THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1907. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE WDRK TO UNITE THE COAST SITES I Californian Now Residing in 1 Portland Gives Sound Advice. WARMLY PRAISES OREGON J. R. Patterson. Tells How Xm An Keles and Pasadena Procured Klertrle Hallways anil Fine Boulevards. BY J. R. PATTERSON. Formerly of Pasadena, now of Tort land. 1 have read In The Sunday Oregonlan of Yhruary 10. an intervlaw with Charles JK. Henry, one of Portland's wide-awake promoters, whom I have met since com ing here. I came to Oregon on June 16, I'.XH, just before the Fair, and went all over the. country, up and down the river. (Join home foifj Christmas. I told our people If we had such rivers at Pasadena, y we would not have to look for another heaven. I came back to the Fair on May in, 1!K)5. with my wife, and bought a home on Portland Heights, where we can look nil over the city and Vancouver. I enjoy having people come and take a peep at our Venice. Mrs. Amanda Reed, who was one of your most noble women, when I would speak of our beautiful country around Pasadena would always say: "'You ought to po up to Oregon and see what nature has done for us." And true it was. I have thought many times if the Fair grounds had been in our city they would have been bought for a park, which could not be duplicated In the West, as it had such a green background and the beauti ful lake; but we let such opportunities slip by, and a few years ago we had to rondemn tine property for parks and pay large sums for it. I see you have with you. Mr. Clark, who . built our first electric road from Lios An. geles to Pasadena. Afterwards he sold it to Mr. Huntington. Then he and Mr. Sherman built a road to Santa Monica and 12 miles down the ocean to Redondo Beach, and all the way It is built up with small resorts, such as Ocean Park. Ven ire. Playa del Rey and several other re sorts. They have several roads running out of Los Angeles, so one does not have to go back over the same road if he does not wish to do so. I am sure Mr. Clark will do much to improve 'this beautiful city, if the people will only help him In stead of holding him up on every side. How Railways Were Built. I will illustrate how people down our way wanted a road to Sierra Madras from , Pasadena, which is about five miles. That little plat raised $20,000 and gave rights Of way through - great vineyards and . orange groves. This has been the result for less than one vear: tnev have nM 1 hind on tliA i.l v,. ."-i.. ' mtn. naa UIH.V .51 per acre for as high as J12C0. I myself have unerea Mr. Huntington a free right of way through my 100-acre vineyard for the extension of his boulevard to the foot of " ". "iicie iiir.v are ounoing thA hririlal , V.-...... r. i . 1 . 1 . , s the boulevard that Mr. Henry spoke of. .-vow, i am one of California's oldest na tive sons, of which we have an order of man- thousands of members from every county in the state. We work hand in hand, one part of the state with another, and we try to make the people that come to California feel at home, and treat them with all the fruits of our land. When we send walnuts East, sometimes a whole train is decorated with flags and banners on the sides of the ears. The same way with celery and oranges. As the fruit or celery trains go across the continent peo ple can see where they come from. In the Winter we send peas, cauliflower and cabbages Bast. Oregon Is our sister state, and we are most proud of her and not a bitealous. v e get minions or feet of her fine lum ber and thousands of sacks of her wheat, which contains more gluten than any other. We mix it with our wheat, as it then makes finer flour. Now our people are mixing, too. and I hope will give us a finer and more progressive population. Let us work for one grand result hand in hHnd. There is no reason why Port-' ..i.hi snouia not get plenty of our people here in the Summer, and I think from my own experience this Winter it will do I hem good to spend at least one Winter here. I have enjoyed it very much, and .so has my wife. I do not feel the cold n'ore here than at times In our own country, but. mind, you. I did not come here to look for the bad: it was the good that I wanted, and .there is plenty of It here for all of us. Admired Winter Scenery. , t took a Winter walk over the hills through Charles Ladd's place recently and I can say it was the prettiest sight ! every beheld. It was while the slider thaw was on. There was the small lake frozen over, and the ' green grass and . trees covered with icicles. It looked like Paradise. I had no idea there were such tine views. With a small amount of money spent in. the right place and In the right way. a fine boulevard could be built from Port land through Beaverton. Reedville. Hills boro. Forest Grove and McMlnnville to the State Agricultural College at Corval lis. returning on the other side of the river. It would give a tine day's outing for automobilists. Now as to Mr. Alns worth's proposition for a boulevard run ning east in like manner, that is a good scheme, too. But these roads must be governed by the state with restrictions, so that people with other vehicles may be safe. The auto clubs are the making of good roads in America, and one wav to build up your country is to get good. I remember that when I first came to Portland. Mr. Henry lived at