ides of January and the Calends of
June.
This, In brief, is the lugubrious tale
which is told by the candidates, success
ful and unsuccessful, who fought the
fight, each according to his own methods,
in the recent primary campaign, and who
now gather at Republican state head
quarters in the building and compare
notes end expense accounts.
Fortunately for the Democrats who as
pire to state office, their sapient lead
ers saved them from the expense and
worry of a primary campaign by ignor
ing the spirit of the law and holding a
mass meeting which was a state conven
tion in all but name, and "suggesting" a
list of nominations which In all but name
was a state ticket. Whereby they saved
their financial ammunition for bolstering
up what they privately deemed a forlorn
hope of electing a few of their strongest
candidates at the polls in June.
Advertising Gets Votes.
According to candidates who have been
through the mill, personal acquaintance
and popularity is a good thing, and the
tact to endure spluttering kisses from in
fant Oregonians without flinching not to
be sneered at, but both must be backed up
by genius of the sort which made the
face of the pioneer in the talcum-powder
Industry more familiar than the kindly
visage of the Father of His Country and
indelibly impressed upon the retina of
80,000.000 citizens the features of the mod
est violet who first made $3 shoes.
Patriotic desire to serve the great com
mon people In state office and to fight to
the hurt ditch against' aggressions of
trusts and monopolies Is admitted to be
what the statesman of an earlier day ve.
hemently referred to as a sine qua non,
a trump card, but it must be backed up
bv judicious advertising, or it shares the
fate of the breakfast food that depends
for its success upon mere edibility, or
Babies for tbe Office-seeker to Kiss.
the soap of 99 per cent purity which at
tempts to break into the family washtub
except through the magazines.
Political advertising pays; witness the
fact that very few of the candidates who
were successful in the primary campaign
failed to Indulge In It with lavish pro
fusion. But the candidate must have the
goods to deliver; for some of the .men
PRODUCTSDFAPPLES
New
Company Will Utilize
Grand Ronde Crop.
CAPITAL STOCK IS $40,000
Factory Will Be Erected for Manu
facture of Cider, Vinegar
and Other Products
From Apples.
LA GRANDE, Or.. May 20. (Special.)
An incorporation, to be known as the
Ripley Oregon Fruit Food Company,
was organized this week with a capital
stock of $40,000. The object is the
manufacture of vinegar, wine, cider,
apple butter. Jelly, Jams and other prod
ucts. The promotes and principal
stockholder is Mrs. W. F. Ripley, re
cently of Denver. Mrs. Ripley holds
$15,000 of the capital stock.
The other Incorporators are: J. Ire
land, of the Eastern Oregon Colonizing
Company, and L. Oldenberg. one of the
most extensive fruit-growers in the
valley. Mr. Oldenberg holds $5000 of the
stock. The remaining stock is being
taken up by fruit-growers all over the
valley, and there is little doubt but
that all will be subscribed within a
few days.
The fruit-growers realize this is too
valuable an Industry to neglect, as it
will be the means of working up a raw
product which is abundant here, and
which, under the present conditions, is
of almost no value. With a factory of
this kind established, the cheap, cull
fruit will be worth more per ton than
sugar beets.
Mr. Ripiey interested the Cove fruit
growers in the enterprise to the extent
that in two days spent in that section
he succeeded In getting stock subscrip
tions amounting to $3000. Fruit-growers
are given the privilege of sub
scribing and paying for a portion of
the stock in apples.
The proposed plant and maohlnery
will call for an expenditure of $33,090,
and the remaining $10,300 is required
for operating capital. The factory
building is to be 45x150 feet, with ce
ment basement. Apple vinegar will be
the principal product, and the annual
output, including wine, boiled elder
and other products from apples, will
be 300,000 gallons. The factory will
use 100,003 bushels of apples a year.
Mr. Ripley was induced to investi
gate the conditions here by E. C. Rowe,
agent for the O. R. & N., and after
visiting all fruit-producing sections
who spent the most money In advertising
their candidacy failed for no other rea
son, apparently, than that they could
not convince the voters of their sincer
ity. Another proof of the adwrlter's
maxim that no article without Intrinsic
merit will warrant any large and system
atic expenditure of money Inasmuch as a
permanent demand cannot be created ar
tificially. Picture Help Candidates.
