GRAY'S HARBOR' COUNTRY ENTERS UPON ERA OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ' U I 1 f v i. i ;.y::;:iiSy::v'':'K ;jir:;:;iw:'.:V::.-:;-;'; BERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spo- cial.) A population of 30.000 for the Gray's Harbor country, wlilch In cludes the Cities of Aberdeen and Ho- iulam. the town of Oosmopolis and the territory contlnuoiiR. Is predlctod In the next five years. Mayor France, of this city, In his InaiiRural address, signalized hiB entry Into public life bv Kivinu Aber 'JlTen ,one 20.000 Inhabitants In this time. These llKures are not Inconsistent with the present growth of this section, which has been surprising within the past few yearn. Aberdeen's Increado in that gncs to ' make up material wealth has come largo- ly since the lire ot 1303. Trior to that time the city was one of mushroom sta bility. All of it buUrilrifrs were frame and of a not very- substantial character and the fire, which dazed the people for a few days, was a blessing in disguise. Prom tho ashes there arose substantial lilockn of brlok: and olone until today no one believes that the future of the city and of Gray's Harbor is the least In doubt Gray'a Harbor hns depended almost wholly on Its lumber until within the last three or four years, when an apita- tion in favor of diversified manufactories bp Ban to assort itself, and this agitation ha resulted In the coming here of capital which has erected a brewery, a box fac tory, a brick-making plant, a Houring mill, a sash, door and blind factory, two cold-slorag-e plants, a foundry and some minor industries, which are bolnp de veloped, in addition to a large number or yawmllls and shinglc-mills the shipbuild- iiiK Industry her Is one of the most ex tensive on the Pacific Coast. Within the past two years the two yards in this sec tion have turned out many steam schoon ers, probably considerably more than have been built at any other one point. The lumber industry in the meantime has not been neglected and the figures for the output of lumber will show be tween $9,000,000 and $10,000,000 that have come back to be expended here as the result of cargro and other, shipments. There have been several large sawmills built which add to the output. Another large mill, one of the first In Aberdeen. Is belnjr equipped with the latest machinery indicating- that the lumber Industry has not reached its limit in the Gray's Harbor country. Modern Buildings. Erected. While the lumber business has been Browing there haa been rapid advance ment In the Cities of Aberdeen and IIo- (liiiam In the way of new blocks and pri vate dwellings. Adore new houses of mod em architecture and modern equipment have been erected in theso two cities than in any previous year of their existence. In the way of buildingrs of a. public nature Hoquiani and Aberdeen have two hand Some city halls, all paid for, and Andrew Carnegie has been asked for $15,000 for a public library block in this city. A . sewer system has been adopted for Aber deen at a probable cost of 9-tO.OOO. and the first section of this sanitary enterprise has been built. There Is now talk of enlarged and better water plants in the two cities. What Is needed in the two towns, Ab erdeen more particularly than Hoquiam, la a plan for improving streets. Although planked thoroughfares have outlived their usefulness, neither city has adopted so far any scheme for permanent streets, but it is the intention to press In the Legis lature the passage of a bill which will irive authority to fill in the tide flats and thus lay the foundation for permanent streets. Rumors of new railways have stimu lated real estate until property values 1 have nutfa thatt doubled And yet they LOOK J JVC UP THE- UlSHSsQH are not beyond a conservative basis yet. Property, considering the prospects, is comparatively low in the two cities. A new railroad is the thing desirable Inas much as the Gray's Harbor people have been jyreatly handicapped in develop ment and In extending? the resources by having but one outlot by rail It looks now as if the two eltlos were finally to enjoy what has lonjr been wished for. With the oneninj? up of waj?on -roads in the Gray's Harbor country it Is expected that there will he substantial ana much needed development In farmincr lands Oray's "Harbor at present depends largely IT not almost altosrether for its farm pro ducts on Oallfornla and Oree-nn thnimh on account of limited transportation fa culties California has largely the advan tage of Orpjton. Gray'B H rl-r- 1 sian -.nnani. a deeper channel to the sea. A 30-foot channel has been the slogan of the; Cham FUEL SHORT AT CAPITAL WATEU AXD ELEVATOR SYS- TKMS ARB SHUT DOWN. AVashlngton Solon May Have to Shiver Through Itenuinder of Legislative Session. OLYMF'TA