Hlllsboro, had a fine country home and as rich a farm as one would want. He raised everything on it. He worked hard to get . the railroad to run Its trains in and out of . Portland so that business and professional men could have suburban homes In his neighborhood. Two young men bought homes near Reedville and improved them, but because they had to leave Portland too early in the afternoon they1 could not hold their positions, gave up and went back Kast. There were other people who V wanted to buy small places out there, but ilveided not to do so. Would Be Second Pasadena. With an electric line out through Reed ville. Portland could have a second Pasa dena, as the land out there Is high and vel and very rich. A man after his V..y's work wants to get where it is quiet, and then he Is fresh for his next day's work. We were in the same fix for many Xars at Los Angeles until we had compe tition between the roads that we have now. It will not be many years until we have electric lines from . Los Angeles to San Francisco. They are the coming roads. Portland has an advantage over us for electric lines, as It can harness mighty rivers for power. Speaking of your Oregon apples. T can remember in the '50s, when we got all our apples from the Willamette Valley, just as good a fruit as your noted Hood River apples. But California planted them and the apples became too cheap to ship from here, and people let them go to waste. I went to the appje show that was held here a short time ago, and I must Hay I never saw it equaled before. Right here I would like to make a sug gestion. "A taste of the pudding is the proof of it." I went to the show with friends just from the East. Their mouths fairly watered to taste .those apples. I asked a man if he would sell a box, and he said "No." Now. if he will pardon me. I will say that if he had given one-half of those apples away, it would have done a thou sand times more good than the whole apple show did. My friends would have taken the apples East and to California, and would have shown their friends what good fruit Oregon can produce. I will give you an illustration. I once took charge of one of the finest places in our part of the state, planted with oranges and grapes. The owner had gone East and as it was one of the show places, a great many people visited it. One day a fine carriage drove up and one of the visitors asked if he and his friends might eat lunch under the pepper trees on the avenue. I told him they could. They were to take the train that' afternoon, and as I came down the avenue, I said, "Let me have your basket and I will give you some grapes to eat on the way.-' Advertised the State. They put the grapes In the icechest on the train and never took them out until they got to Chicago. The father of the man who owned the land asked me if the visitors paid for the grapes. I said no. "We cannot afford to give away fruit in that way," he said. When his son came home he said to me: "Did you give a man a basket of grapes ?" I said "Yes. what about it?" "Did you know him?" he asked. I said "no." At that he pulled out a newspaper and said, "Look at that." There was a four-column story about this farm, and how the Chicago party had been entertained by the manager. The head of the party had taken the grapes up to the hotel and set them on the counter, saying. "Look here, see what I brought from California." The owner of the farm was sitting there. "Do you know that basket of grapes was worth $2..000 to us as an advertisement of our state." he remarked to me. "That man was the editor of the largest newspaper In Chicago." So you see my Idea that apples should be given away to people who are travel ing has merit. Some of those apples might have been taken East and they would have been a fine advertisement for Oregon. Now. I want to say a few words as to Portland Heigths. People must remem ber that the natural trees are what make the beauty, and not those that are planted by man. Keep every tree that can be spared when building a home, so as to make the Heights one grand park. Re member, I am a great lover of Port land, but if the people will only follow Mr. Henry's advice, and when they visit California look for grand improvements and not at the dry, dusty country, they will find much to approve. Let us work hand in hand for a grand West. Our President, Mr. Roosevelt, when he entered California and rode four blocks on roses laid as a carpet by the school children who wore wreaths on their heads, said, "What a grand West, and what grand children." DISCVSS THE DAIRY HERD. Washington County Dairymen Hold Interesting Session. FOREST GROVE, Feb. 17. (Special.) The Washington County Dairyman's Association met here Saturday with a good attendance. It was voted to hold the next meeting at Hlllsboro, March 15. One of the most Important discus sions of the session was on the selec tion of a dairy herd. Mr. Stanton, who has built up one of the good herds of the county in the last few years, gave his experi ence. He thinks the Holstein and Jer sey are the two best breeds for the dairy. The Holstein will furnish the most milk, but the Jerseys the most butter fat. He weighs the milk from each cow separately at every milking, and tests for butter fat twice a week. He will not keep a cow that will not yield better than 300 pounds of butter fat per year. J. Nichols, who has also been very successful in building up a good dairy herd, did not believe the breed was as important as the selection of the ani mal. He had a record of each cow In his herd for a year and his poorest had brought him $85 and the two best had yielded $135 worth of milk each. His best cows were now giving over 500 pounds of butter fat a year. Good cows, good feed and good care were all necessary to secure these results. Snow Assures Heavy Crops. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Feb. 17. (Special.) If the heavy snow goes off gradually crops this year will be the largest in the history of the Kittitas Valley. Baled hay is now selling at $22 a ton. Loose hay, alfalfa, is worth from $12 to $16 a ton in the field. Po tatoes are worth $30 a ton. The North ern Pacific, owing to shortage of cars and equipment, is unable to handle freight inward or outward bound, causing thousands'- of ' dollars loss to the railroad company and to the peo ple. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Is making rapid progress in con struction work, building tunnels, grades, etc. It is expected cars will be running in another year. Improvements at Kalama. KALAMA, Wash.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Upon petition of the property own ers the Town Council has ordered Fir street filled and graded from Third street to the Columbia River, a dis tance of nearly four blocks. For a distance of two blocks a fill of about three feet is required to meet the es tablished grade. A petition is also before the Council for grading First street from Date street north to the nfll. a distance of six blocks. Four blocks of this is low ground and will require a fill of 10 to 13 feet. The Council will aft upon this petitton at its next meeting. Property owners on Elm and Date streets are also ask Ing for street grading:. "Poultry Men Elect Officers. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Feb. 17. (Special.) At its annual meeting the Pacific County Poultry Association elected officers as follows: President, Louis Lund; vice-president, I. A. John son: secretary and treasurer, R. E. Sclienk. Executive officers to be elected at the next meeting, which wll! be held at Lebam, at the call of the president, at which time the dates for the next poultry show will be fixed. I Prompt relief In sick headache, dizzi ness, nausea, constipation, pain in the side, guaranteed to those using Carter's Little Liver Pills. SHOWS LARGE GAIN Manager of Tillamook Cream ery Makes Annual Report. DIVIDEND OF 10 PER CENT Co-operative Company Manufactured 330,291 Pounds of Cheese and Handled 3,104,60 6 Pounds of Milk During Year of 1906. TILLAMOOK, Or., Feb. 17. The Tilla mook Creamery, the second largest cheese factory In Tillamook County, and one of the oldest co-operative associations in the county, had an increase of business amounting to 20 per cent in 1906, receiv ing 3.134,606 punds of milk and making 330.291 pounds of cheese. This was below the Maple Leaf Creamery, which had 8.745.840 pounds of milk and manufactured 3S7.180 pounds of cheese. Three cheese factories thus far to report out of the large number of factories in all sections of the country are as follows: Maple Leaf Creamery Company. . The Tillamook Creamery Clover Leaf Creamery Company.. Total ' Mr. Haberlack, In his annual report of the Tillamook Creamery, gives the follow ing interesting figures: Total amount of milk ' delivered to the factory. 3.194, HOtl pounds, divided into months as follows: January. 40.752 pounds; Feb ruary, 53.142 pounds; March, 148,948 pounds; April, 314.320 pounds; May, 488.702 pounds; June, 465,704 pounds; July, 476. 457 pounds; AUKUflt. 388.931 pounds; September. 310.695 pounds; October, 285,102 pounds; November, 149.119 pounds; December. 72.667 pounds. This is a gain of about 20 per cent over the preceding year, and in that year we had milk hauled to the factory from South Prairie. Total amount of butter fat in milk was 126.S77.10 pounds. Average test for the season was .03956. Total amount of cheese manufactured and sold was ,"130,291 pounds. Average yield per 10O pounds milk, 10.34 pounds. Average received for cheese, 11.92 cents per pound. Number boxes cheese sold, 5434. Total amount received for cheese. $39, 390.10. Amount paid patrons, $34,390.00. Amount of milk required for pound of cheese, 9.68 pounds. Average amount of cheese per pound butter fat, 2.61. Prices for Butter Fat. Patrons were paid for butter fat as fol lows: January, 29.2c; February, 31c: March, 33 l-3c; April, 30c; May. 23'4c; June. 26.3c; July, 2fi.8c; August, 26.7c; Sep tember, 27.4c; October, 28c: November, 28.4c; December (estimated), 2Sc. The fac tory charged Hie for making for each month, excepting October, when lc was charged. The yield in the month of De cember was 12 pounds per 100. for which factory received $1178.44, but owing to the average test being over 5.13 for the factory, the butter fat price will be correspondingly lower. The patrons will, receive ft. 44 per 100 pounds milk for that' month. Average paid patrons for milk for the season, $1.08. Assets and liabilities of the corporation are as follows: Resources Factory building, complete, $2500; supplies on hand at first of the year, $236.42; due from merchants for cheese, $1157.85: money to. credit of. factory in bank, $308.31; 15 shares of stock of the Tillamook Creamery, par