The most successful of the Republican
candidates say that of the thousands it
cost them to get nominations for the
state offices to which they aspired, the
money was most wisely spent which
went for pictures of themselves. One of
these candidates paid out $300 the first
week of his campaign for 1-cent stamps
which he used in mailing to every voter
whose name hp could obtain a blotting
pad bearing a large half-tone cut of him
self, together with the name of the office
which he sought in large type and a few
words stating his platform briefly.
"My tiieory was that since I could not
meet the voters personally I would have
to make them familiar with my face and
link it In their mind with the name of
the office so that in my necessarily rapid
tour of the Btate I would need no intro
duction. I spent at least $750 for postage
during the campaign and paid the news
papers of the state two or three times
that sum for printing my pictures and
advertising matter; but I firmly believe
the pictures did the work."
People Will Not Read Pamphlets.
It is the belief of this candidate that a
mistake was made by the candidates who
flooded the mails with lengthy circular
letters and argumentative appeals to the
voters. In this day of hurry and bustle,
he says, people have not the time to
read, and will not read, political pam
phlets. The task of convincing the doubt
ing voter, he thinks, must be done by
word of mouth, by the candidate himself,
or his friends. Accordingly, he visited
every important community and person
ally talked with every voter he could
reach. In - remote precincts where he
could not go himself he secured some
friend quietly to promote his interests In
the same manner.
Another, and m6st successful pri
mary campaign, however, was waged
almost entirely by written arguments
mailed to the voters of the state. The
man who made this campaign attri
butes his victory to the fact that he
had something to say to the voters and
told it to them early and often, reiter
ating It until they were finally con
vinced of his sincerity of purpose -without
having seen him in person.
This candidate mailed most of his
printed matter to the voters in sealed
envelopes, making it personal," as the
advertising agent says, and his. ex
pense for stamps alone is said to have
been nearly $1600.
Winning candidates who used the
mails to a far less extent, and did very
little in the matter of newspaper ad
vertising, lay their success to personal
work among the voters In the more im
portant communities and to the posses
sion of many old-time political friends
who remembered them in time of need,
giving their time and labor free of
charge. One of these candidates had as
his opponents men whose expenses for
various forms of advertising ran up
into thousands of dollars, yet the fact
that the" man who eventually succeed
ed showed that he "had something to
advertise." that is, could make an ap
peal to the voters of his partyand show
personal worth which was more or less
recognized by the state at large.
Newspapers Profit by Campaign.
Newspaper advertising was one of
the features of the primary campaign
that was a distinct novelty. To the
credit of the press of Oregon it can be
said that a great majority of the news
papers treated an the candidates fairly,
accepted advertising matter from all
alike, charging all candidates the scale
of prices agreed upon and generally re
fraining from selling the editorial sup
from Boise to Seattle, including Walla
Walla. Hood River and Yakima, he is
convinced that Grand Ronde Valley of
fers the best advantages for an indus
try of this kind. He comes here from
Denver, where be operated a similar
plant, from which he withdrew because
of the scarcity of the raw product. He
has followed the business, continuously
for 20 years, and is the sole possessor
of the secret of making apple wine and
vinegar that preserves the fruit flavor.
Mr. Ripley, being an experienced dis
tribltor of fruit products, says there
will be no difficulty whatever in find
ing a ready market for all the factory
can produce.
MOROS AS THEY ARE.
Fen Picture of Bold Fighters of the
Philippines.
Lord Buchanan In World's Work.
The Moroa are of an order much lower
than that of any class of human beings
In the United States. Unspeakably filthy
in their habits, treacherous and cruel,
they compare neither with the Indians
nor with the Southern negroes. They
are Ignorant and superstitious. About a
year ago a force, under Chief Hatal. sur
rendered to General Wood a tremendous
position on Bud Kausukan without firing
a shot, and gave up all their priceless
rifles, because the night before a navy
torpedoboat-destroyer had flashed its
searchlights on the fortifications from the
Eea, and the terrified defenders imagined
that Providence had been drawn into an
alliance with their enemies. 'As war
riors, the Moros are fanatic9, but, for
all that, there is magnificence in their dis
dain of death. The lonely "Juramentado."
who takes an oath, shaves his beard,
binds his limbs, and goes to kill and be
killed. Is a type of the animating spirit
of the race, I have known such a one
thoughtfully to bide his time in a walled
city, whence escape was Impossible, and
when the fit hour had come, to whip out
his weapon, and seek only to strike a
mortal blow before the merciless rifles
about brought him to death.
