THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBER, 22, 1906.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON
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THE DESCHUTES
Reclamation and Carey Acts
Discussed in an Address
by Jesse Stearns.
NEEDS OF A VAST REGION
-Attorney of Deschutes Irrigation and
Power Company Presents Impor
tant Facts and Figures Before
Hood River Convention,
In a comprehensive address before the
recent irrigation convention at Hood
River. Jesse Stearns, a t torney for the
iXfFchutes Irrieat ion and Power Company,
iclipfAiPse'i "Irrigation Under the Carey
tAct in the Valley of the Dc-schutes." Mr.
Stearns spoke authoritively, supplcment
'ing hi3 statements with facts and figures
'and conclusions based on personal experi
ence and observation. He took occasion
to Fum up the needs of the Deschutes
lountry and to make an exhaustive com
iparison between the Reclamation Act and
the Carey Act.
Mr. Stearns paid jn part:
"By thir fruits ye shall know them." The
divine author of These words . probably did
mot have the beautiful valley of Hood River
iin mind when he uttered them, but If he
ad, the illustration would "have been even
more forcible. For beauty, taste and value
men fruits as are Vie re produced were never
prown in Palestine, and if the tiarden of
i:den had bef-n located here. Adam would
not have said "thf woman tempted me and
I did 'at." but it would have been a dead
lli eat to the apple tree in a race between
' th first matched pair.
By labor, the investment of private capi-
tal. education of a hiph order, and intelli
gent co-operation, the people of Hood River
Valley nave demonstrated the fruitful and
'financial results of Irrigation and have ex
emplified in the highest degree the profit of
(tlnteneh farming and given added dignity
fand incentive to agricultural pursuits. In no
tfmall dpree. to the people of this section,
fls due the Interest aroused In all parts of
our common country. In regard to the re
clamation of the arid lands of the West by
irrigation. X
Honor Due Senator Carey.
By the provisions of the desert act. Con
gress sought to encourage Individual enter
prise in this direction, but not until the act
'of wh$ch Senator Joseph W. Carey, of Wyo
Iming. was thu author., and whose name It
iiiow bears, was enacted by Congress In 1894,
;did the cause of irrigation receive much tm
jietus. This act was amended in ISOtJ. and
Cprovided that euch land from the public
'domain, not exceeding J .000.000 acres, should
be granted to each arid state as it should
Hause to b reclaimed and irrigated, by an
mple supply of water furnished in a sub
stantial ditch or canal, or by artesian wells
'and reservoirs, and that patents for such,
land should bo issued to the stat when
water is so fumis-ned to the land, without
regard to its settlement or cultivation.
The act as again, amended in 1901 further
.provided that the state should have ten
years from tiie date of the approval of its
application by the Secretary of the Interior
for a aggregation of lands to reclaim the
came. The language of the act permits the
state to reclaim Mirh lands, or to make con
tracts for their reclamation, and to create
liens on such lands fr that purpose. By
act of February 28. 1101 Oregon accepted
The benefits and burdens of the Carey act;
and authorized the State Land Board to
contract with the Secretary of tne Interior
for the donation and patent of tucb. part
of the puhlic domain as it may desire to re
claim, and makes provision for contracts
with Individuals and corporations for that
jiurpose. .
Work I nder Carey Act.
Pursuant to the -provisions of the Carey act
and the law of llioi accepting the same, the
Matf Land Board of Oregon has made ap
plication for the segregation of something
opr -ton otm a. rws and of this amount over
I'iO.flno acres lie in the Deschutes Valley
the t-egiv nations for which have been ap
proved by the Secretary of the Interior and
contractu maile for reclamation between the
ftatf and National Government.
A total of '.il4.o:tO. 21 acres are comprised
In three segregations, 1 lie reclamation of
v hich w as original ly undertaken by three
an para; ions, the FMlot Butte Peetopment
Company. Oregon Irrigation Company and
tie Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company,
but the latter company 3ias now succeeded
to the rights of the other two, and now has
in charge the irrigation of this whole area.
