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PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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Construction of Coos Bay Elec
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Oregon Soil Well Adapted to
Nut Culture Extensive
Acreage Being Set.
CROP IS VERY PROFITABLE
Twelve Acres on Oak Hill Ranch in
Tamhlll County, It Is Estimated,
Will Yield Between $2500
and $3000 This Year.
Walnut culture in Oregon some time
ago passed the experimental stage. Farm
ers of the Willamette Valley, and espe
cially In Yamhill County, are gradually
suplantlng their prune orchards with wal
nut groves. Since the formation of wal
nut clubs at McMinnville and Oak Grove
there has been Increased interest in the
culture, with marked results In the num
ber of acres being devoted to what is in
Home quarters still referred to as a new
industry in Oregon. As a matter of fact,
there are walnut orchards in the state
over 15 years old, and these are bearing
as profusely as the old trees in other
parts of the world where the nuts thrive.
In a certain sense English walnut cul
ture In Oregon is a new industry, and
that applies to the limited extent of ter
ritory proved to be best for growing the
nuts. Just now that territory embraces
portions of Yamhill County, and the ex
perience of past years will be repeated.
When any section of the state forges
ahead in a production, buyers are quick
to embrace an opportunity to "get in on
the ground floor." and the time will soon
be here when proved walnut acreage will
be difficult to secure. Those who are for
tunate enough to own land in this fa
vored section are in no hurry to dispose
of it, so that a tract that Is held by a
company of Portland, the Oregon Wal
nut Company, of which W. B. Streeter is
manager, is being looked to with inter
est by Investors. This tract is of 150
acres, carefully selected land, after an ex
amination of the different localities, and
Is to be put on the market in lots of 2V4
to 5 acres each. Mr. Streeter Is so well
satisfied that walnut culture Is the most
promising investment offered that he Is
establishing an orchard of his own.
Refuses Offer of $800 an Acre.
. Trees for this orchard have been bought
from Thomas Prince, of Dundee, Yam
hill County, who has a grove of 100
acres. Mr. Prince has had years of ex
perience in the "Valley, which he says has
taught him the superiority of walnuts
over other horticultural products. He Is
replacing prune trees vith walnuts, in
tending to cut out the prunes entirely
when the walnuts come into bearing. He
says he has refused $800 an acre for
his orchard.
On the Oak Hill ranch, two miles from
North Yamhill, there is a walnut or
chard of 12 acres which will produce
this year between $2500 and $3000 worth
of nuts.
An authority on the subject has this to
say about English walnut raising in Ore
gon: .
Vast opportunities are in store for those
who plant walnut orchards. Through the
efforts of investigators, who planted walnut
trees years ago the great (coming) commer
clal success of today is only the result of
those far-reaching minds, who by their well
direrted efforts, experiment and energy have
established the fact that this country is a
natural home for Knglish -walnuts.
Jt, today. Is developing a a full-fledged
Industry, established upon a Arm, safe and
sure basis. Therefore, those who now ven
ture into this line of work are evidently
taking no chances, as the hundreds of trees
now bearing scattered over the Willamette
Valley Is proof that this is a productive
walnut country. Great commercial orchards
ore now being planted by business men as
well as by farmers. Progressive ones are
prognosticating the future greatness of this
most excellent tree, and are availing them
selves of the opportunity afforded by this
enterprise, which has been thoroughly dem
onstrated to be a success.
Walnut culture has many advantages over
the raising of apples. For one thing, the
trees require no spraying; the nuts fall
to the ground and have only to be picked
up and sacked. Besides this, the nuts
ripening In the "Willamette Valley do not
require bleaching, as Is necessary in some
other sections of the country', and bring
the highest prices in the Eastern .mar
kets. The quality of the soil in the walnut
belt of Yamhill County meets all the re
quirements outlined In the publications of
experts on the subject, and trees of the
proper age for setting out are to be ob
tained in the neighborhood, thus avoid
ing the risk of transplanting trees from
a locality in which they were started to
one ' of differing soil and climatic con
ditions. Trees come into bearing at from five to.
six years, and after the sixth 'year are
remunerative, and increase In product
iveness as they increase In age.
