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THE MORNING OREG0XIAX, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1909. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST THE SUCCESSFUL HISTORY of the Ladd & Tilton Bank attests its strength and security; that it is an old, conservative and reliable banking institution, worthy. of the confidence of the people. Your cheeking account is cordially solicited. Ladd Tilton Bank PORTLAND. OREGON Established 1839 LA GRANDE MAKES STRIDES FORWARD HEAR OF LAKEV1EW HANDSOME NEW OFFICE BUILDING AT ABERDEEN Eastern Investors Anxious to Buy Oregon Lands. Grand Ronde Metropolis Ex periencing Era of Remark able Growth. ! BOARD- OF TRADE ACTIVE BIG IMPROVEMENTS- MANY Municipal Water PJant, Federal Building, Irrigation System, Y. M. C. A. Building;, Park. Are AH Vnder Way. UA. GRANDE. Feb. 28.-Special.) With a $160,000 municipal water system assured, the contractors awaiting departure of snow and frost in the mountains to com mence actual construction of the pipe line, a 165.000 Federal building promised, the abstract accepted and construction about to proceed, a Y. 31. C. A. building to cost about 30,000, the M. & M. Com pany's StiO.OCO implement house almost linished and the successfull fulfillment of the $300,000 irrigation project that Is to irrigate aO.Ooo acres In the Immediate vicinity of La Grande, this municipality looks forward this Summer to increased business in all lines. The bonds for the water system liave been floated and in less than two months, work will be commenced on the construc tion of the pipeline that Is to lead from the headwaters of Beaver Creek. 18 miles away, to this city, coming down to the storage tank with a 300-foot head that would generate great quantities of elec tricity for. municipal purposes. The American Light & Power Company has the construction contract. The Federal building is so far ad vanced that there Is no known obstacle in the way of speedy construction. The site chosen is in a sightly location, just opposite the Foley House, on Adams avenue, on the property owned by J. M. Berry, the retired clothier. Bids for the construction, according to plans to be presented by the Government, are ex pected early in May or perhaps April. . The Y. M. C. A. building scheme is yet in embryo, though the plans will be formulated and launched at a nearby date nearer perhaps than the most sanguine promoters dare hope. If a build ing is erected at all, it will cost no less than $30,000. planned along modern lines. It will fill a Jong-felt want here, as there are no gymnasium facilities at present. A two-story brick building that covers a quarter block is now under construc tion on Jefferson avenue, in plain view of the depot. The building will be used for implement distribution purposes by the M. & M. Company. It cost $00,000, com pleted. The construction of dams and canals for the irrigation project that is pro posed and will be financially backed by David Kccles, the sugar king, will not necessarily mean a great distribution of money to this city during the construc tion period but the greatest results will come after the water has once reached the semi-arid region. The entire North west is loklng forward with Interest to this project, as the well-known resources that exist here will profit hundred-fold by the advent of water. Many costly homes will be built during the Summer by individuals. Those known to be under consideration total many thousand dollars, and contractors are already well supplied with prospective work for the coming Summer. In addition to the projects enumerated, the ladles of the city wil have sufficient funds on hand this Summer to commence the improvement of the public park, a half mile from the city, that Is to cost $5000. It will provide a public natatorium, baseball and tennis grounds and park facilities. The plans money for the car rying out of which Is rapidly accumulat ingare said by engineers to be the best In the state outside of Portland. Benefits and Individual donations that swell the park fund are frequent occurrences. Everyone has caught the spirit and money flows In rapidly. In church circles, two structures are planned for the coming year. The Pres .byterians will build at a near date and he Methodist Episcopal congregation already has a goodly sum on hand to purchase a site. These two buildings will in all probability be erected some time this year. "M E BRICK FOR MILTON Oddfellows Erect Two-Story Struc ture Costing $25,0 00. MILTON, Or.. 