value, $375. Total resources, $4577.58. Liabilities Note due C. and E. Thayer for $25; due patrons for December milk, $1047.54; net resources, $3230.04. Amount received by factory' for making cheese, being 1 H cents for each month ex cepting October, when 1 cents was charged for making, $5032.70. Expenses for the year, less amount sup. plies on hand January 1, 1907. and amount stock of supplies sold. $43G0.41. Total amount supplies and stock on hand being $H26.05. Total disbursements, $4987.00. To tal receipts from making and stock sold, and held over, $5659.41. . Amount of re ceipts over expenditures were $672.35. GFowth of the Industry. . The amount of milk delivered at the fac tory last year was the largest by far evei received by it. and Is a good Indication of the growth ot the dairy Industry of the community and the county. Prospects for this coming season are very good. While the yield per 100 , pounds of milk (10.34 pounds of cheese) was probably as good or a little above the average in the county, yet in the latter part of the season the factory put up a very firm cheese, which lowered the yield for the season considera ble. 1 think It would be well If we made cheese that would be a little less firm and yet not too soft. The soft cheese is liable to get sour and rancid when put In storage for too long a time. There has also been a great demand for a smaller size cheese, namely, a. cheese . weighing about 20 pounds While we made some of these cheese last year, we did not begin making them early enough, as they were mostly in demand in the early part of the season. This Is the cheese usually called the Triplet cheese. Ten. Per Cent Dividend. At a meeting of the stockholders a dividend of 10 per cent was declared, and George Williams was elected a director for three years; M. Melchior, for two years, and E. W. Stanley, for one yeax. M. W. Harrison was elected treasurer. ALBAXY will pave streets Principal Business Thoroughfares Are to Be Improved. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) Albany's principal business thorough fares will be paved the coming Sum mer. The contemplated improvements provide for the paving of First street from Washington to Lyon streets, and Ferry. Broadalbin and Ellsworth streets from First to Second. A reso lution -has passed the City Council favoring- this improvement and setting February 26 as the date when citizens would have an opportunity to offer re monstrances against the plan. According to present plans this work will be begun early the coming Sum mer and the streets named above paved this year. Second street would then be paved next year. The material to be used has not yet been determined. Albany now has no paved streets and the proposed improvement Is one which is generally desired. The ctty is well known for its cement side walks, however, and has more pave ment walks in its residence district than any city in the state, in propor tion to population. Public Fountain for Salem. SALEM, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) The Marion Square Improvement League of this city is ereoting a $9J0 public watering fountain in the Marion Square Park. This league is composed of a large number of the leading wo men of Salem, who have raised the necessary funds by solicitation . and by a series of socials. Replacing Its Lost Flume. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) The Oregon City Manufacturing Company has begun the construction of a flume from Its woollen mills to the Basin, to replace the one that was washed out by the high water of last week. The city water works will also receive water from the same flume, for as the water in the river goes down, it will leave the old flume high and dry. A motor is in place so that the pumps may be run by electric power if the flow of water through the old flume becomes Insufficient before the new one is completed. 1 ' Saturday's Real Estate Transfers. Frank T. and Alice B. Madden to Augustus Evans, lots 21 to 26. block 25. and lots 10 and 11. block 24; Willamette Addition $ 600 Agnes O. and J. V. Beach to G. N. Settlemier, lots 3, 4, block 22, Lydia Buckman's Addition 4.50O A. E. Ellis to O. A. Markland, lot 1, block 26, Albina Homestead 2,000 Ernest and Marie House to Ion Lewis, north "i of lot 3, block 252 city 10 Etta Woolev to Emma Grabac'n, lot 2. block" 3. Arleta Park No. 3.. 125 Isaiah Buckman to Ina Brasfield, west 65 feet of lot 4 block 3. Lydia Buckman's Addition 1 Daniel R. and Kate L. Hawkins to Fritz- and Albina Philger, lots 15 and 16, block 20, iLncoln Park An nex 800 W. J. Hawkins et al to Anthony and Mary Burgard, lots 9 and 10, block 9. Lincoln Park Annex 750 William M. Ladd and Helen Ladd Corbett. trustee. to Margaret A Berni, lot 7.- block 207. city 7.000 Central & Investment Company to Helen L. Stratton, 10.25 acres be ginning at iron pipe in center of Hawthorne avenue, 1326 feet west of a stone In center of county . road known as East Thirteenth street and Hawthorne avenue and other property 1 Hamilton Meade to Mathilde Hesse, lot 16, block 2, Mayor Gates' Ad dition , 1 W. M. and H. L. Martzall to Ernst Stein, lots 1 and 2, block 311, Couch's Addition 5.000 Lbs. Milk. Lbs. Cheese Value. 3.74.-1,840 3S7.1H0 $ 4.-,8S4.20 S.194.H06 330.201 3I,SIV.10 1.510.802 1B2.616 10,154.12 8.431.218- S80.OST $104,428.42 Union Trust & Investment Company to Nadir Land Company. lots 17 and 18, De Lashmutt & Oatman's Little Homes Subdivision No. 1.. 