As to the probability of there being
overproduction, reference to official sta
tistics shows that In 1905 there were 20,
490,147 pounds of English walnuts Im
ported, into the United States. The year
before the value of the imported nuts ap
proximated $10,000,00. The entire prod
uct of the Coast. California furnishing the
greatest yield, was estimated at $300,000.
That amount is but a drop In the bucket
compared to the consumption of the coun
try, so that the time is far distant when
the possible production of Oregon can
overtake the requirements of the mar
kets. H. M. Williamson, secretary of the
State Board of Horticulture, writing in
the Chamber of Commerce Bulletin of
April, says:
The increase in consumption will undoubt
edly continue at a very lively rate if the
supply of walnuts is available to meet the
demand. The opportunity is before Oregon
to develop a walnut growing industry which
may easily bring into the state $5,000,000
annually long before production in the
Vnlted States becomes great enough to sup
ply the home demand.
Three-Year-Olds Best to Plant.
.Experience In the cultivation of walnuts
In Oregon has indicated that while 2-year-old
trees for setting out cost only about
half as much as 3-year-olds, the latter
are In the end found to bring quick re
turns, as they grow more rapidly and
produce, of course, earlier. They should
be set out 45 feet apart, making about 30
trees to the acre. They are the hardiest
trees grown in Oregon: they bloom later
than apples, thus escaping late frosts.
From data furnished by growers in the
Yamhill country, the revenue coming
from walnut orchards is one of the surest
known, there being no record of a crop
failure. With ordinary care of the or
chard the average revenue Is about $300
an acre from trees 12 years old and over.
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RAINIER, WITH POPULATION OF 2000,
HAS MONTHLY PAYROLL OF $75t000
Water and Rail Transportation Combine to Make City
. on Lower Columbia Important Commercial Center
BY J. ARTHUR BISHOP.
RAINIER, Or., May 31. (Special.)
In the latter part of the year 1885 the
Legislature passed an act incorporat
ing the little village of Rainier, thereby
authorizing her to "strike out" for her
self. The following board of trustees
was elected: Merritt Pomerov. Enos E.
Eaton, Joseph Silva, John IMbblee and
Dean Blanchard. George F. M. Colland
was elected Recorder; Thomas Wood
ruff. Treasurer, and A. W. Wooley, Mar
shal. Dean Blanchard was elected
president of the Board at the first
meeting. Of those elected to office at
the first election all but one. Merritt
Pomeroy, are living. This speaks well
for the healthfulness of the country.
Twenty-three years have worked
great changes In the little town. From
a village of about 500 inhabitants, she
ha grown to be an incorporated city
with more than 8000 people. She then
could boast of but three small stores as
the extent of her business houses,
whereas she now has two large depart
ment stores" and many smaller ones,
and all doing a good business.
Water and Kail Facilities.
The sound of mill whistles was never
heard In those days. Now there are. In
and near Rainier, about 22 or 23 saw
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ENGLISH WALNUT TREE IN ORCHARD OF THOMAS PRINCE, DUN
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mills. She also has a mineral soap fac
tory, sash and door factory, foundry
and creamery. A new water works sys
tem is just being completed, which will
have a pressure of 90 pounds in the
mains, on the main street. The reser
voir for this system holds 1,500,000
gallons.
Rainier Is proud of her harbor facili
ties, and justly so. She has six miles
of navigable water front, with a nat
ural channel which is deep enough for
almost any craft coming into the Co
lumbia River. The depth averages from
25 to 30 feet. The Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad parallels the river, pass
ing through the principal street of the
city. This gives shippers the advantage
of either rail or water transportation.