'Feb. 28. tKneclsl "Work on the handsome new Sis nnn Oddfellows hall Is nearing completion. When complete, the fraternal edifice will be one of the handsomest in East 'ern Oregon. It Is a two-story brick, exclusive of a spacious basement, ex tending the entire length of the build ing. The ceilings are high and the cor ridors wide and airy, making the rooms of especial desirability to office men. Practically every bit of room In the new hall is already spoken for. The corner facing Main and Park streets will be occupied by the First National Bank, the rooms now occupied by that institution to be entered by the Pro gressive Realty Company. The main room on ine lower tloor will be used exclusively by a retail mercantile con cern, while the two office rooms in the rear will he rented by Attorney S. D. Peterson and Tr. II. E. McQuarry. The entile upper floor will be used for lodge rooms, five organizations meeting ,i nere. DALLES POPULATION 6500 h'of-tal Receipts Have Doubled Since Census of 1900. THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 28. (Spe ial.) A wonderful gain in population las been made by this city since the ast Government census, taken in 1900, is attested by the increase In nostnl receipts. The census of 1900 gave The Dalles a population of less than 4000. In that year the postal receipts here fell below JS0CO. During the year 1908 ;he receipts reached a total of more than $16,000. , Secretary Patterson, of the Business Men's Association, places the present opulatton at the conservative estimate f from 6000 to 6H0O. Postmaster Hos- Letler says the 1908 record will bo biassed this year, taking the months of lanuary and February as a basi to figure on. The . people are, for . .Gregory. See page 8. ? V It-' mm ' BIG SUM FOR BUILDINGS MANY FIXE STRUCTURES GOING IIP AT THE DALLES. Carnegie Library and New City Hall Among Buildings in Course of Construction. THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 28. (Special.) This city is experiencing a bui;ding boom at the present time which bids lair to surpass any previous record of ad-" vane'ement along this line. .ind. judging by the number of structures being erect ed and others contemplated, the sum ex pended for the construction of new bui'.l ings alone promises to run into six lig utes. The lot at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, on which the new Carnegie free library will be erected, hus been cleared and work on the foundation will be started In the near future. Tha sum of JIO.OOO is available for this build ing. The foundation fo the new hotel which is being built on East Second street by The Dalles Hotel Company is finuhe'1. A meeting of the stockholders has been called for Tuesday night, March 2, to consider a proposal for the leasing or the hostelry by Portland parties' for a term of 16 years. Should this proposition be accepted the plans will call for a four-story building, instead of three stories, as at present specified. Passenger and freight elevators will be Installed and It is estimated the addi tional story and improvements will cost an extra J1B.O0O. A leading business man is authority for the statement that as soon as this building Is well under way a row of two-story brick business houses will be erected In its immediate vicinity. The Congregational parsonage has re cently been finished at a cost of $4000 and Is now ready for occupancy. This Is one of the handsomest buildings of Its kind in the city. A public school building will be erect3 this Spring in Thompson's Addition. This structure will cost in the neighborhood of $sooo. Stock subscriptions are being received for the organization of .a home building and loan association. IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Xew Centralia Company Will In crease Capacity ot Reservoir. CENTRALIA. Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) The Centralia Water Supply Company has changed hands. J. E. lleasty, of Falrbury, Neb., becomes president of the new company, and E. S. Price, of Tacoma, secretary and resi dent manasrer. F. S. Blatner. of Ta coma, retains his Interest. To meet the pressing demands of the city a new 500,000-gallon reservoir will be built and new mains laid Into parts of the city now unsupplied. Several thou sand dollars will be expended on the system this Spring. The Eastern Railway & Lumber Com A A' x S- mm ft s x v X ss.&4. If - fr -Tr v PtMPI.NG P,ANT THAT WILL DISTRIBITK H1KR TIIKUI (iff DlTt 1IES. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 28. ( Special.) The dam across Rogue River will furnish water to the farmers of Rogue River Valley, ant! place under irrigation 16.000 acres of land. Actual work has begun under the co-operative plan, which will later develop into an assessment district owned and controlled bv the farmers and water users.' Situated to the left is a pumping plant. The latgcst pump installed ready for the high land ditch -will throw 9000 gallons a minute 432 feet. Several of these pumps will be used from the energy stored at the dam. The main ditch for the gravity system will be six feet deep, 12 feet wide at the bottom and 24 feet at the top. rM i i t . v.-S Jk rl fT " - ' -? :c ""-1 FINCH INVESTMENT COMPANY'S BLOCK, IN PROCESS pany is Increasing Its trackage at the mill In order to te able to handle Its constantly increasing output. The new track will cost 12000. Their new shin gle kiln is nearly complete, which will increase the capacity of the plant to 150.000 shingles a day. The Bower property, at the corner of Tower avenue and Main street, pur chased two years ago by B. F. Bower & Son, lias been sold to the Carstens Hacking Company for (13.000. The company will erect a reinforced con crete building of two or three stories. The stocks and fixtures of the Wis consin Cash Grocery and of the Cen tralia ltoclidale Company have been bought by a new organization of local capital the Centralia Mercantile Com pany headed by II. A. Jewell, of the t;rccery firm of Jewell & Freeman. The two-story building in the Mish ler block Is nearing completion. This Is a concrete structure and will be open for business occupancy soon. Work Is -to beifln at once on E. R. Ziinnier's new structure at the corner of Tower avenue and Pine street. ADDITION TO COURTHOUSE CLARK COUNTY NEEDS MORE ROOM IX BUILDING. Padded Cell for Insane and Vaults for Assessor and Engineer to Re Built. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 2S. (Spe cial.) Th plans and fpeciflcatf ns for a new three-story brick addition to the Clark County Courthouse have been ap proved by the County Commissioners. Bids for the work will be opened March 4, and as soon thereafter as possible the construction will begin. The nwwaddi tion will be built on the north side of the Courthouse and will. It is estimated, cost more than $1000. The lower cell will be a padded cell for the keeping of Insane persons. In the second story a vault will be built adjoining the ofhee of the County Assessor and will be. for the especial use of that official. The third or upper story will be constructed as a vault for the county engineer. Hereto fore no papers of any kind have been filed in the office of the County Engineer. Under a new law the Engineer's office must Be kept open during regular hours like all the other county offices. The County Commissioners have also let the contract for the complete re wiring of the Courthouse at a cost of J525. The specifications call for concealed tube work, service and distribution mains to be In conduits, and the contract also provides that the work must be approved by the National Board of Fire Under writers. Sells Ranch for $20,000. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 28. (Special.) A deed has been filed for record whereby O. I. Peterson, of this city, sells a 200-acre dairy ranch on the Lewis and Clark river to Mrs. Anna Busch, of St. Louis. Mo., for $20,000. Mr. Peterson also sells the stock on the ranch to Mrs. Busch for $3000. DAM TO FURNISH WATER TO ROGUE RIVER VALLEY WiOJi ikll. ill mm , M-awfr 1 It- ... -x--.-W 1 14 , mm - . 4 w zl V?r tV N V -- 1 1 ! " t OF ERECTION. FROM RAYMOND TO SEA AGITATION TOIl DEEPER CHAN NEL ON WLLAPA. District Shows Remarkable Increase In Lumber Shipments in Spile j of Bad Year. SOUTH BEND." Wash.. Feb. 2S (Spe cial.) An association of the millmen of tliis harbor has Deen formed, with the avowed object of securing an appropria tion from the Government sufficient to dredge a 24-foot channel from Raymond to the sea. Raymond Is a thriving manu facturing city situated about three miles above this place, on the Willupa River, and. together, the two towns muster 11 large eawmllls, only eight of which have been operated during the past year. To strengthen their argument In favor of this appropriation, the millmen have compiled a mass of statistics showing the rapMd Increase of shipments of lum ber and shingles from this harbor from I!i2 to 18, both years included. These figures sliow that the shipments have increased from BO.OOO.Of'" feet In T!02 to about 13(IX.0J0 In 1!0S. The shingle shipments have Increased from 20,VUU.OUO in 1902 to about 9S.O0O.000 In 1908. ' The exact figures for the year 1908 are M follows: Total lumber sold. 1S3.247.559 feet, for which was received $1,967,52.65; total sale of shingles. 