1 College Endowment Association to S. E. Sorensen. lots 31, 32, 33, 34, block 22, College Place 10 Earl C. and Grace L. Bronaugh to William H. Lindsay, lot 6. block 1, Bronaug.i s Addition 5 Francis and Josle F. Clarno to Samuel Ruby, lot 1. block 7, Mc Millen's Addition 3,500 Security Savings & Trust Company .to Hugh H. Herdman, Jr., lots 1. 2, 10, 11, block 1, Russell Ad dition , - 10 Florence C. Courtney and Albert A. Courtney to Mathilde Hesse, lot 16, block 2, Mayor Gates' Addition 1 L. H. Burton, trustee, to Portland Cricket Club Association, Incorpor ated. 54 acres, being all of blocks 1 and 2, and west M of block 3, Marchmont Addition 2,500 Regina VV. and Jacob J. Oeder to Peter and Anna K. Knutsen, lot 2, block 18, Lincoln Park Annex.... 600 Lois A. Lester to Tena L. Dick, lot 11, block 9. North Irvlngton... 1 Van B. and Maria C. DeLashmutt to Nadir Land Company, lots 17 and 18, DeLashmutt & Oatman's Little Homestead No. 1 1 J. L. Hartman et al to W. F. Stadle nian. lots 11 to 16 inclusive, block 37, A. L. Miner's Addition to St. Johns 1 Fred A. and Hattle Lincoln to John Gorman, lot 1, block 19, Haw thorne's First Addition 3,500 Hallle W. E. Smith to Harrv L. Williams, lot 11, block 1, East V lew Roman Catholic Archbishop to" Jo seph Weber, lot 20. section 2 or "B," Mount Calvary Cemeterv 58 M. . Morris et al to Joseph Weber, block 16, Fulton i 200 Elizabeth Van W. and Thomas m! ' Anderson to Carrie Emma Muir. lot 1, block 2, General. Anderson's Addition 309 Salem Flouring Mills Co. to M.' if.' Cochran, lot 13, block 8, "City View Park Addition 225 J. W. and Hattie B. Latimer to J. D. and Neva Dubois, lots 11 and 12, block 1. Avalon Addition 600 Jas M. May to Lois Ellen Mav. lots 29 and 30. block 8, Capitan Addition 1,000 feterson to Mary Peterson, lot 1. block 10, Terwilliger Home stead..., 3 500 Sarah C. and Robert kenvon''Vo ' Regina W. Oeder, lot 2, block 18. Lincoln Park Annex 600 Arthur c. and Margaret F. Spencer to H. H. Newhall, lot 6, block 38, Couch Addition 25.000 Smith and Eva Lake to Esther Manary, W. 14 of block 33, Sul livans Addition j George W. Simons to George B. and Maud O. Van Water, lots 1 and 2 block 118 East Portland 16,000 George and Mary E. Tuthlll to WII- 1, a,m Reldt. lot 8, block 15, Lin coln Park Annex 2 000 Henrietta Mundt to Clara "Mundt ' J?lan.' S. . lot "lock 206, Couch Addition.' j J-C. ana Ross Hardiman to'A'.'B. Carlock. lots 1 and 2. block 1, Hardimans Addition 1000 George Morgan to Adeline P. Camp- ' bell, lot 6. block 4. Beauvoir.7.. 1 J. H. and Ada Hecker to Mlntie M and Ellis B. Spivey, lot 12, block 2, Diana Park j A. W and Sarah F. Goddard" to Lucy Level, lot 12, Vance 500 Margaretta Berni to Morris Kuhner lot 7. block 207, City 7 750 Oak Park Land Company to Beal " G5Lt,hfr- ,ot 16- block 6, Oak Park Addition, No. 2 to St. Johns.... , 1 Portland Trust Company of Ore- gnto C. W. Green, lot 11, block t S- Portsmouth Villa Ext.. 4 375 J. N. Campbell. Ex. to Bertha Aim' acre in section 20, T. 1, S. R. 4 E gQA Rebecca Walton to Bertha "Ault" same property as described above.' 1 Albert .V and May Fosdick to tiustave Frelwald, property- be ginning at point in E. line of block "A." Caruthers Addition to -Caruthers Addition Charles A. Myers to T. S. McDan'leV lot 3. block 2, Rochelle 2,400 Sunnyside Land & Improvement Company to A. P. Smith, lot 0. block 49. Sunnvside 435 M. E. and Mary E. George to A. P Smith, lot 6, block 4, Bartsch Pork Addition li0oo Apartment Bldg. Co. to Ellen M Krickson. 29x 43 at corner Sixteenth and Columbia j Jladoria C. Jackson to A. c" ani Mary C. Mowrey. lots 10 and 11 and fractional lot 12, block 52 6ell wood. j James and Ross S. Richey to Elmer A. Gessell and Eugene C. Price 33.31 acres of Caleb Richey and wife D. L. C. in sections 19 and 20 T. 1. S R. 3 E 5,296 James C. Thompson to A C Friendly, undivided of lota 8 and 9, block 3. Portsmouth in A. J. Smithson to Edward Joost' land commencing at W. line of Commerical street, 75 feet S. of S. line of Morris street j' Title Guarantee & Trust Company to A. R. Young. lots 9 and 10 block 13. W. Piedmont .' 500 Edgar Hopkins to George Hicks lot' 4. block 4. Willamette ocn Louise W. and Frank B. Gttwoii'Yo G. W. Wensley. W. 40 feet of lots 3 and 4. City View Park 1 R. B. and JanetM. Lamson to R K. Meisres. 50x100 feet beginning in W. line of King street 100 feet N". of X. line of Wayne street 7 wi E. E. and Mary Edward Merges Yd C. C. Shay, same property as described above v. E. B. McFarland. et. al. to Perry Hopkins, lot 1. block 1. Havelock.. 550 James S. and Marv C. Poihemus to Nell O'Hare. undivided 4 of lots 4 and 5, block 1. John Brendles Ad dition to Albina Total .$112,934 Bare your abstracts made by the Securltf Abstract A Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Commerce. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Catting Teeth Be sura and use that old and well-tried rem edy, Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It aoths tbe chlid, often the gums, allays all pain, cures, wind cUa and dlarrba STATE OF ACTIVITY OH THE Astoria and Vicinity Shaking Off Lethargy of Many Years. CAUSES OF PROSPERITY Revival of Confidence In Future, Growth of Lumber Industry and Prospective Railroad Develop ment Responsible for Boom. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Asto ria and the country about the mouth of the Columbia River are awakening from their lethargy of years. The entire dis trict, is becoming imbued with a spirit of activity and enterprise such as it has never before known. Even the "moss back" and his name is legion whose habit has been to croak and throw cold water on any projected enterprise, has undergone a perceptible change, and Is now almost a "booster" for the commu nity. Already the effect is being felt in the increased activity In the real estate market, values have increased materially, and-proprty that has been lying Idle for a decade is now in demand. The cause Is threefold: First, the deci sion of the people to do something to aid themselves in place of waiting for out siders to come and make them rich: fto stop the practice of criticising other com munities and to unite In working for the good of Astoria. Second, the certainty that within a few weeks work will be commenced at New Astoria by the Ham mond Lumber Company In the construc tion of one of the largest sawmills on the Coast. Third, the building of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company's coast line, the extension of Its road from Seaside to Tillamook and Taquina. and the substantiated, though not officially confirmed, report that the Astoria road has been purchased by the Northern Pa cific. Firm Basis for Prosperity. These, coupled with the assurance that work on the extension of the Jetty is to be rushed to completion by the Govern ment, the unprecedented activity In the logging and lumbering industries, the ex cellent condition of the fisheries, and the rapid growth of dairying throughout this section, have placed this city and commu nity cm a firmer and more prosperous basis than has existed in years. Surveys are now being made for the proposed railway line from Warrenton along the beach to Seaside, and work on the construction will be commenced so that the road will be completed during the coming Summer. This line will make available as a Summer resort a ten-mile stretch of the most attractive beach prop erty in the Northwest, a territory that is now cut off, owing to its Inaccessiblliy. Lands in that vicinity are changing hands rapidly, and at figures far above what could have been secured a year ago. Work on the extension of the railway to TUlamook Is also expected to begin this Summer, and, as the coast route has been selected, its construction will afford the most attractive scenic line on the Coast, as well as open up and make directly tributary to Astoria and Portland a re markably rich timber and agricultural dis trict. During the past few weeks, the Ham mond Interests, which own about four miles of water-front property in the vi cinity of New Astoria, have purchased 200 acres of land adjoining this on the south and abutting on the Fort Stevens military reservation. For this they paid $300 per acre. It is to be used as a yard for the sawmill which the company is to erect this Summer, a plant that will be one of the largest and best equipped In the Northwest, and will employ over 1000 men. The logs to supply this mill are to be ob tained from the company's vast timber holdings in the Xecanicum River district, extending as far south as Tillamook Coun ty, in the section that is to be tapped by the extension of the Astoria railroad. Xot Officially Confirmed. While the sale of the Astoria & Colum bia River Railroad to the Hill interests has not been confirmed, there are several things which tend to substantiate the re port. It Is known that a few weeks br fore the announcement of the sale, rush orders came to have abstracts prepared at once of the title to all the property which the railway company owns In this vicinity, including the holdings of the old South Coast road, which was acquired by the A. & C. R. some years ago. It appears that the origin abstracts which were in the hands of Mr. Hammond were destroyed during the San Francisco fire. Several men were immediately put to work, and the abstracts were prepared and forwarded to New York 'in the short est possible time. Again, it is asserted that a few weeks ago a contract was made between the Hammond Lumber Company and the rail way by which the latter agrees to haul the lumber company's logs to Its mill at a specified rate for a term of years. These things, coupled with the fact that per sons who are closely conected with either DREADED TO EAT A Quaker Couple's Experience. How many persons dread to eat their meals, although actually hungry nearly all the time! Nature never intended this should be so. for ve are given a thing called appe tite that should guide us as to what the system needs at any time and can digest. But we get in a hurry, swallow our food very much as we shovel coal Into the furnace, and our sense of appetite be comes unnatural and perverted. Then we eat the wrong kind of food or eat too much, and there you are indigestion and Its accompanying miseries. A Philadelphia lady said, the other day: "My husband and I have been sick and nervous for 15 or 20 years from drinking cofree feverish, indigestion, totally unfit, a good part of the time, for work or pleasure. We actually dreaded to eat our meals. "We tried doctors and patent medi cines that counted up into hundreds of dollars, with little if any benefit. "Accidentally, a small' package of Postum came into my hands. I made