The water- for the irrigation of this large
b'Mly of land ttor the tnree segregations ad
join i ih taken and to be takrn from the
TiiafeinitH-r-nt Deschutes River. The source of
tliu river Is in Klamath County, its gen
eral course is north for about 200 miles and
1t empties into the Columbia a few miles
eas-t of The Dalles. A peculiarity of the
river Is Its steady and constant volume, un
atfected bv either drouth or freshets. At all
t-rasons of thf car it carries Meadily from
I'ooo to oOOO cubic fct of water per second
f time.
Watered From Deschutes.
About 1200 acres in the segregation of the
Peschutes Reclamation & Irrigation Com
pany Is also watered from the Deschutes.
The segregaiion of 2T.Ov acres under charge
the Columbia Southern Irrigation Com
pany, although in the Deschutes Valley, is
watered from Tumalow Creek. The.-e segre
gations all have gravity systems. There are
e lso several private enterprises irrigated
streams tributary to the Daschutes River,
tut which are not under th Carey act.
It is to be borne m mind that in all these
projects under the Carey act, the Srate of
Oregon is the contracting party witn the
National Government, not the settlers ajid
not the Irrigation companies and these va
rious corporations are only construction
companies and subcontractors of the state,
jncrcly the agencies through which th state
act tn reclaiming these segregated lands.
I'nder these contracts to which 1 have
referred, the. Deschutes Irrigation & Power
Company has constructed oer 67 miles of
main canals from 20 to 45 feet wide on the
hottom with an average depth of three
feet, and rft miles of main lateral with a
Vottom width, of eight feet and from one to
two and one-half feet dep. and 12S miles
f farmers' laterals and distributing ditches
from three to five feet bottom width and
cne foot in, dopth. Eighty-four thousand
acres of land is now practically under
ditch and wlthi" reach of water; patents
liave been applied for and proofs fur
nished for 3$. 00O acres, and about the came
amount has been contracted for sale to set
tlers, many of whom are now ready to take
deeds from the state, which will Issue them
as soon as patents are received from the
Vnlted States. This will be of great advan
tage of the settler who needs credit for
materials, implements ' and supplies, who
needs money for labor, horses and stock.
"Without a deed he can give no adequate and
satisfactory security, with a deed he can.
by means of a, mortgage realize at once,
to some extent, the enhanced, value of his
l.'uid caused by his labor and Improvements
and by the development of the country,
and it will be of value to the state by in
creasing assessable values for purposes of
Taxation. to support schools, build roads
and make other public improvements. Thia
Is a legal and commercial situation which
should rece e the consideration or tft In
terior Department as It has aJready of tne
ra;e Land Board. It vitally concerns the
settler of small means; and is important to
tne state.
Progress of New Community.
The development of irrigated lands near
Redmond. Bend 'and La id law, has already
been such that it was determined this year
to hold a fair at the town of Redmond, and
last month a fair was held there. A tract
of SO acres was cleared, a half-mile, kite
shaped track suitable for races waa put in
order and an exhibition of grains, grasses.
j vgMabtes and fruita was given wliicn would
1 have don credit to an old agricultural
J community. One hundred and forty-six va-
i icuce, ii rA-"1iic i arm progucis, ana
raised on one farm which was not allowed
to compete, (having been used by the com
pany as Its experimental farm), were shown.
There were excellent exhibits from various
parts of the valley. There were watermelons,
cantaloupes, tomatoes, strawberris, (of the
second cropt. potatoes weighing a pound a
piece, pumpkins almost too large to lift,
beets and tuner vegetables as large and fine
for their kind as a Hood River apple. And
last, but not least, there was an exhibit
of fruit, raised on a farm near the junction
of Crooked River with the Deschutes. This
fruit exhibit comprised apples of several
varieties, which would have adorned your
exhibit here, pears, peaches, grapes and
plums, as fine as ever grew in God's sun
shine. English walnuts and almonds. And
these products of this desert country were
grown in an altitude of about 3200 feet.
Lawyer-Farmer In Error.
And yet I was told last November by the
eminent lawyer-farmer, who is general
counsel for the Harrtman railroad system,
that the Deschutes country was too cold to
grow timothy 'hay, and that will almost grow
on Ire. We have In the Deschutes Valley as
fertile a soil, as abundant water supply and
ROCKS XEAR
as yood a climate as man need desire. What
then is lacking for its full development?
