Morning Oregonian., September 07, 1908, Page 12, Image 12

THE 3IORMNG OREGONIAX, 3IQXDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1908.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Ladd & Tilton Bank
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Established 1859.
Oldest Bank on the Pacific Coast.
SCENES ON PROFITABLE LINN COUNTY FRUIT FARM
sAuto Highway From Portland
W. Peacock Refuses Offer o
to Tillamook Favored.
$15,000 for 19 Acres.
Capital fully paid - - - $1,000,000.00
v Surplus and undivided profits $500,000.00
NEW ASSOCIATION FORMED
PAID $2500 FOR HOLDING
OFFICERS
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FORTUNE IN
In Twenty-six Tears Albany Fruit
grower Develops rnlmproved
Farm Into On of Richest
Garden Tracts In State.
ALBAN'T, Or.. Sept. . (Special.
"William Peacock has refused an offer
of $15,000 for 19 acres of land lying:
In Benton County Just across the Wll
lamette Hirer from Albany. He paid
$125 an acre for the tract 26 years
ago. .
Thla Is one of the highest prices ever
offered In the Willamette Valley for
' land for agricultural purposes and It
' is probably the very highest price for
a tract cf similar size. Its wealth lies
In Its possibilities for successful gar
den culture, and there are other garden
tracts lying near the Peacock place
which are probably almost as valu
able. The fact that Peacock can afford to
refuse an offer of almost $1000 an acre
makes apparent the big Income It pro
duces. Incidentally the offer shows
the raDld increase of prices for desir
able agricultural land in the vicinity
of Albany and other growing- cities of
the Willamette Valley.
Tears . of successful and systematic
effort have combined with the natural
richness of the soli to develop an un
Improved farm into one of the richest
garden tracts in the state, v. iinam
Peacock, who is a native of Scotland
and emigrated to America when he
was 22 years old. came to Albany 2
years ago. He bought 20 acres of
land across the Willamette River from
this city, the southern edge of the
place lying within 300 yards of the
citv limit?. The farm consisted of 12
acres of cleared land and eight acres In
timber.
Peacock at once began raising all
merchantable vegetables as well as
strawberries and blackberries. It toodc
him six years to pay the purchase
price of $2000 for the place. Then he
devoted his profits to Improving the
property, erecting better buildings and
extending the area of cultivation, all of
the time employing scientific methods
of cultivation, which produced unpre
cedented yields.
Now all of the 19 acres, which con
stitute the present place, are In culti
vation, except the space occupied by
the buildings. He has a splendid resi
dence and other vsluuble Improvements.
The house Is surrounded by a terraced
lawn which It required four men four
months to grade.
Sixteen acres of the place are devoted
to the growing of vegetables and ber
ries. Mr. Peacock formerly made a spe
cialty of srawberrles and secured a
wide reputation In this field of endeav
or. The three acres now devoted to
strawberry culture formerly yielded a
profit of $j00 a year, but this crop is
not so profitable now. One acre is
planted in melons, one acre In black
berries, raspberries and Logan berries,
two ncres in rhubarb and almost an
acre In asparagus. The rhubarb Is all
shipped to Portland, where it commands
high prices, and the acre of asparagus
pays him $200 a year. Last Spring he
had 20 rows of onions, planted 16 Inches
apart and SO yards long, which brought
him $140. His tomatoes have paid him
more than tliO an acre. This year
Logan berries furnished one of the
most profitable crops.
In the past few years Mr. Peacock
has gradually turned over the manage
ment of the place to his sons. He
now manages but two and a half acres
personally, and for the past two years
this small tract has given him a profit
of $300 a y:ar.
Mr. Peacuck has never kept an Item
ised account of the yield and profit of
his entire place In one year, but his
net annual Income has often been as
high as $2000.
Besides developing this valuable
place. Mr. Peacock has devoted time
to two hobbles, becoming an expert
taxidermist and successful photog
rapher. He began taking pictures
about 13 yrars ago and has become a
skilled amateur photographer.
NEW ACADEMY FOR CONDON
Work Starts Today on Building
Which AVI II Cost Over $ 50,000.