some according to directions, with sur prising results. We both liked it and have not used any coffee since. "The dull feeling after meals has left us and we feel better every way. We are so well satisfied with Postum that we recommend it to our friends who have been made sick and nervous and miser able by cofTee." Name given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, , "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." LOWER COLUMBIA OREGON the Hammond or Hill interests have been quietly purchasing real estate in this vi cinity for some weeks, have caused a be lief, which Is considered a certainty, that the reported sale has been consummated. This belief is augmented by President Hill's oft-repeated assertion that the lum ber trade is one of the greatest classes of business, which the railroads are after, and the knowledge that by purchasing the Astoria road and extending it to Yaqulna he will make directly tributary to his roads the output of the most extensive timber belt in Oregon. Plans Co-operative Grocery. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Plans are being formulated to start a co-operative grocery in this city. They are as yet In embryo, but A. H. McGlasham Is circulating a peti tion on behalf of the promoters to see whether the venture will be supported. If enough signers an be secured the kcompany will be incorporated, and stock win De sold, it is stated tnat the minimum amount of stock that can be subscribed is three shares, and the maximum amount five shares. Ships Oregon Cows X'orth. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) W. H. Perren. of Mount Vernon, Wash ington, last wek shipped a carload of Jersey cows from Albany. It i3 his purpose' to use them In a dairy at Mount Vernon. Perren. who is a for mer resident of Harrisburg. has been purchasing the cows In Linn County the past two weeks. WHEN PET JUDY DIED. She Was a Favorite Elephant at Coney Island. McCIure's. The sick animal stood with eyes closed, head lowered, and dangling trunk, breath ing quickly: but not a sound of com plaint escaped the stoic. Her trunk and her ears were hot, and her eyes twinkled like burning coals with the fever raging behind them. In vain the doctor tried his remedies. The great trouble was to get the patient to take medicines. -At the end of the great trunk that could alike uproot a young tree or pick up a pin or a penny, there seemed a sort of intuition which human beings do not possess. She might be coaxed to eat an apple, yet. when a plugged apple, loaded with medicine, was offered, she refused It. In time she refused to eat altogether. For a week, night and day, ie trainer had been with his charge nlrslng her as a father nurses a sick child. But his work was of no avail. Half an hour before the sick brute died, she gave a little trumpet and, throwing her trunk about the man's waist, held him and drew him toward her. "Gawd, I knew then she was saying good-bye, and I began to blubber like a baby," Barlow told, me when relating the story. "She held me close, as much as to say, 'You've done all you could for me. but . it's no use." After a while I noticed the spring go out of the trunk, and when an elephant's trunk hangs limp like a piece of tire hose, you may know he's pretty near 'all in.' A quiver passed through her body. I saw she was swaying and was going to fall, so I jumped out of the way. One groan she gave, then she came down with a crash like a mountain, and it shook the entire bam." Test of His Strength. Philadelphia Press. Oliver "Wendall Holmes was Invited to deliver a lecture in a town In the central part of Massachusetts. He was not feel ing very well and he wrote the following reply to the committee In declining to ac cept the invitation: "I am far from being In good physical health and I am satis fled that If I were offered a $50 bill after my lecture I should not have strength enough to refuse 1 VICTOR MANGANESE STEEL BANK SAFE GLASS4.PRUDHOMMECO., ACTS. PORTLAND, OREGON Heart Pains Are relieved, and palpitation, flut tering, and irregular pulse over come by using Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. It makes the heart nerves and muscles strong, so the heart is able to do its work easily. This relieves the strain which causes the distress. Sold by all druggists. "Dr. Miles' Heart Cure cured me when several doctors failed. My case was bad. I had difficulty In getting my breath, my heart beat so fast at times that I thought it Impossible to live with out relief; the pain was very severe in my left side, and my nerves was all un strung. I am sure I would not have been cured if I had not taken the Heart Cure." , MRS. MARY C. HAHLER. Sullivan, Mo. If first bottle fails to benefit, money back. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind. TRAVELERS' GCIDE. N. Pacific S. S. Co.'s Steamship Geo. W. Eider Sails for Eureka, San Francisco and Ios Angeles, Wednesday, February 20, at 8 P. M. STEAMSHIP ROANOKE Sails Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 8 P, M. Phone M. 1314. Ticket Office 132 3d St., near Alder. H. YOUNG, A;rt. CANADIAN PACIFIC "EMPRESS" Line of the Atlantic Land to Land In Four Days The Empress of Britain' and Empress of Ireland make the voyage from Quebec to Liverpool in six days, two being spent on the majestic fit. Lawrence. Book now for Summer sailings. F. B. Jolinson, Tasa. Agt., 112 Third Street, Portland, Or. I -t i4u! 1 ! ."yfa TRAVELERS' GCIDE. EAST via SOUTH UNION DEPOT. Dally. 