The harbor ia so situated that it is pro
tected from storm and also from the
swift current, as a natural projection
of land above the town throws the cur
rent to the Washington side of the riv
er, and It is protected from the sweep
ing winds from down the river by the
same means.
Large Lumbering Center.
Rainier Is one of the largest lumber
manufacturing towns on the Coast, ac
tual statistics giving the amount of
lumber handled at this place as one
thirtieth of that handled in the State
mare
of Oregon. The sawmills and factories
have a combined payroll of about
$75,000 per month, which is very large
for a city of but 2000 inhabitants. Of
course, the mills are not all in Rainier,
but the business of those people is
transacted here.
Stock-raising Is being taken up very
extensively of late years, it having
been found that cattle need but very
little feed here, even in the Winter
months. Dairying is also becoming one
of the chief industries among the farm
ing classes, and it is a very remunera
tive one.
Fruit-raising has not been very ex
tensively followed until of late years,
but since the timber has been taken
from the land, the Idea Is becoming
more popular, and quite an acreage has
been put out recently, which is yielding
handsome returns. And the quality is
of the finest. The temperature is very
even, seldom going below 40 degrees In
Winter and ranging from 60 to 80 in
Summer. The breezes from the ocean
have a wholesome effect on the climate
at this point.
Town Did Sot - Feel Panic.
Besides being the metropolis of Co
lumbia County, Rainier has one of the
best public schools In the state, there
being eight rooms in the building.
which Is heated by the latest Improved
heater. The schools are very capably
presided over by Professor O. H. By
land and a staff of under-teachers. The
combined monthly salary for the teach
ers is about $350. The school also has
a fine library.
The recent financial flurry did not
have the appalling effect on Rainier as
it did on some of her sister towns.
While other places were compelled to
close down almost every industry, the
majority of the mills here continued
Bteadily In operation, and those that did
then close down are making prepara
tions to resume In the near future.
There has been but yery little cut In
wages In any branch of labor, and at
present the outlook Is good for the la
"borlng man.
The Commercial Club at Rainier is
working for the cause of good roads,
and is doing everything In Its power
toward that end.
Just 10 years ago last Saturday the
first passenger train was run over the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, and
the event was one long to be remem
bered by the people of Rainier. Then
It was that the little town began to
grow in dead earnest, and while that
growth has not been anything phenom
enal, it has been steady and substantial.
It might be interesting to some to
know that the first ordinance passed
by the trustees at the first meeting In
1885 was one regulating the running at
large of swine on the streets of Rainier.
Rainier is situated 45 miles north
west of Portland, on the Columbia Riv
er, 54 miles from Astoria, has the larg
est and, best natural harbor and water
front of any city on the Columbia, and
shipping facilities excelled by none.
TO EXTEND PAVED AREA
EUGENE COUXCIIi ACTS FAVOR
ABLY OX PETITIONS.
University Town Slakes Extensive
Improvements in Business and
Residence Districts.
EUGENE. Or., May 3L (Special.) The
City Council has acted favorably upon
petitions asking for the paving of half a
mile of business streets. If the recom
mendations are carried out, three-quarters
of a mile more will be added before the
Summer is over, making a total of about
four miles of paving done in Eugene since
the work was begun last Summer.
The streets that have been paved and
are under course of construction at this
date include Willamette from the South
ern Pacific station at Fourth street to
Its intersection with Thirteenth street.
East Seventh street to Oak, East Eighth
street to High, East Ninth street to
High, East Eleventh street to the Uni
versity of Oregon campus. West Seventh
street to Olive, West Eighth street to
Charnelton, West Ninth street to Olive.
The petitions granted a week ago cover
the paving of West Fifth street to Olive,
Olive street to Tenth and West Eighth
street from Charnelton to Monroe. The
Council last evening recommended that
the following streets be included in the
paved section. East Fifth street from
Willamette to Oak. East Sixth street from
Willamette to Oak, West Ninth street
from Olive to Lincoln, West Tenth street
from Willamette to Olive, West Eleventh
street from Willamette to Olive and East
Tenth street from Willamette to Oak.