tVnh T .c : I The fuel shortage has hit the state Capi tol building and tonight the water system la shut down elevatnm nrB ntnnniU and efforts are being: made by the engineer i give legislators tne Dounce from the building early so he can shut down the heat and light plants. He has fuel to last less than 34 hours. Roads are well nigh impassable because or the recent rains following the snow, and it Is doubt ful if fuel can be secured. To add to the gravity of the situation. Secretary Nichols, custodian of the build ing, has (spent several thousand dollars more than his appropriation and has no funds to pay for fuel , and care for the building until the next appropriations be- come available In April, except such as he has been able to borrow from C. J. Lord's bank here. Snow Melts at Kelso. KELSO. Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) The snow has entirely disappeared and normal conditions, rain and mud, are again in evidence. Rl'SH I'OIt TIMBER UAJfD. Locators Snap Up Second Growth in Five Rivers Country. CORVALLIS. Or.. Jan. 20 (Special.) A new rush for timber land Is on here. It is not so great as -was the one a. few years ago. but between BO and 0 claims have ben located within the past few weeks. The timber lies 40 to. 60 miles southwest of Corvallls in what is known as the Five Rivers country. Locators come to Corvallls by rail and take private conveyances for the rest of the .tnumpv. A carriage to the foot of Alsea mountain. and a saud!e horse from then on is the usual means of travciinz. Women are among to. locators, three from fortland, THE MORMXG OREGOSIAff, MONDAY, JANUARY J " I ber of Commerce for years, and it seems now likely that some, attention will be paid by Congress to the needs of the harbor country. The fact that two large vessels, drawing over 20 feet of water, have been able to cross the bar safely with rargoea of lumber and to have been able to load at the mill docks, have given an Impetus to the demand for deeper water. That Gray's Harbor is the great est of lumber-producing sections In the world is attracting; to this section the attention which It needs ana which will result in getting an appropriation from Congress that will justify its claim to beinj one- ot the finest ports on. the Pacific -Coast. , It is predicted by some prophets who make estimates on population, that with in a not far distant period the cities of Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis, and all the territory between, covering a radius of from five' to seven- miles, will having- made the trip to the woods a few days ago. The timber is not old fir. It is second growth that has sprunp up since the great fire that pwept the Ooast range west and southwest of Oorvallis 60 or 60 years ago. It la known to timber land people as piling timber, but Is larger than some that Is now being sawed at the mill in this city. If a large body of It could be placed on the market at one time, it Is said it would bring J1000 a claim now. Porty-flve -deeds to timber land claims taken up in the graad rush of a few years ago, were filed with the County Recorder yesterday. They have been sold by the original fliers to J. A. Van ess and " others. The consideration named in any of the deeds. is not NEW MILL FOR LA GRANDE Wilcox Lumber Company Casting About for a Site There. IA. GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) It is likely that another big saw mill will be established at La Grande. The matter is being handled quietly but none the less effectively and no doubt the details will be ready for the public within a few days. The Wilcox Lumber Com pany incorporated last Fall, will build its plant at La Grando if it can secure a mill site of 20 acres and right-of-way for t logging railway from a point on the- main line of the 0. R. & N. to its timber holdings- in Ladd Canyon. The matter is in the hands of the Commercial Club, but for obvious reasons, one of the principal of which, has been the securing of a suitable mill site, there has been but little publicity in regard to the proposition. It Is said that the people of Union are formulating a proposition to secure the mill, and that while the Wilcox Com- pany would prefer to come to La Grande, they would not reject any favorable overtures from other sources. Will Base Artesian Well. LA- GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Another artesian well will be bored m La Grande by Julius Roesch, the brewer. The contract has been given to the Hunt Artesian "Well company. The well is to be bored at the brewery building and Is to De sunk to a' depth of WO or 800 feet and aa- much further as may be necessary to secure an abundance of pure water. Suit the people, because they are tired ot bitter doses, with the pain and griping that usually follow. Carter's lU!d . Uvai Iilla, One. U1 a dose. ' ''Xyc --rW,-;,-,- be united in one city. 