CONDON. Or.. Sept. 6. (Special. )
The contract for the building of the new
St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, which is
to be maintained here under the auspices
of the Dominican Sisters, has been let to
J. X. Bayllsa. of Portland.
The school has been maintained here
for a number of years, but Its growth has
been such- as to make It necessary to se
cure larger and more commodious quar
ters to accommodate the growing attend
ance. The standard and curriculum of
the school Is to be raised to meet the
requirements of an academy.
The new structure, which when finished
will cost more than $30,000. Is to be of
the old Spanish mission style, and prac
tically four stories high, since the base
ment is to be divided into rooms. The
attic too. will be so appointed that In
case of emergency it may be used. It
will be built of Condon-made red bricks.
The plans for the building were drawn up
by Charles Burggraf. of Albany.
Work is to begin next Monday, and
construction rushed forward with all dis
patch. The contract makes It obligatory
on the contractors to have the building
ready for occupancy the early part of
February.
The St. Thomas Aquinas School will
open next Monday In Its old quarters
with an increased attendance over that
of a year ago.
The foundation of the structure was
completed about a month ago. but tHe
lack of funds stopped work until Right
Kev. J. C. O'Reilly, of Baker City, came
to Condon to arouse local Catholics to
carry the building to a successful com
pletion. At the close of an eloquent ap
peal the sum of $15,000 was raised and
the building was assured. Thirteen of
the prominent members of the church
each donated $1000. --
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PASS TO COST $i27,984.
EPORTS APPLE SALES SLOW
DEALER LOOKS FOR IMPROVED
MARKET LATER IX SEASON". .
Hop Harvest at Hand.
HILLS BORO, Or.. Sept. . (Special.)
Hundreds of hopplckers arrived here from
Portland yesterday to commence the hop
harvest In the morning. A light rain
commenced falling about noon. The big
camp at the Witch Hazel station hop
farm is crowded with tenants, and there
la no complaint of a scarcity of pickers.
Crops Will Be Light In Middle West,
but Good in Eastern
States.
HOOD RIVER, Sept. 6.-(Special.)-H.
Davidson, president of the Davidson
Fruit Company at Hood River, arrived
home today after an extended trip
through the fruit-growing sections of the
East and Middle West. Mr. Davidson
attended the annual meeting of the In
ternational Apple Shippers' Association
held at Niagara Falls, August 5 and 6.
nd also visited the large dealers In New
Tork City and Chicago.
He states that the East, from Michi
gan to the Atlantic Coast, will have good
crops of apples this year, but that the
crop In the MiddlexWest is very light.
ntil he reached Colorado on his return
trip he found no evidence of abundant
fruit crops and in some sections of that
state the apple . yield will be small.
He states, however, that there Is an
abundant yield all over the country this
year of farm produce, particularly corn.
Apart from apples he found big crops of
other varieties of fruits, more especially
pears and peaches.
In none of the districts he visited had
Winter apples as yet been bought, al
though usually at this season of the year
most of the crops are contracted for.
This situation he found not only in the
V.nHt nnri MMrtle West, but In aoDle-ehiD-
ping centers on the Coast which he vis- J
lted on his way home.
The tardiness of buyers in contracting
for apple crops this year Mr. Davidson
believes Is due to the fact that the high
prices at which the fruit was bought last
year, coupled with the financial flurry
which came on shortly after the crops
were purchased, caused many Eastern
dealers to lose money. The profits which
the dealers expected to make are said by
a number of them with whom Mr. Dav
idson consulted to be reposing in the
pockets of the growers who, they say.
were never more prosperous than at the
present time.
Another fact that is causing buyers to
hold off Is said to be because consumers
lack the purchasing power they had last
year. Mr. Davidson believes, however,
that later there will be a good market
for the fine fruit of Hood River and the
Coast and that It will move at profitable
prices.