Transportation.
The Crook County Tands.
Crook County practically comprises the
valley of the Deschutes River. It embraces
the most of its tributary streams. It is a
county of 77ort square miles in area, hav
ing a population of less than one person
to the square mile. Its agricultural possibil
ities are vastly greater than those of Mas
sachusetts, which has about the same area
with a population of about H.OOCOOO.- It is r.O
per cent greater in area than Connecticut,
which has a population of over 1.000.000. Tt
produces more wool and better sheep than
any other equal area in the country. Coal
has been discovered within Its borders. It
has untold wealth in timber, its water
power is immense. With this immense area
and boundless possibilities, lying in the
center of the greatest state In the Union,
not a railroad crosses it not a railroad
touches its borders.
From Portland to Shaniko by the railroad
we pay 60 to 75 cents per hundted for
freight, and from Shaniko to Bend we pay
the freighter $1.25 per hundred pounds.
There can be no wealth without distribution.
Coal, copper, silver, gold, without distribu
tion are not wealth but dross. Agricultural
products without transportation must rot
on the ground. Production and transporta
tion must go hand in hand; each without
the other Is valueless.
No Railroads as yet.
The two great railroad kings. Hill and
Harrlman, have not yet attempted to open
tip this great empire. But now when capi
tal has been offered by Individuals with
enterprise to build a railroad up the Des
chutes Canyon to Madras, which is the
northern gateway to this magnificent coun
try, where It may be done with a grade of
less than I per cent, when the surveys
have been made, a company organized and
construction actually begun, the Reclama
tion Secvlce steps In. makes a filing for
water power and causes part of the public
lands on either side of the stream to be
withdrawn from entry, and says this road
shall not have a right of way; it may Inter
fere with our benevolent schemes. W want
power for an experimental project. We
want to use tha water power to develop
electricity and carry it 100 miles and use
It to pump water at Umatilla.
Vast Tracts Lying: In 'Waste.
If the Reclamation Service is Intelligent,
If It Is honest, if it Is beneficent, if. it is
not a catspaw in the railroad game, of the
Northwest, than it should keep Its hands off
and let this railroad go In and help de
velop this great empire, and protect the
capital already there. There are hundreds
of thousands of acres in this County of
Crook upon which are raised wheat and
oats on dry land, of which the owners
would be glad to give 25 per cent for water.
Hint to the Government.
If the Reclamation Service desires to
pump, let It go above Madras and below
the Matolus and Crooked Rivers, where
power is abundant, and pump water to irri
gate the 200,000 acres of Agency Plains and
vicinity. But, says the Government engineer,
there are other routes for railroads to reach
the Deschutes Valley. I hope so. but does
he know ? Has he made any survey ? At
any rate this is the only road on watch con
struction has been begun, the only material
ization of our hopes so far. And I answer
back, there are other places to develop
power and other places to pump, and other
lands to irrigate.
If the Reclamation Service don't approve
of Carey projects; if it don't want to help
us. then let it leave us alone, and taks
up projects where they will not undo labor
performed and lose investments already
made. If it will not help it should not hin
der. Thera are times when it appears to me
that we are too much taken care of. I be
lieve In private enterprises as against Gov
ernment ownership. I believe tn the competi
tive reward of labor and skill and business
judgment In the open market. I believe the
man who gets his living in his own hut by
his own labor is a better man than he who
eats his bread in ease and idleness In the
almshouse. I believe in individualism as
against paternalism.
BIG MONEY IX ALFAXFA.
Experimental Field at Corvallls
Tields Four Crops Annually.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.
A fifth crop of alfalfa on'the Agricultural
College farm is a foot high. It stands
thick on the ground, and affords excellent
pas tu rape. The four crops that have been
cut have given an aggregate yield of 27.16
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tons of green feed, equal to nine tons of
cured hay. The first crop was taken off
in May. the second in June, the third in
July, and the fourth in September. The
field wa sown six years ago. and in the
five seasons that it has been cropped
there have been ten cuttings.
The field is ordinary wheat land, border
ing on and just a trifle above the level
of the white land. Its thrift has demon
strated that alfalfa can be grown success
fully on almost any ordinary wheat land
in the Willamette Valley, which makes
It reasonably certain that ultimately it
will be one of fhe principal crops.