This plan if carried out will completely
cover the business district of the city
giving splendid thoroughfares on all the
streets on which any business houses are
located, and extending one paved street
far into the eastern and another far Into
the western section of the town.
But the work of street building Is going
on just as actively in the residence sec
tion as in the business section, though the
cost of the work is not as great as where
the pavement is being placed. By the end
of Summer every street in East Eugene,
known as Falrmount, will be graded and
gravelled and an equal amount of work
is being done in the west section of
Eugene. The new big roller that has just
arrived will be pressed into service for
the streets In the residence sections and
Eugene will try to have -streets equal to
any city. ,
SKIP HOUGH LUMBER SOUTH
Coos Bay Company Locates Planing-
Mill In California.
MARSHFIELD, Or., May 31. (Spe
cial.) The C. A. Smith Lumber & Man
ufacturing Company Is making still
further Improvements In Its plant.
While there is not a big sale for lum
ber, the Smith company is still running
at full capacity. The lumber Is being
plied to stock the local yards, and much
is being shipped to Bay Point, Cal.,
where -the firm will have a planlng
mlll and box factory, the foundations
of which have already been started. A
considerable town will be built at Bay
Point, and the lumber from the Coos
Bay mill will be shipped there in the
rough and put through the planing
iti 11 1 , which will be running some time
in August.
CONNECTS CITIES ON BAY
St. Paul and Slarslifield Lumbermen
Place $300,000 in Enterprise.
Completed to North Bend by
First of the Year.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. May SI. (Spe
cial.) Actual work has been started
on an electric line for Coos Bay. It
will be known as the Coos Bay Rail
way & Terminal Company, and the
builders and owners are Henry Hewitt,
the St. Paul lumberman, Seymour H.
Bell, who is his partner in various
Interests on Coos Bay, and L. J. Simp
son, manager of the Simpson Lumber
Company, and Mayor of North Bend.
Seymour Bell will be the general
manager of the road, and will have
supervision of the construction work.
Hewijtt and Bell own the electric light
ing plant on Coos Bay, and recently
installed a new gas plant. A large
electric plant at Porter, between North
Bend and Marshfleld, is being complet
ed, and this will be used to furnish
power for the electric line, as well as
supplying lights for the bay cities.
Mr. Bell, who has been prominent in
the financial affairs on Coos Bay, has
been working for two years on the
electric line proposition, and has now
secured all the necessary franchises.
He announces that the road will be ill
operation between Marshflld and North
Bentl by the first of next year. The
first work which has been started is
on the line from old North Bend to
Pony Inlet. From the latter point the
road will go down the bay to Empire
City, and then on to a beautiful bay
on the ocean at the mouth of Big
Creek, which has been named Far
Rockaway. At this place L. J. Simpson'
is building a handsome Summer home,
and is making other Improvements,
with a view of converting the place
into a Summer resort.
From Old North Bend the road will
extend on Sherman avenue through the
new part of the city, to a point near
Marshfleld, where It will turn toward
the bay and enter ' Marshfleld on the
waterfront, the tracks to be built on
the board street constructed about a
year ago on the waterfront. It is
also the intention to extend the line
beyond Marshfleld about two miles to
Millington, a settlement on Isthmus
Inlet. The road will be equipped with
the newest type of electric cars, and a
service will be maintained which will
permit of passengers reaching the dif
ferent cities and the ocean beach In a
short time.
The total cost of constructing the
electric line will be about $300,000. A
large force of men has been started on
the work, and it is announced that the
construction will be pushed with all
possible speed.
An electric line connecting the cities
of the bay has been generally regarded
as one of the Important Improvements
needed, and the fact that actual con
struction work has been started afford
ing a new line of employment will help
the business welfare of Coos Bay this
Summer.