In comparing conditions in the East
and West, Mr1. Davidson said:
"After my trip I am more than ever
Impressed with the superiority of the re
sources and advantages of the West, and
Oregon In particular, over those of the
East. Nowhere did I And indications of
such prosperity as exists in the North
west. I found that the Judicious adver
tising campaign that la being conducted
In our state Is accomplishing wonders
and. is creating an interest that cannot
fall to attract many desirable residents
and added capital to this section of the
country."
The new Frenrh law restricting- the use
of names for wines to the regions where
they are raised Is being most strictly en
forced. It is not allowed dealers, for in
stance, to use names like "fantalsle cham
pagne." or "Saumur champagne." unless
such wine Is actually produced la the cham
nasne resioa.
Will Be Constructed In Three Spans,
Total Length Being 4 50 Feet,
and 20 Feet Wide.
GRANTS PASS, Qr., Sept. 6. (Spe
cial.) At a regular session of the County
Court Friday, among other business
transacted was the letting of a contract
to the Columbia Bridge Company, of
Walla Walla, Wash., in the sum of
$27,984, to build a steel bridge over Rogue
River at this place. .
The present structure has spanned the
river for a number of years until It has
become unsafe for the heavy travel, par
ticularly for lumber teams and freighters
from the Takllma smelter.
The new bridge will be constructed in
three spans, two of which will be 180
feet each and the third 80 feet, making a
sweep of 4S0 feet, and 60 feet longer than
the old bridge. It will be 20 feet wide
and erected in such a manner as to al
low accommodations for the Rogue River
nd Oregon Southern Electric.
Work will be commenced as soon as
materials and supplies can be obtained
and completed on or before January 1.
1909. The successful bidders have en
tered In a penal bond of $20,000. When
completed It will be one of the finest steel
bridges for county purposes in Southern
Oregon.
Produce Shipments Heavy.
GERVAIS. Or., Sept. 6. (Special.) Ger
vals Is a heevy shipping point for pro
duce tn carload lots, as Is evidenced by
the fact that during the month of August
there were shipped from this' point 45
carload lots of produce, as follows: Hay
22 cars, value $2&M); oats, 7 cars, 8000
bushels, value $5000: wheat, S cars. ' 6000
bushels, valued at $5000; livestock, 6
cars, value $2000; . wood, 1 car ana three
cars of miscellaneous small shipments.
The total valuation is about $18,000. In
addition there were shipped by express to
canneries by one firm here over 50,000
pounds of evergreen .blackberries, valued
at $1209. These shipments will be con
tinued for some months, as the products
from here are Just beginning to move.
Conference at Tillamook Arouses
Interest In Movement and Coun
ty Commissioners Promise
to Aid In Improvement.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. Sept. 6. (Special.)
Following the large meeting which
was held In this city Friday afternoon,
when all the business houses closed,
another good roads conference took
Dlace Friday night, at the uourtnouse
which was presided over by H. T. Botts,
president of the Tillamook ueveiop
ment League.
The nrinclDal speaker was J. H.
Albert, of Salom. who urged the neces
slty of first making a good dirt road,
well rolled, before gravel Is laid down.
He said good roads were a great asse
to the county, and recommended a law
being passed at the next State Leglsla
ture to appropriate money for state
roads. A number of local speakers
took part in the meeting, including
County Judge H. F. Goodspeed and
Commissioners George W. Bodyfell and
H. V. Alley, who promised to do every
thing possible to improve the roads In
Tillamook County. It was generally
thought that the county should lm
prove the main road from Dolph, ad
Joining Yamhill County, to Tillamook
City, and from there to Nehalem, so as
to give a good wagon road to Clatsop
County.
Officers re Xamed.
After organizing a local good roads
association. President Botts appointed
officers for the new organization as
follows: President, Frank Severance
firet vice-president, R. W. Watson; sec
ond vice-president, W. C. King; secre
tary. Erwln Harrison; treasurer. M. .
Leach.
Judge John H. Scott, of Salem, presi
dent of the Oregon Good Roads Assocla
tlon. who addressed the afternoon gath
ering, also took part In the evening
meeting.
The officers of the Tillamook Devel
opment League entertained the visitors
at a banquet.
There was Borne disappointment on
account of the failure of the represen
tatlvea of the Portland Automobile Club
to be present.