This is the oplnoan of Dr.-YVithycombe.
who had had charge of the alfalfa field
from its planting to the present.
MIXES FABtXOCSLY RICH.
Diggings in Southeastern Oregon
Give Splendid Promise.
LAKE VIEW. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special. )
W. L Fleck, member of the firm of Fleck
& Snowgoose, mining experts and assay-
BANDON.
ers of Bid well, was in Laker lew recently
on his way home from the Windy Hollow
mines, in Warner Valley, known now as
the Lost Cabin mining district. Mr. Fleck
is enthusiastic over the prospects of the
new mining- camp, and believes firmly
that it will develop rich diggings. He
stated that he took samples of the rock
indiscriminately around one of the por
phyry dikes on one of the claims, and
also the dirt for several feet from the
dike, and found it to assay J50 to the ton
on an average. These tests were made
from rock and dirt from the top of the
ground.
Some very rick strikes have been made
recently in the Pine Creek mining dis
trict. Wealthy mining men from Nevada
are now at Pine Creek looking into the
mines, with a view to taking hold of one
or two pfiopositions there and working
them. Samples of rock were taken from
these mines a few days ago that assayed
over $70,000 to the ton.
An excursion is planned for October 25
and 26 for the purpose of showing every
one who will go the entire district. An'
Interesting programme has been arranged,
and the occasion is one of vast import
ance to those interested in mining.
IMPROVING LUMBER PLAXT
Hoquiam Mill Company Is Spending
$500,000 in Betterments.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Oct. 21. (Special.)
The Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Company
has decided to improve its plant and
build necessary Improvements, beginning
immediately. The company will expend
on the work proposed within the next six
months $500,000. The new mill office, a
structure 24x40, has been started and will
be ready for occupancy in two weeks.
The large brick drykiln has been com
pleted and the foundation for two more of
these kil ns is bping laid. v ork of con
struction will beifin as soon as the con
crete hardens. These kilns cost J12,000
each.
The machinery for the new handsaw Is
here and is beinR installed. This will in
crease the cut of the mill materially.
This mill Is running day and nieht and
Is cuttins; every 24 hours an average of
330.000 feet of lumber. Owing to the
shortage of cars, very little lumber is
being shipped East, out a ready market
is found in California.
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BAKER CITY'S NEW
HELD UP
Council Overlooks a Recent
Amendment to the
Constitution.
LEARNS ERROR TOO LATE
Scheme to Force Through Much
Needed Pnblie Improvements
Delayed -Activity in Min
ing District.
BAKER CITT. Or., Oct. 21. SpeciaI.)
Baker City was to have voted on a. new
charter ' at the municipal elecuon, to
be held here the first Monday in Novem
ber, but because the Council and the at
torneys overlooked one of the recent
amendments to the constitution, the char
ter plan has been killed, for the' present
at least, and some of Baker's schemes for
development postponed.
The fact that a. new charter was to be
submitted to the people for their endorse
ment had taken the coming election out
of the sphere of mere routine, and had
aroused considerably more interest than
Baker usually manifests in such con
tests. It was true that there were two
strong candidates campaigning for the
office of Mayor, namely Mayor Charles A.
Johns, and ex-Mayor R. D. Carter, . but
the city, as s. city, cared less for that
fact than It did for the proposed new
charter.
In drafting the new charter the
Citizen's League, an organization of busi
ness men. the same that raised the money
for the Eagle Valley railroad, appointed a
committee which met with a committee
from the city council, and a charter had
been planned under which Baker coulii
be rapidly improved. What had been
absolutely determined on has not been
given out, but it is said the new charter
had three important provisions.
The mayor was to receive a salary suf
ficient to warrant his devoting most of
his time to the affairs of the city. A
plan was to be provided whereby the
city could proceed with . the paving of
Front street, or any other street, where
necessary, without the consent of the
owners of two-thirds of the property af
fected. A plan was also provided whereby the
city might construct walks, sewers or
other needed improvements, without
waiting for property owners to take
them, and could hold the property for
the cost of the Improvements, as for an
unpaid tax.