11:30 P. M. Portland and San Francisco E x -press stops only at most Import ant stations be tween Portland and San Fran cisco for all joints East and South. OVERLAND EXPRESS TRAINS for all local points south, Sarramea to, San Francis co and points East and South. Morning train connects at Woodburn dally except Sunday with Mt. Ansel and Silverton lo cal. Cottage Grove passenger con nects at Wood burn and Albany dally except Sunday with trains to and from Albany, Lebanon and W o o dburn Sprlngfle 1 d branch points. Corval lis passen ger. Sheridan passen ger. Forest G r o v passenger. Dally. 11:30 P. It. 7:45 P. M. 7:23 A.M, 8:80 A. M 5:0 P. V :13 P. M. 11:00 A. H. T:S0 A.M. 4:10 P. M. 0-.BO P. M. 10:20 A. V. 12:B0 P. M. 18:00 A. 1L 15:20 P. M. tll:00 A. M. Dally. tDaily except Sunday. POttTLAND-OSWEGU SUBURBAN SERVICE AND YAMHILL DIVISION. Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:4" A. M ; 12:50. 2:05. 8:30. 5:20. 6:25. 7:45, 10:10. i - 0 p- M- Dally except Sunday, 5:30. 0:30. 8:40, 10:23 A. M. Sunday only. 9 A. M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland, dally, 8:35 A. M., 1:55. 3:05, 5:10. 6:15. 7:35. 9:511. p. M.. 12:25 A. M. Daily except Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. 8:35. 8:35, 11:40 A. M. Sunday only, 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points dally, 7:30 A. M. and 4:1H P. M. Arrive Portland, 10:15 A. M. and P. M. The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line operates daily to Monmouth and Atrlle. cott nectlns with S. P. Co.'a trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco, $20; berth. $4. Second-class fare. (15; second-class beTta. $2.50. Tickets to Kastern points and Europe; also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE, Corner Third and Washington Sta. Phone Main 712. C. V. STINGER, Wil. M'MUKKAY. City Ticket Agent. Gen. Fan. Aci. .SHQjgrJiMB 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standards and tourist sleeping cars daily to Oman a. Chicago, Spo kane; tourist sleeping car dally to Kansas City. Reclining chair cars tseata freel to the Fast dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO - PORTL'D SPECIAL for the 9:30 A. M. 7:30 P. M. East via Huntington. Dally. ILlly. SPOKANE FLYER. 7 ' For Eastern Washington, Walla Walla. Lewiston, Coeur d'Alene and Great Kortbera points. - ATLANTIC EXPR.Ebd 18:15 P. M. U:30 A. M. for the East via Dally. Dally. Huntington. J PORTLAND - BIC?G38:15 - M. 5:45 P. ii. LOCAL tor all local points between Biggs 1 and Portland. I RIVER SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 P. M. 5:00 P. M. way points, connecting Dally Dally with steamer for It- except except waco and North Sunday. Sunday. Beach steamer Saturday Hassalo. Ash.-st. dock. 10:00 P.M. FOR DAYTON, Ore. 7:00 A.M. 5:30 P. M. gon City and Yamhill Dally Daily P.lver points, Ash-st. except except dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday. For Lewiston, Idaho, and way points from Rlparla, Wash. Leave Rlparia 5:40 A. M., or upon arrival train No. 4, dally exestt Saturday. Arrive Rlparia 4 P. M. dally ex cept Friday. Tfrket Office, Third and Washington. Telephone Mnin 712. C. W. Stinger, City Ticket Agt-i Wni. McMurray, Gen. Pas. Agt, Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally. For Maygers, Rainier, Dally. Ciatskanle, Westport, Clifton. Astoria. War 8:00 A.M. renton, Flavel, Hcm- 11:55 A.M. mond. Fort Stevens, Gearbart Park, Sea side, Astoria and Sea shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Dally. 9 50 P.M. Astoria Express. Dally. ' C. A. STEWART. J. C. MAYO. Comru': Agt., 248 Alder at. G. F. & P. A. Phone Mala 90S. SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE. From Seattle at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan. Juneau. Skagway, White Hone, Dawson and Fairbanks. S. S. Cottage City (via, Vancouver and Sitka), Fab. 1. 14. 28. S. 6. Ramona (Skagway direct), Feb. It. " NOME ROUTE. S S. Senator. Juno 1. S f. President. June :. FOR SAN FRANCISCO DIRECT. From Seattle at 9 A. M. Umatilla, Feb. 14, March 1; City of .Puebla, ' Feb. 4, 19; Sookane. Frb. . 24. op Portland Office, 249 Washington St Main 229. C. D. DUN ANN, i. F. A-. San Francisco. SanFrancisco & Portland S.S.Co. OperatinK tho only direct passenger steamers. From Alnswnrth Dock. Port. and. at 8 P. M. : S. s. "COI.l'MBIA." Feb. 19, Mar. I, 11. ete. S. S. "COSTA RICA," ten. 21, Mar. , lfl. From Spear-sC wharf. San Francisco, at 11 A. M. S S' "COSTA RICA," Keb 21; Mar. 2, 1. S. S. "( OLl'MltlA," Feb. 25, March, 7, 17. JAMES H. DEWSON, Agent. Phone Main 26S. . 248 Washington St. Columbia River Scenery REGULATOR LINE STEAMERS. ' Dally service between Portland and The Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 A. M.. arriving about 5 P. M., carrying freight and passengers. Splendid accommo dations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder St., Portland: foot of Court St., Tba Dalies. Phone Main 914, Portland. WILLAHHTE RIVER ROUTE For Corvallis. Albany, Independence. Sa lem Steamer "POMONA" leaves- 0:45 A. M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For Salem and way landings Steamer "OREGON A" leaves 0:45 A. M., Monday. Wednesdays and Fridays. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO Foot Taylor Street.