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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1908.
Phases of Industrial Growth in the Pacific Northwest
OREGON HIDES IN
TEXAS SADDLES
Leather Tanned by Hemlock
Bark Possesses Valuable
Lasting Qualities.
ALBANY TANNERIES BUSY
Demand Tor Output Takes All the
Factories Can Supply Lull In
Lumber Business Affects Sup
ply of Bark for Tanneries.
ALBANY". Or., July 19 (Special.) To
ship leather from Oregon to Texas, where
millions of cattle roam Its plains and
hills, would seem like the proverbial
carrying of coal to Newcastle. But Ore
' gun tanneries find their best market for
leather In Texas, which is famed as the
greatest cattle state In the Union. The
cause of this unique industrial condition
lies in the fact that Oregon hemlock fur
nishes the best tanning bark in the world
for saddle leather.
The two largest tanneries in Oregon
which manufacture saddle leather are In
Albany. They are the Star Tannery and
the Albany Tanning Company. Both
make big shipments to Texas and have
a market there constantly for all of the
heavy leather they can supply. There are
only three other tanneries in the state
which use hemlock bark In tanning, and
ft 11 ship largely to Texas. One is at
Brownsville also in this county; another
is at Dallas, and the fifth is a new one
just starting at Toledo, Lincoln County.
The only other tannery in Oregon, which
is situated at Fulton, a Portland suburb,
uses California oak bark and manufac
tures a different grade of leather.
There is a greater market for saddles
In Texas than any other place in' the
United States. They are manufactured
there by the thousands and the manu
facturers have learned that the best sad
dle leather, "skirting," it Is technically
culled, can be made by using Oregon hem
lock bark in tanning.
Hemlock trees grow in all parts of
the United States but the peculiar quality
of the bark which produces the superior
finish in tanning is found only on the
trees which grow in the Cascade Moun
tains of Oregon and Washington. The
Cascade hemlock bark contains qualities
which produce a better finish and color In
the leather and also makes it wear
longer. Another quality in the Oregon
hemlock skirting is that an old saddle
can be oiled up and will present as good
an appearance s when new, something
no oincr icatner will do.
So the Oregon tanneries, and oarticu
larly the two large plants in this city ship
hundreds of thousands of pounds of
leather annually to the wholesale leather
houses in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and
Waco, in Texas, which in turn retail
it out to the suddle-makers In every city,
town and hamlet In the lone Star State!
The lighter weights of leather manufac
tured here go to many places In the Mid
dle West, but all of the heavy leather
nnicn tne local tanneries make goes di
rect to Texas. The demand frnm ti,
biggest of states has been apparent for
many years and right now efforts are be
ing made by a big Texas firm to contract
with one of the local tanneries for all of
the heavy leather it can supply.
Oregon skirting leather has a world
wide reputation in leather markets for its
superior quality to any leather manufac
tured. At the World s Fair at Chicago
In 18ia the first prize for skirting leather
was won by the old Astoria tannery now
dismantled, whose owner, Charts blvi
Is now foreman of the Albany Tanning
Company's plant In this citv. At the
Lewis and Clark Fair the Albany Tan
ning Company took the prizes for the best
skirting.
Alhany is an ideal location for tanneries
because of the fact that the Corvallis &
Kastern Railroad taps a big hemlock belt
and the bark can be secured advan
tageously. The two local tanneries are
a big Industry for this city for they bring
in about J1M.00O annually and buv all
of their raw material here, while all of
their shipments are made to points outside
the state. About looo cords of hemlock
bark are used by the two Albany tan
el'ery year- the bark costing, when
delhered. an average price of 12 per cord
The supply of hemlock bark in the Ore-i
gon mountains will ltkelv suffice for
many years, but right now there is an
apparent scarcity in the market. This is
due to the fact that no trees are peeled
romm-f f""6 fe"ed fr loSRlnS Ptoses
commercial economy dictating this svs
teni. and since there has been very little
activity in the logging industry recently
because of excessive railroad rates, the
hark Is scarce.