All these plans were perfected when
City Solicitor Heilner wired the Attorney
General asking how the city had better
proceed in the enactment of its charter.
The answer was:
Calls Amendment to Xotice.
"City may provide by ordinance the
matter of submitting and voting upon city
charters as provided in section 1 a. arti
cle IV Oregon constitution."
This section the City Council had over
looked. As there was not time to pass
an ordinance providing for a method of
procedure, and have it take effect and
be operative before the next election, the
project was dropped and with it Baker's
plan for enabling the city to force its
own development. But the postponement
is only temporary and the Council is
pledged to call a special election as soon
as possible after the municipal election
is had.
ThPre is some discussion that leads one
to think that after all Baker will -soon
have her much sought paving. During
the Summer First street has been built
up greatly, and where Front formerly had
a monopoly of the business of the town.
First street is now forging rabidly to
the front. Many of the property holders
are suggesting that the street be paved
in order to secure an advantage over the
older street, and there is some likelihood
that this will be done.
David Eccles of Salt Lake is In Baker
looking after his interests in the Sumpter
Valley and the Oregon Lumber Company,
enterprises which he owns, and also clos
ing up the deal for the Eagle Valley line,
which he will in all likelihood build. Mr.
Eccles was closeted with AV. L. Vinson,
the prompter, for the greater part of the
week, and together they went over the
various details of the proposition, and
will, it is stated by those who know,
reach a final agreement in the near
future. The business interests of the
town are anxiously awaiting the news
that the contracts ha.ve been finally
signed.
"U'lth the coming of the railroad there
are indications of a boom in the mineral
properties of the Copper belt, and in the
Cornucopia gold mining region which the
road is tapping. These two localities
are t"he most promising in the entire
Baker mineral field today.
Is Boosted by the Cornucopia. '
The announcement that the owner of
the Cornucopia mine is building an elec
tric line from Cornucopia to Hathaway
or Carson to meet the Eagle Valley rail
road has placed that property uppermost
among those of the Cornucopia district,
and has been a big boost for the entire
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CHARTER
district- : The 20-stamp mill on the
Cornucopia Is pounding away night and
day on ore that is being taken out in
developing three veins of ore along which
the management is drifting. It is stated
on good authority that the development
of this mine not only pays for itself
but yields the millionaire owner a.
monthly income of $S0.O0O.
The Mayflower, another splendid prop
erty, owned by Minneapolis capital, is
running its new 10-stamp mill on ore
giving $23 in milling values per ton.
and has ore enough blocked out to run
two years. - .
On the Copper belt, the Indiana is de
veloping well, and is a. most promising
property. Its development has been
steady, and the property is nearing the
producing stage. .. The feature of recent
developments on the Copper belt, how
ever, was the offer of a syndicate of
K'ew York capitalists to take a bond on
the property at Burkemont on a basis
of $1,500,000, an offer which has not yet
been accepted. v
The Burkemont property is owned by
the North American Mining Company,
and arrangements are now being made
for developing the property "with an in
creased force during the "Winter.
The North American has great indica
tions of richness. The outcroping of ore
is 1000 feet wide and "a mile and a half
in length. The mWle is down 400 feet and
is now In sulphide ore with good indi
cations. '.
Illinois Owner on Ground.
gome developments at the Mattoon gold
mine, west of Baker about ten miles
may be expected in the near future, for '
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the president of the company, with capi
talists from Matoon, III., has arrived to
look over the property with a view to
increasing Its capacity and its output.
This mine has been operating its new
stamp mill but 60 days.
Hugh McCarthy, manager of the Gol
conda, has jtist returned from Portland,
where he says he made arrangements for
settling up the debts of the company.
He states that Its affairs will be un
tangled, but he cannot announce whether
the mine will continue operations.
AWLIj ABOLISH HORSE-CARS
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Owners of Albany Street Railway
Plan to Use Electricity.
ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) Ru
mors of a plan to electrify the street-car
line running from the Southern Pacific
depot In Albany through the principal
business street of the town, and to extend
this road, installing a complete street
railway system In the city, have aroused
considerable interest in Albany. For years
the traveling public have been carried
from the railway stations to the business
section of Albany in a street-car drawn
by horses. Formerly the motive power
was a small steam engine, but in later
years Albany has been the Oregon town
furnishing the spectacle tlat was seen in
the pioneer days of most cities a car
drawn by horses. Numerous times there
have been reports of plans to electrify
the road, but always the' agitation died
out.
Now, however, representatives of peo
ple who have an option on the road have
been examining the proposition with a
view to putting in a complete street rail
Way system and extending the road from
the town westward to the fair grounds,
where there will be some good racing in
coming years. Also a tract of land west
of and connected with the fair grounds
will be made into a park, according to
present plans, and attractions offered that
will make travel on the fair grounds line
heavy in the Summer months. The pro
posed park tract contains a large natural
lake, and is an ideal spot for such an en
terprise. .
There is every Indication that the car
from the Albany depot to the business
streets will be operated with electric
power within a short time.
LAIDLAW SEEKS PCBLICITV.
Development League Gathers Data
Concerning Country's 'Resources.
LAIDLAW, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) The
Laidlaw Development League has had a
committee at work for the past four
weeks gathering data as to the resources
and possible development of the country
surrounding Laidlaw. The committee has
just made its report and the following
data was given to the league:
"Six irrigation companies have systems
In operation within a radius of 20 miles
of Laidlaw and these systems have over
200.000 acres of irrigable land under their
ditches. There are about 12.000 acres now
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In cultivation and the acreage of cultl-
vated land next year will be verv nearl? '
doubled. .
"Wheat, barley, oats and rye have
made very large yields and matured fully.
Timothy.' clover and alfalfa have made an
exceptionally good showing, alfalfa in
many instances being cut three times this
year. Berries of all kinds ripened and
were of excellent flavor.
"Beans, peas, tomatoes, cabbage, cu
cumbers and ail kinds of garden vege
tables were raised in profusion as well as
melons, potatoes, beets, sugar beets and
all kinds of root crops.
"There lies tributary to Laidlaw 410.000
acres of the finest yellow pine timber
which cruises 6,000,000.000 feet. The Des
chutes River has a fall of 900 feet in the
27 miles just above Laidlaw, or 33 1-3 feet
per mile, thus giving unlimited water
power.
"The only thing needed to make this
country one of the most populous in the
Pacific Northwest is transportation, and
of this we are reasonably certain within
the very near future, some three trans
portation companies having 'made surveys
either extending through the country or
the survey now being. made." .
GIXSEXG IX CLACKAMAS.
Wilhoit ' Farmer Conduct Experi
ments With Boot Crop.
OREGON CITT. Or.. Oct. 2L (Special.)
A. Fiske. a Clackamas farmer, residing
eight miles east of Molalla and near 11-
hoit. is experimenting with ginseng, firnv
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OCEAN, BANDON BEACH.
ly believing that this crop can be pro
duced successfully in this section. Mr.
Fiske planted the first roots two years
ago. and since it is from five to eight
years before the roots are marketable,
the success or failure of his Industry
cannot be estimated at the present time.
The growing of ginseng to not carried
on In the extensive scale that wheat Is
cultivated, as the estimated crop from
one acre of this crop is of the value of
$20,000. At an expense of $8 per pound for
roots. Mr. Fiske plant'ed 15.000 and a great
quantity of -seeds in a quarter of an acre
of ground, the total cost for the roots and
seeds alone being $600. In this same field
Mr. Fiske will plant another 20,000 roots
this Fall.
. Mr. Fiske is afraid the excessive rain
fall of the Winter season here may injure
his crop, but he is providing thoroughly
for the protection of the erop. Ginseng
must not be exposed to the sun, and to
perennially shaded with lath or other
lumber. The cultivation of the crop re
quires but a little work, weeding being
the most essential. Mr. .Fiske is anxious
to see how his crop shows up by next
Spring, by which time the crop will have
been planted two years. That length of
time must elapse before the success of the
experiment can be estimated.
BIG IXCREASE IX TAX ROLL
Josephine County Assessor Com
pletes Work of Assessment.
GRANT'S PASS, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.)