In Favor of Improvements.
There Is a strong disposition in Tilla
mook County to build a wagon road from
Dolph. In the south part of the county, to
Nehalem. which will be suitable for auto
mobiles, providing Yamhill. Polk and
Clatsop Counties will also improve their
main roads. In that way automobiles
leaving Portland could tour some of the
best part of the Willamette Valley, where
there is diversified farming, going
through Washington and Yamhill Coun
ties and striking one corner of Polk
County beiore entering Tillamook.
The road from Dolph to Tilla
mook is through a rich dairying section.
From Tillamook City to Nehalem the
roads are in splendid condition, but lack
a few miles of improvement to connect
with Clatsop County.
The County Court will probably soon
award a contract for the building of
three miles of road around Necarney
Mountain, which will connect with a road
In Clatsop County which Is to be con
structed.
Will Spend More Money.
The Tillamook Development League
had arranged to take members of the
Portland Automobile Club to Nehalem.
Judge Scott, Mr. Albert and members ot
the County Court, however, took tne trip.
Judge Scott will no doubt favor an auto
mobile road from Portland to Tillamopk
and thence to Astoria, if the other coun
ties can be Induced to make the neces
sary Improvement.
Tillamook County is spending $14 per
capita on roads this year, and will spend
more next year.
FILL MARSHFIELD STREETS
Material Dredged From Bottom of
Bay Will Be Used.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Sept. 8 (Special.)
The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce
has submitted to the Marshfield and
North Bend City Councils a plan to sell
to the two cities, for the purpose of fill
ing the streets, the material which will
be taken from the bay when the Gov
ernment dredge, which Is expected soon
from Portland, Is put into operation.
The Marshfield C ouncll ordered the
City Engineer to prepare specifications
for building bulkheads at the expense of
the property owners on seven of the
treets. with a view to having them tilled
to grade by the dredge.
It will cost more to operate the dredge
than was expected- Fifteen men will be
required and 15 tons of coal will be con
sumed dally In operating one shift. The
pum of $15.fcK was subscribed by local
people for operating the dredge, and the
scheme Is to derive more income from
the sale of the material so that the
dredge can be kept here until Congress
has time to appropriate money, for fur
ther Improvement of the harbor.
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LARGE NUMBER OF ORDERS
PLACED IX GRAYS HARBOR.
V. II. Beckman Gathers Statistics
Showing Annual Output To
tals 700,000,090 Feet.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept. . (Special.)
While It is more or less generally known
that Grays Harbor is a great lumber pro
ducing section, the following: accurate
figures reveal the extent of the Industry:
During a recent speech in this city, Vic
tor H. Beckman. "secretary of the Pacific
Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Associa
tion, said, in part:
"More lumber la - manufactured In
Hoqulam, Aberdeen and Cosmopolls than
In any other section of the world.
"I am not exaggerating when I say that
the Grays Harbor country is the richest
of any other known like area on either
continent.
"Approximately 9000 men are employed
in the various logging camps and sawmills
of this wonderful harbor, receiving an
annual payroll of $6,367,000.
"By Including the shingle mills and
other wood working plants the number
of men Is brought up to 11,000, with an an
nual payroll of $7,000,000.
"The total output of the sawmills on
Grays Harbor Is 2.416,000 feet dally, or
about 700.000.000 annually, with an ag
gregate valuation of $10,500,000.
"Grays Harbor will become a still
greater port."
The above figures were compiled person
ally by Mr. Beckman, who is an author
ity on the subject, and are considered
quite conservative.
Lumbermen generally are anticipating
a good Fall trade, with enhanced values.
August was a. good month, but was con
siderably hampered by a car shortage.
September is starting out with an un
usually large number of ordprs, both for
eign and domestic.
hundred. The Warm Spring Indians sti
here again, picking hops. There is noth
Ing encouraging in the market price ant
few are contracting.
Hopplckers Are Busy.
GERVAIS. Or.. Sept. 6. (Special.) Hop
picking is In full swing and there it.
plenty of people available. The price
paid js 40 cents a box and 80 cents a
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