97.917.750, for which was received $173,624.74. This shows an increase in 1908 over 1907 of 1.6X7.132 feet of lumber and $73,115.91. The increase in shingles was 34.691.250 and $40,350.49. Compared with any other two years the increase is small, but it should be borne in mind that during the entire year ISoS lumber and shingle conditions' were ex tremely unsatisfactory and that there was any gain at all Is a remarkable fact. One hundred and eighty-six cargoes were shipped and whatever balance there may have been went by rail. At the present time the greatest activ ity prevails In the logging woods of this harbor. Old camps are starting up and new ones are being opened and all on a large scale and. If nil signs do not fail. 19c9 will be a banner year In the lumber industry on Wlilopa Harbor. Woodland Club Plans Canipulgn. WOODLAND. Wash.. Feb. 2S. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the Woodland Commercial Club In the parlors of th Woodland Athletic Club, the retiring of ficers were unanimously re-elected, as follows: President. A. U Bozorth; vice president, John Bngart and Ieopold Hopf; secretary, Earle F. Bryant. An aggressive advertising campaign for the coming Spring and Bummer was decided upon. A. L. Bozorth. R. W. Mills. A. W. McCormack. John Tcterson and A. J. Towner were appointed a special commit tee to go to Olympia to do what they can to get the Senate to pusa the Houm bill providing for the state road up Lewis River, and to secure as large an appro priation as possible for the use of the commission to bo appointed. Gregory emancipates 100 rent-payers. See page 8. 1 Hr (W "A : - -:-:."-s.i..r Southeastern Oregon Keels Assured Lone-Promised Railroad Will ( Soon Become Actual!!) Large Farms Being Cut Up. LAKEV1EW. Or.. Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) After years of Isolation and many disappointments over unfulfilled promises of railroad construction to this rich s-ctloi. of Oregon, the people of Lake County have awakened to the fact that they now have every chance of securing a railroad and the conse quent development of their country. If it Is possible to believe that a railroad will be constructed when the business for It Is actually In sight. The awakening took definite shape when a Board of Trade Was organized In Lakeview. In which practically every business and professional man in the town took membership. The board organized with W. II. Shirk, president of the First National Bank, as presi dent; M. B. Rice, clerk for the Oregon Valley Ijind Company, aa secretary, and F. M. Miller, cashier of the Bank of Lakeview. as treasurer. In addi tion several vice-presidents were elect ed, who will have charge of the work of several committees covering finance, industrial development, transportation, livestock, agriculture, etc. These com mittee heads are composed of active men,- each of whom will perform the work of a "booster." An initiation fee of $25 was charged, and approximately $1500 paid into the treasury the first week. The work before the new commercial organization is not essentially that of advertising. Lake County is today the most advertised part of Oregon. The Oregon Valley Laud Company, with its organization extending Into every sec tion of the United States, has Just com pleted the sale of approximately 12.000 contracts, or chancas to secure a slice of the vast acreage of unimproved lands which they are throwing open to settlement In this county. The work of selling these contracts gave Lake County such publicity as could not have been accomplished In years through the avenue of a local publicity bureau. It Is the realization of this fact, and of the further fact that thousands of peo ple are billed to visit I-ake County dur ing the coming Summer that gave birth to the booster club. Many of the peo ple who have signified their intention of coming to Lake County are men who have not purchased contracts for the lands of the Oregon Valley Com pany, but are men of means who are looking for investment, and have been attracted by the literature and lectures of the land company. It