WILL OPERATE COXTIXCOLSLY
THROIGHOUT SEASON.
Losged-orr Lands to Be Utilized in
Future for Growing of Vari
ous Small Fruits.
S O.NTESANO. Wash.. July 19 (Spe
cial )The cannery of the Montesano
Fruitgrowers Association was stemmed
up Friday for the first time. Every
thing is now ready for a steady run
when the products are readv, which
will be in a week or two.
The canner' will employ an overage
peo,,l and "'e output -will be
2000 one-gallon cans of fruit per lav
The officials say the principal output
will be blackberries and string beans
although there will be some- plums'
prunes and apples. An experienced
canneryman has been engaged to take
charge of the working of the Institu
tion, and It starts out with every indi
cation of success. Arrangements have
been already made with one party to
take the entire output of string beans
and it Is estimated that this will
amount to about J7000. Besides can
ning fruits and vegetables, the associa
tion will ship fresh fruits, etc., to out
side markets and thus add materially
to its revenue.
It is said that this will raise the
price of the logged-off lands, as It has
been proven that these lands are the
best to be found for evergreen black
berries and other small fruits and veg
etables. The natural advantages of the
Chenalis Valley make such
most certain.
crops al
The Star Brewery famous Hop Gold
beer is unexcelled in all respects and Is
highly recommended for its strength and
health-giving qualities. Orders for bot
tled beer receive prompt attention. Phone
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I MEDFORD 'S NEW CITY FIKE HALL I
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RECENTLY ERECTED AT A COST OP $ 10,000.
MEDFORD, Or., July 19. (Special.) Medford numbers among its
municipal Improvements for the present year a new City Fire Hall
huilt at a cost of $10,000. The building is-complete in every detail'
containing large, airy Council Chambers, a ' fireproof vault for the
city's records and Recorder's office, and large sleeping rooms with
bath room for the firemen. One of the rooms on the second floor will
be used for the present as a library and reading room, the library
having been recently acquired through the efforts of the women of
the Greater Medford Club.
YAMHILL GROWERS ELATED
rOIXT WITH PRIDK TO SUCCESS
AT CHERRY SHOW.
Millard Lownsdale Says Willamette.
Valley Is Natural Home of
the Luscious Fruit.
Cherry-growers of Yamhill County are
much elated over the fact that the prod
uct of that county took the grand prize
cup at the Salem Cherry Show last week.
There are some interesting facts con
nected with the growth of the cherry
industry in Yamhill County, which is the
native section of several of the finest va
rieties of the fruit known. In the ex
hibit of Millard O. Lownsdale were speci
mens of at least three varieties the
Bing, Royal Anne and Lambert grown
to the largest size yet attained in any
section of the world. Mr. Lownsdale's
Yamhill County exhibit was assembled
from orchards at La Fayette, Dayton,
Newburg and Springbrook.
Mr. Lownsdale, In referring to the Sa
lem show, said yesterday:
"'The Salem Cherry Fair was a revela
tion, both as to size and quality of cher
ries grown In Oregon. The exhibit was
the finest display of cherries ever shown
In the world: not the largest not as
large as that of last year, nor as the re
cent display at The Dalles: but In qual
ity and in classiness it excelled any pre
vious" public exhibition of cherries.
"A distinct advance was shown in the
packing, and the winning exhibits were
marvels of artistic delicacy and exact
ness. These points were said to be de
ciding factors in bringing the award to
Yamhill County.
"The competition for the great prize
of the fair, the County Cup. was remark
ably spirited, and revelations of quality
and class were found in the exhibits of
all competitors.
"The leaders In the competition, Yam
hill and Lane, were so close together in
the race that Yamhill was given the
award by a margin of only three points.
the score being 83 to SO. This is a great
victory for Yamhill, as it was competing
practically against the world, for the
other competitors. Wasco, Linn. Lane
nd Polk, together with Yamhill, the
winner, represents the greatest cherry
growing section yet known to man.