'Between Aberdeen and Hoquiam there Is a strip of four miles of land, over which Is operated one of the best electric lines in the United States. Within the past two years there has been so Rreat a growth alonj? this line or railroad that It is simply a ques tion of a few months, a year at the most, when the line of demarcation will have been obliterated by the building boom that is Koing on. This road has been the means of awakening the two cities to their im-- portanee. for every ca. and they are run on a half-hour schedule. is crowded, 'rh Jm has indicated to the people of the cities that there are greater possibilities Only a few years ago there was meager transportation between the two places with horse-drawn vehicles, and the pa tronage was so small that no one seemed to awaken to the fact that In the two towns there was a live . and actively FIGHT F0UEIY MI. HOOD JUVEK PEOPLE WILL GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE. Entire Delegation From Wasco Op- poses I 1 v IhIoii. Ijcd by Sen ator Wbealdon. I Although Wasco's three legislators op pose creation of Cascade County, with county seat In Hood River. chamDions of the new county are sanguine that they can. secure passage of a, creation bill In Ajegiiiii,ure. At . conierence witn them last night at the Imperial Hotel, Representatives Hendrick and Knowles said they would oppose. This is the attitude also of Senator Whealdon, who In the last Legislature successfully fought the new county. At a conference held one week ago last Saturday .the three legislators asked the Hood River workers for information as to the property ownings of those peti tioning for the new county and were promised this information for last Satur day night. The meeting then set was deferred until Sunday night. Hendrick and Knowles were present, but Whealdon gave aa an excuse for not attending that he was needed at a hospital by a mem ber of his family. The Hood River men allege that this was only a pretext, since not 15 minutes after the conference they saw "Whealdon on Washington street and that most of the evening afterward he spent in the Imperial Hotel lobby. The Hood River men aver that the in formation furnished by them last night was complete and convincing and that Hendrick and Knowles took the position that as the whole county of Wasco op- posed the new county and they had been elected on that Issue they would have to set themselves against it. Among the Hood River men present wene Charles T. Early, A. A. Jayne, H. F. Davidson, P. S. Davidson and Leslie Butler. The petition for the new county is signed try 1301 taxpayers and voters. Hood. River has a population of 2000, say the men representing It, and within the limits of the proposed county dwell 5000 persons. The area has a tax assessment of $1,618,000 and an area of 4SO square miles. The population of Wasco Is 16,000, its tax assessment is J6.700.ooo and its area is 3000 square miles. The large tax- able wealth of . tbe nev county,; say, its 1907. 5CNE 'ON THE tiflRBOR FRONT SI 3 rr rr t rr c a. r f . fsi 1 lilllltil growing: community. The streetcar sys tem has brouKht the people of Aber deen and Hoquiam into close relations. The receipts of the postoffices of the two cities is another Indication of the constantly developing? population. The past year has shown a very substantial gain in postoffice recertpts, something like 25 per cent In each place. This means a larger salary for the postmasters and an awakoning also by the Government to the necessity soon, of a- vlnt? to one or both of the towns an adequate Federal building. To the Chamber of Commerce of Aber deen and the Commercial Club of Ho quiam is a great deal of the progress of the Gray's Harbor country due. . The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce recent ly elected ,a young Portland man for ttts secretary, and the pledges of members guarantee to him a salary of $2000, in ad dltinn to the other expenditures of the spokesmen, make the county ot "Wasco desirous of retaining It. PERSONAL MENTION. Sirs. D. "W, Butler, a well-known wom an of Montavllla. who has been an Invalid for severaL years. Is reported to be im proving. NEW YORK. Ian. 20.-(SDeeiaI.)