One. by a camp, peddling fruit, cut a
soldier down wtth a broken spear head,
waa shot to the ground, staggered to his
feet, struck onoe more, was shot down
again, rose a second time, and was then
stopped only by a rifle bullet through his
brain. Another charged to his death,
single handed, with his spear and knife,
on a company of regular Infantry sitting
In line with their loaded rifles across their
knees. The same wild spirit animates
the Moros in a fight. At Pang Pang,
where the destruction was very heavy,
after the walls had been scaled by our
troops, and the works were at the mercy
of our arms, time and again the fire was
stopped, and the defenders were Implored
to surrender, that their lives might be
pared. But pity was scorned' with a
volley and a rush of gleaming knives.
From the very Valley of Shadow always
came back the stubborn reply, "We are
not a race that surrenders!" I do not
think that anything much finer or much
more impossible to deal with ever came
before any army In the world. When a
Jolo Moro goes Into his cotta, he . goes
there to fight to a finish. He scorns sur
render. He becomes a human tiger. He
will cut you down while you seek to dress
his wounds.
port of the newspaper Itself, a thing
whloh they were often forced into do
ing under the old regime, when news
paper advertising was not counted
legitimate campaign expense.
The result was that the newspapers
printed, it is estimated, $850,003 worth
of paid campaign advertising, and the
country editors. It is asserted, will op
pose any repeal of the new primary law
on the ground that It would mean a
return to the old method of giving
space away to candidates, or resorting
to what la often called grafting.
One candidate says that 90 per cent
of the newspapers which he asked to
The Voter Became Familiar With
the Candidate's Face.
quote him advertising rates, and to
which he sent advertising matter,
treated him fairly. Ten per cent, he al
leges, attempted to extort fancy prices
from him and used their editorial col
umns against him when he protested
against the "hold-up."
According to many candidates news
papers which sold their editorial sup
port to certain candidates and refused
to take the advertising of their oppo
nents, proved worthless to the men
giving them subsidies. Papers of the
opposite party often accepted the ad
vertising refused and printed it, to
gether with the statement that the
candidate's party paper had refused to
print it, thereby exposing the venality
of the transaction.
Refused to Buy Editorial Support.
"I figured out," said one candidate to
an Oregonian reporter, "that any news
paper willing to sell me its support would
not be worth having; that the editor was
probably a man whose opinions were val
ueless In his community and that the
people were well aware of the fact. I
did not consider that I lost anything by
the fact that my opponents in several
communities bought editorial support."
The main objection made to the new
primary law is the heavy expense it en
tails upon candidates for nomination.
Most of the candidates who entered the
primary campaign spent as much, and
many of them two or three times the
amount usually spent under the old con
vention system, to obtain election to the
same office.
On account of this fact, many of the
candidates who are not well provided
with this world's goods will be forced to
retrench strongly during the regular cam
paign, thereby giving their opponents of
the other party an advantage.
Yet few of the candidates who figured
in the primary election believe that the
new system will ever fall into disuse
through the adoptibn of subterfuges sim
ilar to that which the Democrats recent
ly used. It is pointed out that the can
didate of the dominant political party
will always deem the nominations worth
fighting for and will go before the people,
cost what It may, though candidates of
the minority party, having but small hope
of election, may irame their ticket by
agreement among themselves, denying
the voters their right to nominate.
GI10
THRIVE
KLAMATH
COUNTY
Water of Irrigating Ditches
Causes Soil to Produce
Bountifully.
GOOD DEMAND FOR REALTY
People of the Section Prepare for In.
flux of Population Which Will
Follow Construction of
the Railroad.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May Z0.
(Special.) This is the season for the
homeaeeker to see the Klamath region,
study its , soil, climate, vegetation and
industries. Crop prospects were prob
ably never better at this season In the
great basin that Is soon to teem with
a dense population, and In which the
shriek of the locomotive is to resound
for the first time during the present
year. Alfalfa Is receiving its first irri
gation, the water being turned In st
about the usual time that has prevailed
Btnce the first canals were constructed
here. There Is little doubt that with
earlier Irrigation another crop of al
falfa could be cut in tills county, and
with the larger system of Irrlgstlon
to be provided by the Government,
there will no doubt be vast changes
In the results, as there will be in tha
methods empl-jyed in agriculture.