BUILD MILL AT MONMOUTH
Hard and Soft AVood Will Be Manu
factured Into Lumber.
MONMOUTH, Or., May 31. (Special.)
E. W. Strong and W. A. Martin are
erecting a sawmill at the junction of the
Big and Little Luckiamute Rivers, south
of Monmouth, which will be in. operation
Just as soon as the plant can be com
pleted. The hardwood mill at Teats Siding, on
the Falls City Railroad, Is being moved
and will be used as far as the machinery
is suitable, which will be added to and
made of a large capacity for both hard
and soft merchantable wood products, of
which there is ample supply on these
streams.
As this mill will be adjacent to Mon
mouth, it will be quite an addition to the
business interests of the town.
Additional Machinery for Mill.
WESTON. Or., May 31. (Special.)
Much machinery was installed this Spring
at the Blue Mountain sawmill. 12 miles
east of Weston, which has been running
smoothly for the oast ten days, under the
direction of C. W. Avery, manager.
Twenty-five men are at present em
ployed, and the sawmill is turning out
30,000 feet of lumber daily. The capacity
of the boxmill is now 6000 apple boxes
per day, and other smaller boxes in pro
portion. FOR PIMPLES, TOO
New Dtacovery Cures Ecxema and Eradi
cates Minor Skin Troubles Over Night.
A few months ago the dispensers of
poslam, the new discovery for the
cure. of eczema, decided to allow the
druggists of the country to handle it.
Previous to that time It could only be
obtained direct from the laboratories.
Since this change in the method of
distribution, poslam has met with the
most phenomenal success of anything
introduced to the drug trade in the last
30 years. All the leading druggists,
including the Skldmore Drug Co., in
Portland aro now carrying the special
50-cent size recently adopted, also the
$2 jar.
This great sjceess is not surprising
when it is remembered that, "n eczema
cases, poslam stops the itching with
first application, proceeds to heal im
mediately, and cures enrome cases in
a few weeks. In minor skin troubles,
such as pimples, blackheads, acne,
herpes, blotches, rash, etc., results
show after an overnight application.
Experimental samples of poslam are
sent to anyone by mall free of charge,
by the Emergency Laboratories, 32
West Twenty-fifth Street, New York
City.
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LESSTHAN FOUR DAYS ATSEA
The Empresses sail from Quebec to Liver
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St. Lawrence. Speed, comfort, elegance and
aafety are combined in these splendid ex
press steamers. Ask any ticVcft asent for
particulars, or write J. R. JOHNSON, Faa.
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RATES
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WILL.BB MADE THI3 SEASON 7iT TH
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(UXES IX OREGON)
From PORTLAND
AM FOLLOWS:
One Way
Vt
California
Direct
Chicago , $72.50 $87.50
St. Louis . 67.50 82.50
St. Paul 63.15 81.75
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PORTLAND. OREGON.
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Paily except bunday. tiJally exoept
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Makes round tiips week days, except
Friday, to The Ualles, fare $2. JO. JLeav
ing Portland 7 A. M., leaving Tha
Dalles 3 P. M.. arriving Portland 9 P.
M. SUNDAYS Round trip to Cascade
Locks, leaving Portland A. L, ar
riving back 5 P. M. Fare $1.00.
Steamers
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Operate daily, except Sunday, between
Portland and The Dailes. calling at
all way landings for t reign t and pas
sengers. First-class accommodations
for wagons and live stock.
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Phone Main 111 4. A 5112.
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Only Direct Steamers and Daylight Hailintfa.
From Ainfwortli Duck, Portland, 0 A. M.
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COOS BAY LINE
Tho steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port
land every Wednenduy at 8 1'. M. from Oak
Hreet dock, for Nonh liend, Marhfctietd and
Coos Bay points. Freight received till 4 P.
M. on day of sailing. Passenger fare first
clasH. $10; svcond-ciass, $7, including berttk
and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third
and Washing loa stream, or Oak-street dock.
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