- Northwestern people resrlstered at New . ' " ijLcia , , 1 n v as xonows: From Portland I Hlrsch, at the Savoy; Miss H. McNair, S. W. Stranaban, at the Breslin. From Salem P. A. Dix. at the Prince George. From Spokane D. C. Dorlen, at the Manhattan. Prom Taeoma Mr. A. J. Rhodes, CjtP. Huber. at the Breslin. From Seattle A. E. Blackman. at the Murray Hill; H. Heinelhoch. Miss Suther land, M. M. Kelly, at the Prince George. Banner Hive Elects Officers. St. Johns Hive. No. 6, K. O. T. M.. has elected the following officers: Past com mander. Mrs. Lizzie Tyner: commander. Mrs. Lizzie Wright: lieutenant comman der. Mrs. Sarah Gee: record-keeper, ML Katherine Quay; finance keeper, Mrs. Eliza Condon; chaplain. Mrs. Sina Helms; physician. Dr. McLAchlan; sergeant, Mrs. Mary Eaton; rotstrefls-at-arms. Mra. I.iuri fo Eastman; . sentinel. Miss Emma Quay; picket, Mrs. Cella Bennett. Re freshments were served. , Ieattm of Native Born. Oregonlan. -C. F. Douglass died at the home of A. S. Douglass, his brother, in St. Johns, last week, and Interment was In Columbia cemetery. Rev. Fred J. Warren, of tn St. Johns Congregational Church, con ducted the services. Tuberculosis was the cause of death. Mr. Douglass was a nauv or eouinern urgon and. years old. Ho was unmarried. Nugget in Hen's Craw. A. hen belonging to Norman Tracev. living near Estacada, was found to. have a gold nugget In its craw when killed for dinner a few days ago. Mr. Tracey will make a search for deposits, of gold In his vicinny. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby ! Catting Tmtti B ran'and a that old and wU-tr!3 rem edy, Mrs. WlnaloWs Soothing Syrup, tor children teething. It toothes the child, softens the sums, allays ail pain cuxs wind r if organization, probably a total of $.V)00. Through the extended knowledge pos sessed by the new secretary on advertis ing, it is expected to advertise the Gray's Harbor country as never before. To this end a booklet containing fine views of Aberdeen and. vicinity haa been insued. and these booklets will be sent broadcast over the country. This will be done with special reference to attracting farmers no that the rioh graxing and farm lands adjacent to Gray's Harbor may he opened up and developed. Agriculture and Dairying. The Gray's Harbor country promises some day to become a great agricultural and dairy section, in addition to its main resources orf lumber and fisheries. There are thousands of acres of rich alluvial bottom lands in the valleys of all the rivers surroundinsr the harbor basin. There are numerous streams flowing into Oray's Harbor and many tributaries of the Chehalis River, all of considerable size. Among them, may be mentioned the Wlihkah. Hoquiam. Wynoochee. Satsop and Humptullpii on the north, and the Johns and Neuetikah on the south. Each of these streams flows for many miles through comparatively low and level bottom land, the fertile valleys of the streams varying in width: from a few miles to 16 or 20. These basins, when cleared of the dense growth of underbrush and timber, will be the best of agricultural land. The soil ds exceedingly rich and there is no fear of Its ever becoming exhausted. The prinripal crop raised at the present time Coughs of Children Especially night coughs. Nature needs a little help to quiet the irritation, control the inflammation, check the progress of the disease. Our advice is give the children Ayer's Cherry Pectoral REVISED Ask your doctor if this is his advice also. He knows best. Do as he says The new kind contains no alcohol . We have no secrets to hide! We pub- lish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., fanufactur!ng Chemists, Lowell, Mass. is hay. the yield often amounting: to four tons to the acre. The abundant mois ture In the early Spring and Summer In- sures a good crop . each year. Nearly every kind of prain may bo raised on these lowlands, though oats is most com monly sown by the ranchers. Barley in much grown and Is a prolific crop. Nearly all kinds of fruits grown in the temperate zone can he successfully raised and Chohalfa County is noted for its tmmenso yields of raspberries, strawber- rifs, blackberries, salmon berries, prunes, plums and pears. The sertion lis one of the bpst in the ITnited Sttatet for the pro duct ion of vegetables a.nd garden trurk. Agriculture and stockraising are Indus tries yet in their Infancy. Aberdeen and Hoquiam are shipping points, of jerewt Importance. It was a wise forethought which chose the sites of the two cities, Aberdeen at the Junction of the Ohehalis and Wlshkah Rivers, and Hoqualm at the junction of the Chehalis and Hoquiam Rivers. The harbor is land locked and the depth ot water on both sldps of the two towns is sufficient to float the larprest vessels. The Chehalis River at either Aberdeen or Hoquiam. is 3700 feet wide and has an average depth Of 30 feet. Wtth the expenditure of a roasonaHe appropriation parh year by th Government Gray's Harbor can b in ii 1 o to rank with Columbia Itlver or Pugpt Sound. . . Since the annexation of Hawaii and tha Philippines the lumber business has in creased here several hundred per ;ent. and it Is only reasonable to presume that the opening of these Islands will rdd to the annual output of oomlnpr years. FORMULA.