'It is a surprising fact that of the six
or seven leading varieties of cherries in
the world today, all but one of them
originated in the Willamette Valley, and
that one, the Royal Anne, is In our val
ley twice the size and of higher
quality than in its native home, the
South of France. The Bing, Lambert.
Hosklns, Lake, Black Republican and
several others, all originated in this val
ley, proving that our valley is the nat
ural home of the cherry.
"Taking all these things into consid
eration, the people of Yamhill are nat
urally elated at winning the 1150 grand
'prize cup in competition."
This prize cup will be on exhibition
in the window of Olds, Wortman & King,
at the corner of Fifth and Washington,
this morning, together with a few boxes
of the prize-winning varieties.
SCAB ON VALLEY APPLES
Disease Due to Continued Wet
Weather Affects Yellow Varieties.
OREGON CITY. Or., July 19.-(Special.)
County Fruit Inspector Lewis Is au
thority for the assertion that many of
the apples in the Willamette Valley are
affected with scab, due to the wet and
backward Spring. While the red apples are
not seriously affected, scab has appeared
on the light skirmed fruit, such as the
Yellow Newtowns and Bellflowers. Had
the apples been sprayed with the right
kind of material in time the scab would
have almost entirely disappeared, but it
was not noticed until late. Only the ex
terior appearance of the fruit is injured,
as the fruit under the skin is in prime
condition.
San Jose scale is not nearly so gen
eral this season as in former years, and
the Clackamas County growers are learn
ing modern methods in caring fSr their
fruit.
Builds Big Fruit Evaporator.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July 19. (Spe
cial.) The CJottage Grove Fruit Com
pany, which was organized in this city
last Spring, with C. M. Densmore. of
Eugene, as manager, is now rapidly com
pleting Its building on ground adjacent
to the Southern Pacific Company's right
of way. The dryer will be one of the
best in Lane County, with a capacity of
20 tons of green fruit every 24 hours. The
building is 40x70 feet, and is built on the
tunnel dryer plan. The company is in
corporated with a capital, stock of JF000.
Manager Densmore will have the plant
in full operation for the prune crop.
The erection of the drier is proving an
Incentive for the laying out of a number
of large orchards.
MOVING PICTURES
TO SHOW PROJECT
Payette-Boise Undertaking Is
Soon to. Be Ready to Re
ceive Immigration.
400,000 ACRES INVOLVED
Special sale fine shoes at Rosenthal's.
Wonderfully Rich Country in East
ern Oregon and Idaho to Be Re
claimed From Desert Wastes.
Will Support Thousands.
BOISE, Idaho, July 19. (Special.) The
Western man's dream is coming true In
Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho. The
prophecy in which an engineer foretold
the reclamation of 420,000 acres of barren
sage brush land through the . medium
of life-giving water, properly stored and
controlled, is about to be a realization
backed by hard work and tireless energy
of brain. In other words a great slice
of one-time worthless land In Oregon
and Idaho is soon to furnish homes for
10.000 people. . .
These are the things done and to be
done by D. W. Ross, retiring Reclama
tion Service engineer of this city. In
his report he shows how, by the devel
opment of the Payette-Boise project,
400,000 additional acres of land can be
brought under cultivation. In tracts of
40 acres, this area- would support 10.000
famines. This mammoth project is tribu
tary to Portland.
In order that Easterners may be in
duced to come into the Northwest and
take advantage of the opportunities here
the Government has sent its chief of
photographers from the Reclamation Ser
vice. T. B. Thompson, back East with
a large number of films and pictures to
be used in moving picture machines'
during lectures when the project will be
shown up to the best advantage. For
the past few months Mr. Thompson has
been in Boise and other cities Included
in the project, where he has taken
numerous pictures descriptive of the gen
eral appearance of the country, the can
als and laterals, fruit ranches, mines
and logging camps. He will have these
films developed and duplicate copies
made so that two moving pictures ma
chines can be operated all over the Mid
dle West, the general plan being to
show them during fair week In Iowa,
North and South Dakota. -Minnesota.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Nebraska. After
this is done arrangements will be made
tor excursions to be run Into the Inland
Empire country so that investors may
be shown the Northwest and the terri
tory to be reclaimed. It is believed bv
those promoting the proposition that
fully 10.000 people will be located in the
Inland Empire next Fall through this
means.