The assessment roll of Josephine County
for 1906 has been passed on by the Board
of Equalization, and a reduction of but
$1310 was allowed, and this was due to
technicalities. None of the large tax
payers made a protest against the work
of Assessor Fallin, though he had raised
their 'valuations, the Southern Pacific be
ing raised $175,000. This raise was largely
on the company's land holdings, the aver
age value for this year being put at $4
per acre. The roadbed and rolling stock
of the Southern Pacific is valued at $13,000
per mile, while the telephone and tele
graph lines are put down at from $300 to
$500 per mile.
The roll shows that there are 2S.W9
acres of tillable land in the county, valued
at $9.2i. The " improvements thereon
are valued at $238,015. The value of town
lots is $383,045, and the improvements
$466,470. Improvements on undeeded land
are placed at $127,190. this property being
mines. There are 32.9 rhiles of railroad
in the county, and 347.9 miles of telephone
and telegraph lines, of a total valuation
of $508,715. The valuation of machinery,
etc.. is placed at $237,510. merchandise
$248,445, Implements, etc.. $39,630. money.
$10,550. notes $93,440. household furniture,
etc., $56,770.
The horses and mules number 1474, and
are valued at $60,185. cattle 4555. valued at
$60,085, sheep and goats 1216. valued at
$3360. swine 1067. valued at $2648. The total
valuation of taxable property in the
county is $4,711,630. a gain over last year
of $512,075.
The delinquent roll is now being made
up by Sheriff W. J. Russell, and it will
be advertised in a short time. It Is quite
small, about the same as last year.
XEW MILL FOR WALLOWA.
Plant Operated by Water Power and
Well Equipped.
WALLOWA. Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.)
Work is progressing rapidly on the Wal
lowa Lumber & Manufacturing Com
pany's main building. This will be 90 by
120 feet and will be equipped with a com
plete line of the latest and best wood
working machinery obtainable. ' More
than 100.000 feet of timber will be used In
the construction of the building. The ma
terial is all on the ground and work will
be rushed as fast as possible to provide
room for machinery now on the way and
due to arrive within ten days.
The completion of this plant- will give
Wallowa every facility for the economical
manufacture and shipment of lumber and
lumber products. The company has sur
veys completed, right of way secured, and
much preliminary work done on its power
plant. A large volume of water from the
Wallowa River will be conducted through
a barrel flume 2300 feet in length and
seven feet In diameter to a 35-lnch turbine
wheel located at the west end of the com
pany's main building. The entire instal
lation will be of the most thorough and
substantial character, and will develop
about 250 horsepower, which can be In
creased at small expense to 300 horse
power. The machinery will be operated tem
porarily by steam power. Steam power
will also be used in operating the huge
modern drykiln, which will be part of the
plant. .
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BOHEMIA'S FINE SHOWING
GOLD-MIXE OWXERS RICHLY
REPAID FOR YEAR'S WORK.
Several Good Strikes Made In Prog
ress of Development Operations.
Camp on a Strong Footing.
COTTAGE) GROVE. Or.. Oct 21 Spe.
cial.) This year's operations and develop
ments in the Bohemia Mining District
has more than surpassed the expectations
of the mineowners. The number of rich
strikes made, together with the constant
operations of the large plant of the Ore
gon Securities Company places Bohemia
on a stronger footing than ever before.
The Oregon Securities Company is clean
ing up thousands of dollars every month,
and but few know what its output really
Is. it is learned, however, from a re
liable source that the yield is very satis
factory. The company Is planning to bore through.
Grizzley .Mountain from the Champion
Creek side for the purpose of tapping the
rich deposits of the Helena Mine. When
the Jennings brothers owned this mine
they extracted $250,000 and the Securities
Company will open up the property on a
much larger scale and tap several of tha
large ore shoots of that mine.- When,
completed the tunnel will be about 3000
feet in length.
During the last two months the com
pany has opened up some very rich ore
bodies m the Champion lead, even richer
than the ore that was being extracted
last Winter when there was so much ore
stealing.
The Vesuvius Mine will start Its mill in.
a few days and from the amount of ore;
on hand should get good results. It was
reported that the owners entered a rich
shoot of free gold ore recently but the
extent of it is not obtainable. The com
pany also took out a number of tons ot
ore from the Alex Pugh property that is
rich in free gold.