is to induce these men to invest In Industries that are needed that the new commercial or ganization is undertaken. Also, if Lakeview is' ever to he connected with the outside world by a railroad, now Is the timo to secure it. Men with means to establish Industries do not care to live in isolation, however much may" be the opportunities for Invest ment. Itke County has many large landed Interests. Many individuals and cor. p'oratlotis own' from lo.uuo to 50.000 acres of excellent agricultural and range land that Is now used solely for livestock purposes. Cut up Into small er farms these ranches could be made the homo of thousands of people. But without a railroad there Is no market for products that cartinot be driven to the. market on foot. It is the realiza tion that now is the time to Increase the population of the rounly manyfold. and that tills Increase in population and consequent Increased output of products must bring a railroad that has aroused the people. A campaign for rail connection will be made this Sum mer such as has never been made be fore. EUGENE STILL BUILDING Plans for 1009 Will Outstrip Rec ord Made In Previous Year. EUGENE. Or., Feb. 2K. (Special.) The year isos was by far the greatest building period in the history of Eu gene, and uinnv looked for a reaction for the present year as a consequence. The real result will bo exactly the op posite, and not only will the building in Eugene for 19'9 greatly exceed In Its total that of 190S. hut the class of structures will far surpass the best buildings now In the city. The Oddfellows' building, at the cor ner of Ninth and Oak streets, erected during the past year at a cost of $40. 000. is the finest building now In the city, but at the end of another 12 months there will be a number of structures in the same class, and above It. The first, upon which work has now begun, will he the Federal building on Willamette and Sixth streets, which will cost $SO.00. Plans have been ap proved and the contract Is pending for the erect lor. of a $50,000 V. M. C. A. building to be eroded on' Willamette stieet between Tenth and Eleventh streets. Eugene's new hotel, to be built on the corner of Oak and Eighth streets during the coming Summer, will cost $100,000. Plans have been accepted by the School Board for the erection of two new schoolhouscK at a cost of $40.uu0. VANCOUVER GETS FACTORY Publicity Advertising Campaign Brings Results. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 28. (Spe ci:il.) A wood-pip factory is to be es tablished In Vancouver and work on the new plant will begin wjthin a few days. The final papers in the contract were signed yesterday by Pat Lavey. acting for the Commercial Club, and the Northwestern Wood Pipe Manufactur ing Company, incorporated. Two fac tory buildings will be erected and not less than ten men will be employed at the start. This is the first Industry secured since the publicity campaign began, and is due directly to the advertising se cured by that campaign. ANNOUNCEMENTS. E"r. H rn. the optician. Sd floor Swet land blag., guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. No fancy prices. OLDEST BANK ON Capital $1,000,000.00. Surplus and Profits $506,000.00. LUMBERMENS NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL CORNER SECOND TITTI II ITHIP Enhances the Value of Abutting Property more than any U-.a a other l'avrment. REST Trv Fvprv TRt- nrble. freedom from ole or Rumble. -'- y every a no ut aml , not t rack- P f TSE J "'h'',, "od Te"r on Vehicle. It Is a Surs roolhold Tile Ttiplirr, EVERYONE PLEASED ? and the Hon. , WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 ISKt'K Ill ILDlNG. GASSER WILL BE STOPPED WIIKX VAI.VK IS INsT.VLi.KD HOItlNd WILL. HKU1N. Hopes of Drillers That Oil Deposit I.les Benenth ;ns spur Tliem to Continued A-lhm. ONTARIO. Or.. Fr-h. (Sp.x ial.) Al though the discovery of ;is in Kr"at qutuuliles at Ontario ha already murki-d with tU(-ceM the efforts of the home com pany drilling here, the well will never theless be pushed to a fireater depth ns noon an the necsary apparatus arrives. The purpose of the company is lo find oil as well as gas. if oil exists In this field. For that reason, the present well will be sunk to a depth of feet if necessary in order to make a full test of the matter. At present the hole i 10 feet deep. Kor a few days the work is at a stand still, until the arrival of a Bale valve, which Is necessary to control the pas pressure while drilling