This vast territory is not confined to
any one particular city. On the other
hand it extends to a point below Boise
and Nampa. on the main line of the
Oregon Short Line north and west to
Weiser in Washington County and takes
in the cities and towns -of Meridian,
Caldwell, Middleton, Notus, Parma,
Nyssa and Ontario and Vale in Oregon,
as well as New Plymouth, Payette and
Weiser In Idaho. The project covers five
large counties, Ada, Owyhee, Canyon,
Malheur and Washington.
A study of the conditions relating to
the extension of Irrigation In the Payette
and Boise valleys was begun In May,
1902, by the state of Idaho in co-operation
with the United States Geological Sur
vey, under the immediate supervision of
the state engineer. This work was con
tinued later under the provisions of the
reclamation act. An investigation of
the headwaters of the Boise River proved
that the water supply was abundant.
Owing to the fact that the land In the
Boise and Payette Valleys was owned by
private individuals It was thought best
by the Government to try to perfect an
organization among them so that the
water could be brought under control
and delivered to their ranches, as well
as to thousands of acres tributary. This
resulted, in 1904. in the organization of
the Payette-Boise Waterusers" Associa
tion.' It was found that no serious engineer
ing difficulties would have to be over
come and the estimated cost would fall
within reasonable limits. The project
contains four natural sub-divisions: First,
the Payette division, comprising 18.000
acres of the lands of the Payette Valley
and the area in the Boise Valley that
can be Irrigated by the waters of the
Payette River; second, the north side
Boise division, comprising the lands on
the north side of the Boise River that
will be irrigated by means of a canal
delivering from that stream an area of
33.000 acres; third, the south side Boise
division, comprising the lands on the
South side of the Boise Valley, 272,000
acres in extent, that are to receive water
SHtf,
Don't Ruin Your Best Horse Going for a Doctor
Bowel complaints are alwayi more or less prevalent during the Sommer
months, and many a man has ruined his best horse going for a doctor
when some of his family ' was suffering from cramp caiic or cholera
morbus. Be prepared for such an emergency.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoga Remedy
Is the most successful medicine yet produced for these diseases and can
always be depended upon. .No doctor can prescribe a better medicine.
' It is almost certain to be needed before the Summer is over. Bay it now.
from the Boise River; fourth, the Succor
Creek division, 26.700 acres, consisting of
the lands on the south side of the Snake
River near the Idaho-Oregon state line
in the vicinity of Succor Creek.
The great works which have so fat
been done on this extensive project have
cost almost J2.000.000. considerably more
than was originally allotted to the pro
ject.
INTUITIOX IS CORRECT.
SHE GETS HIM.
AND
Awakens Husband and Allows Him
to Participate in Glory of -Capture.
PHILADELPHIA. July 19. (Special.)
A woman's intuition kept her up at
night until the alleged burglar arrived,
enabled her to give the alarm and re
sulted in the man's capture by neigh
bors on the run.
Mrs: Frank Roscoe, of 4543 Chestnut
street, was the woman with the intui
tion, and she "Just knew" that a second
attempt to rob her home would happen
Saturday night. So. woman-like, she
stayed up and waited.
With the front window blinds drawn
within an inch of the sill, Mrs. Roscoe
waited until midnight. A few minutes
later she saw a young man walk down
Forty-sixth street and dodge behind a
tree. Mrs. Roscoe watched. She saw
the man get on his hands and knees and
crawl rapidly to the cellar window.