Cluckey & Peterson while doing their
annual assessment work unearthed a fine
shoot of ore that is ull of gold. Their
property is located on Fairview and is
on the same lead as the Champion vein.
The North Fairview Mining Company la
delighted with its year's developments.
The company drove ITS feet in one ore
shool that assays from $40 to $60 per
ton and is free milling. It has also opened
up a fine body of base ore othe Cham
pion Creek side.
At the Ridge Hotel district four differ
ent finds of good pay ore have been
opened this season. Some free gold can
be seen with the naked eye. With a
number of other good showings reported
the camp is gradually forging to the
front, and the day Is not far distant
when the whole State of Oregon will feel
the effect of the production from the
Bohemia mines.
DISTILLERY TO BE BUILT.
North Bend Will Probably Secure
Denatured Alcohol Plant.
NORTH BEND. Or.. Oct. 21 (Special.)
The Coos Bay country has secured the
establishment of a plant for the manu
facture of denatured alcohol and the dis
tillery will be ready to receive potatoes
from the farmers next Fall
S. T. Clover, of the American Alcohol
Company. New York, came to the Coos
Bay country about two weeks ago in an
endeavor to interest the farmers in de
natured alcohol. He was accompanied by
Dr. Withycombe. who conducted several
farmers" institutes in the county and at
these meetings the system of conducting
denatured plants was explained to the
farmers. It was explained that if 75.000
tons of potatoes were promised the com
pany it would at once prepare to begin
operations. The distillery could easily
handle twice the quantity named, but was
willing to start on a small scale.
Contracts were entered into with a
number of farmers on a basis of $8 per
ton for three years, the distillery to take
potatoes of all sizes. It is estimated that
at this price farmers will receive nearly
$100 per acre for their product.
It was explained by the promoters ot
the enterprise that when the distillery
was running at its full capacity it would
require 87 tons of coal per day for ten
months in the year to convert the tubers
Into alcohol, and this would prove a great
stimulus to coal mining. Furthermore, a
number of by-products would be manu
factured that would greatly increase the
payroll.
Although the site for the distillery has
not been definitely announced it will proh.
ably go to North Bend.
WORK OS LYTLE ROAD.
More Than Twenty Miles of Track
Laid Out at Hillsboro.
HILLSBORO. Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) '
Thirty-six head of work horses arrived
here yesterday from Eastern Oregon, con
signed to the Pacific Railway & Naviga
tion Company, and the outfit will tomor
row start overland for Tillamook, to be
used as a nucleus for a grading camp on
the Tillamook end of the Lytle line, which
already has 20 miles of track laid out of
thif city.
The horses and camp equipment will go
to Tillamook over the Wilson River road,
and it will take three days to make the
trip, owing to the muddy condition of
the mountain highway.
Four carloads of steel arrived here the
last of the week for further extension of
the line beyond Buxton out of this place.
General Manager C. E. Lytle now has
over 225 men at work between Hillsboro
and the front, and the first tunnel, beyond
Buxton, has been opened.
Tunnel work will be prosecuted all Win
ter, and there will be over a half-mile
In this classification. By midsummer the
Washington County end ot the railroad
will have been built into the Nehaleni
country.
MOXMOrTH NORMAL'S WORK
Midyear Graduating Class Will Be
Largest In Its History.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Oct. 21. Special.)-.
The State Normal School at Monmouth
Is entering upon one of the greatest year3
in its history. Many of the students en
tering have had thorough academic train
ing, and many others have had much ex
perience in teaching. They come for work
in general and special methods of School
management and the professional sub
jects. Following a long-established cus
tom, the State Normal is confining itself
strictly to professional work, endeavoring
to give teachers the best preparation pos
sible for their work.
The midyear graduating class will be
the largest in the history of the school,
and will represent all sections of the
state. Much additional apparatus has
been ordered for the work in physics and
the sciences, and a large number of new
and professional books have been ordered
for the library. The executive committee
Is considering plans' for adding some need
ed improvements to the gymnasium.
The action of Carter's Little Liver Pills
Is pleasant, mild and natural. They gently
stimulate the Liver and regulate the
bowels, but do not purge.