GRAY'S HARBOR' COUNTRY ENTERS UPON ERA OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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
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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
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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.