is in progress. This valve will be attached at the mouth of the well and the tools will work through it. In case another flow of ;; Is encountered, so strong as to throw the tools out of the well, tills valvo can bo immediately closed and the cas thus conserved. In the present condition of the well, with an immense Eras pres sure continuously present. It would be very dangerous to continue drilling with out the valve. The ' tremendous outpourln of (ras which begun here Monday afternoon Is till continuing;. A small stream of the Ras Is beii-rtr utilixed under the engine used In working the well. Another fe-ds a huge beacon 'licht which burns con tinuously at some distance. Hundred of p?rsons are visiting the well every day, and already the influx to the new gas and oil field Is noticeable. A number of houses have been rented to new -romrra in the town this eck. A very hard substance was encountered by the drill shrtly Ivfore the ga ex plosion occurred Monday. Bits of this substance which were Mown into the air at the time appear to near distinct tracings of oil. and It Is believed this rock Is the cap rock under which the oil sand will He found. The gas now issuing from the well ha a distinctly oily smell, and it Is believed to be com InB directly off the oil sands. NEW DEPOT FOR YAKIMA Northern Pacific Plans Improve ments in Central AVnsliinstoit. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. IN. Special.) Trie Northern rsclflt will not ise the Milwaukee road from I. Ind to ET.lenshurg In xebang.'' for th.- use of the Northern Pacific track by the Mil waukee from L.inn to Spokane. Tlis is the stalenirnt of M. 1". Niltt. general western manager of the Northern Pa cific today, who says that the report of such an agreement was entirely without HART3IAN & THOMPSON BANKERS CHAMsKR OP COMMERCE pay 4 o interest on time deposits and possess many de sirable conveni ences for handling this important line of lousiness. VhKmOtd nnmel lAobHttg THE PACIFIC COAST $250,000 AND STARK STS. foundation. In company with Mr. Nutt on this vbit to North Yakima were A. 13. t'harlcton, general passenger asmt: Hfnry Klak-ly. general western freight agent; W. K. Sater. traveling passenger agent, and J. 1. IVKoree, superintendent of the Idaho division. The object of the visit was to consider Improvements to the road and service in the valley. Mr. Nutt announced definitely that work on the new $tii,in"io depot build ing will be begun within six weeks. This will give North Yakima the tlnest depot building In Central Washington. It was also announced that the roati will make special provision to have plenty of cars 1 ere during the fruit shipping season. More yard room Is lo he provided at Top prnish and Prosser. A heller schedule is to lie provided on the i?unnyxlde branch line. Tlio party met Willi the leading business men and gave careful considera tion to various sucicested Improvements. Investors Your money properly placed can earn large returns in 'Che Pacific NorthVest and be perfectly safe Get Particulafs T. S. McGrath Lumber Exchange PORTLAND, OR. TRAVELERS' iLIIK. CANADIAN PACIFIC Less Than Four Days at Sea WEEKLY SAILING BETWEEN MONTREAL QULBEC AND LIVERPOOL Two !. ,in the hfautltu; si. I.lwrfnr Iliver and Hie hort?pt o tan ruut to Eu- Nmiiins i.ener n the Atisr.tl-? than our Kiiitrese. ir lens en nil '. iiiipiii Moi-rlawi !MI: M-rund M1. oue ciaas cabin Ak .my tt'kr agent, or write for sailings. rHt-s nii't te.k!t. K. R. 4olinon f. A.. 142 3d St.. t'ortland. Or NorthPacin: S.3. Cx. Steiauhl? Moaao&d aod Ceo. W. Elder bail lor Eureka, baa .Francisco aod Los Angeles direct ever; Thursday it 8 h JL Ticket office 132 Third St., scar Alder. Both phones, M. 1314. H. Yf.unir, Agent. SAN IH.IM'IM'O A mRTVtND S. S. CO. i inly direct steamer, and ,in.vilcht salting. Frm Ansuorlh l,.ek. Portland. 4 F. M !enatr. Msr. S. Itt. etc. K.f. Itee My. .Mar. 1. . rf. Frmi IiinUM st . San Krmclio, n x. M S.S. Ho,. lly. Mar. 6. SO. etc. S.K. senator. Mar. 13. It. rtr. .1. W. Ilatuctii. Ivn'k A sent. M:tn 2C Alnfcworlh Dm-k. M. J. RO UK. I'ltv Ti. ket Areni 142 Sd st I'lmiw Main "'. A 14v2. COOS BAY LINE T h i!imr BREAKWATER leaves Port land nfr) Wednesday, ft . .t from Alna enh dork, for Nortb Hrtid. Marhfleld and ooa Hay points Kreitfit received till 4 P M. on uny of SAl'lne. ra(snser fara. first -clau. SIO; second-elass. J7. Including berth and m:s. Inquire vltjr ticket office. Thlril nnd Washington atraeta. or Alnsorth dock. I'hcne Main SSS.