Orchards are now laden with fruit
and, although the county is not yet
famed as a fruit district, there is ample
evidence in the existing orchards of the
adaptability to fruit culture of the soil
nnd that climatic conditions are not
unfavorable to producing the hardier
fruits. Berries thrive and all kinds of
garden products are grown, although
the market demand Is far in excess of
the present output.
Activity in Real Estate.
Realty sales are many, and despite
the temporary depression resultant
from the unsettled business conditions
at San Francisco, the restoration seems
to have been quick so far as this re
gion was affected, and there is no long
er any feeling of uncertainty. It is
assured that the irrigation movement
is not to be deflected by reason of
financial stringency, which was first
deemed a possibility of the fire disas
ter, and that the very best class of
emigrants from the Middle West and
from the irrigated sections of the
Western States are coming to this com
munity. Klamath Falls, Los Angeles and San
Francisco men who last Fall decided
to organize the American Bank & Trust
Company are evincing their faith In
the future of this section by proceed
ing to the erection of a building of
brick and stone, two stories, modern
in every particular, 40x120 feet, to be
occupied by the new financial Institu
tion, which will have a paid up cap
ital of $130,000. and will open for busi
ness during the present year, Just as
soon as the new building can be fin
ished. This new financial house will
stand at Fifth and Main streets, in the
eastern part of the town, and in the
vicinity wbere frontage is being trans
ferred at prices ranging from $100 to
$150 a front foot.
Major C. E. Worden and W. T. Shive.
of Klamath Falls, are two of the men
largely interested in this bank and
trust company, both being among the
shrewd Investors In Klamath County
real estate In bygone years, when many
people lacked the faith that is backed
by heir capital. Their associates are
understood to include some of the very
strong financial men of the Coast, and
this will be the third bank in Klamath
Falls.
ELECTRIC ROAD IN PROSPECT
Lines Will Help Development of
Rogue River Valley.
ASHLAND, Or., May 20. (Special.) The
County Court of Jackson County, the va
rious municipalities of that county and
Grant's Pass, in Josephine County, have
under consideration applications for elec
tric railroad franchises upon the county
roads and through the streets of the cities
and towns. These applications were made
by Dr. Ray, of the Condor Water & Power
Company, which has an extensive power
plant on Rogue River at Gold Ray. Two
years time is asked in which to start con
struction operations. The applications for
franchise are looked upon as foretelling
the construction of an electric railway by
the Condor or some other company which
shall eventually connect all the towns of
the Rogue River Valley from Ashland to
Grant's Pass and bring them Into much
closer union with each other than they
now are. both commercially and socially.
Rogue River people picture this valley as
a great resort as well as a great orchard
and garden section, famed for its peaches,
apples, pears and smaller fruits. Mineral
springs of great variety abound In the
Siskiyou foothills and in some of the other
spurs of the Cascades In this vicinity.
At the head of the valley, at Ashland,
there are sulphur and soda springs whose
waters are noted as medicinal as well as)
palatable. The sulphur baths here are
known up and down the Coast from San
Diego to British Columbia, and they have
never been developed or advertised in a
way to attract the recognition they are
worthy of. Natural mineral water from
the soda springs of this section Is bottled
and finds a market in various sections of
Oregon and California, meeting with a
favor that is not accorded Imported wa
ters for table and medicinal use. Hot and
cold sulphur springs that would bring for
tunes In many lands are awaiting develop
ment and the building of hotels and sani
tariums to accommodate the thousands
who would come if they knew of the place
and the advantages In this line offered
here.
Capitalists from other states are now.
looking some of these springs over with
the view of developing tnem.
Sew System of Road Building.
ALBANY, Or., May 20. (Special.) The
new system of road-building, adoption of
which by the County Court of Linn Coun- .
ty was recently announced, is being put
into use as rapidly as possible. The Coun
ty Judge yesterday received a carload of
large tiling for use In supplanting cul
verts, short bridges, filling in low places
in roads, etc, and the roadbullding crew
will immediately begin laying the tiling
wherever needed on the different county
roads.
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