Hurrying upstairs, she woke her
husband, who grabbed his revolver and
prepared for action. Meantime, the
young man's head and arms were inside
the cellar window, and a recently-installed
burglar alarm began to ring.
This frightened the alleged burglar, but
for some reason he had trouble to pull
out of the window.
Mr. Roscoe had troubles of his own,
for the chain on the front door refused
to be unlocked, but he fired a few shots
skyward through the aperture. Samuel
Sibley, who lives next door, was out
side as soon as Mr. Roscoe, but by that
time the alleged burglar was speeding
down Forty-sixth street.
Roscoe, Sibley and other neighbor
gave chase. Men in Sansom street fell
Into line, so did the boys, until several
hundred were in pursuit.
George Cherry, of 4546 Sansom street,
ran Into the fugitive, ahd both fell to
the ground. The fugitive bit Cherry in
the lg so severely that later he went
to the hospital.
Anyway, the man was caught. A
mounted policeman arrived, 'and at first
declined to arrest the young man for
"lack of evidence," but he changed his
mind by request, in the Thirty-seventh
street and Woodland avenue station the
fugitive gave the name of William
Hays, of Powelton avenue. He wqs held
without bail for a further hearing next
Sunday.
- DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. RE.PORT.
PORTLAND. July 19. Maximum tempera
ture. 92 degrees; minimum. 66 degrees. River
reading at 8 A. M.. 1 1.8 feet: change in last
J. hours, none. Tola! lalr.fall. none; total
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rainfall since September 1. 190T. 30 inches;
normal rainfall. 44.38 Inches; deficiency,
5.36 Inches. Total sunshine, July IS, 15
hours. 18 minutes; possible sur.shlne. 15
hours. 18 minutes. Barometer (reduced to
sea-level) at s P. M., 29.84 Inches.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
STATIONS.
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Baker City 88'O.OOj 6'W IClear
U2 o.ooi SW Clear
Boise
Eureka. . .
Helena. . . .
Kamloops.
North Head
Pocatello
Portland .
60 0.00
8410.00
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880.O0
9210.001
Red Bluff .10810.001
9810.00,
92(0.00 j
8610.001
Roseburg. . .
Sacramento
Salt Lake
San Francisco..
Spokane.
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island.
Walla Walla
28!nw
6ISW
8.VW
4'SE
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8S
rtlw
620.0Ol20',W
4NW Clear
12IW Cloudy
caim Clear
84 0.00
820.00
6010.00
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Clear
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
There has been a marked fall in pres
sure over the North Pacific states during
the last 12 hours, but no rain has fallen
and cloudiness has Increased but little in
any locality. The temperatures everywhere
continue unusually high and in the Sacra
mento Valley the thermometer again regls
tered 108 degrees and at Roseturg In South
ern Oregon the high mark of 102 was re
corded during the afternoon. At Portland
the maximum temperature was 92 and this
point has been reached befors this season
but not exceeded.
The indications are for fair weather Mon
day In this district with continued high
temperatures east of the Cascade Mountains,
but In Western Oregon the Indications are
favorable for a slight amelioration in tha
heat.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair and probably
not quite so warm; winds mostly northerly.
Oregon Fair; probably not quite so warm
in the interior of west portion; winds mostly
northerly.
Washlnngton Fair and continued warm;
north to east winds.
Idaho Fair and continued warm.
EDWARD A. BEALS.
District Forecaster.
Wireless Weather Report.
City of Puebla. off Destruction Island, 5
P. M., July 19. 10S Barometer. 30.04
Inches; thermometer. 62 degrees; weather
Clear, sea smooth, wind northwest, light.
. (Signed.) COMMANDER.
City of Puebla.
Late Marine Notes.
The steam schooner Washington is
due to arrive from San Francisco to
morrow. The Norwegian steamship Sark, from
California, is due to reach Astoria to
day. She will complete cargo for
Port Plrie.
The steamship State of California Is
due to arrive from San Francisco to
morrow morning.
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