THE 3IORXING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 1909. 'D'U ot - -. jriiaaes 01 industrial Growth in the Pacific Northwest A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN GOPPERHELD. NEW FRUIT ON EXHIRIT LAKE VIEW COURTHOUSE, RECENTLY COMPLETED, AT COST OF $50,000. HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK DOES A General Banking Business LUMBERMElNrS National Bank SNAKE RIVER GiTY Fancy Cherries Sent to Seattle From The Dalles. Thriving Municipality Springs Up on Line of Northwest ern Railway. PRICES HIGH THIS YEAR CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS . : ; , . . is i ;; r - - , i COPPER MINES ARE NEAR BY Rich Seven Devils County in Idaho Will Become More Accessible With Advent of Railroad .Down Snake River. c i " . aesoiate spot in the Snake River Canyon, where bulling bus rKLe".,a.bllshments have dPlaced the , t ,,,;o,ne nzaras and coilinir rat AZT,, . ' the new town 'of Copperfield nZ' permant place on the map of r-i. .. . . Jnups northeast of Baker ... lumisnes a Dane of supplies and a ...... Y "-'"nmerce ror a large section of . 1 18 aestined. to develop rap dly since the Northwest Railroad is push. i Way that dlrertion. eventually - to ine mineral and agri cultural wealth of th. The new town resembles in many ways a thriving mining camp erected in a day yet no mine have thus far contributed to Copperftelds business. When over 1000 men were employed in building the new onn over 4"o men were drawing pay checks from the Idaho-Oregon Light . rWe Compan'r for work being done at the Oxbow on a plant to develop ex tensive water power, several business men or Baker City conceived the idea that a ;v""ul e omit at a point convenient me men who were working. For some time the canyon was searched for a lucniion. ana as -a final result the largest ranch In the canyon was pur chased. Level land along the Snake River Is scarce, as the mountains cut off ab ruptly at the rivers banks in most places on either side. Warm climate renders the canyon especially adapted to fruitraislng. and that has caused all shoestring ranches to become very valuable. Thriving Town of 400 People. The ranch which now forms Copper field s townslte la located at the mouth of Pine Creek and alongside the Oxbow. Less than six months ago the town was Incorporated, and today It is a thriving little city of not less than 400 permanent residents, besides several hundred tran sient workmen, who are employed near by. Several general stores, hotels, res taurants, seven saloons, a drugstore, meat market and lesser enterprises are run ning. New buildings are being hurriedly erected, although the prices of lumber and building material of all kinds remain exceedingly high, owing to the haul neces sary by teams. The new railroad Is not yet handling any traffic, although, con struction trains now run within a few miles of Copperfield. The city orflcers of Copperfield are: J B. Rumley. Mayor: William Rogers. City Marshal : R. T. Clarke. Recorder; Sam lennlngton. Treasurer; Gus Alsteadt. Sid PeWeeee. Sam Aklln. S. T. Grim, Henry Stewart and T. Griffith, Councilmen. The Recorder receives a salary of $100 a month, the Marshal 150 and the Treasurer $30. Copperfield Is supplied with produce from the rich ranches of Pine Valley and makes a market for everything that is raised in that section of the country The copper sone on Snake River begins a few miles below and continues for 30 miles down the narrow canyon. Holes In the mountains tell of some prospector or com pany keeping up assessment work on what Is believed to be valuable copper claims Several mines of considerable size have been developed and many tons of good " mwhk transportation. Mines Are Hope of Town. When work of building the new railroad and the Oxbow power plant will have been finished. It Is believed by citizens of the new town that mines will be opened suf ficiently to insure a continuation of the extremely prosperous conditions that n,ow prevail. As a further permanent asset to Copperfield. and one that is considered of frreat value, an outlet for the rich copper ores from the Seven revlle country across, the river In Idaho will naturally be down Indian Creek, which empties into Snake Rtver at a point very near the new townslte. Whether this will ever be true or not the fiu-t remains that Copperfield of today 1s one of the b-st new towns in the whole Northwest. Tts'are selling rapidly and i A(4,4!Hr,nal Ki, 1141... - i , . . 1 " ueing erected as rast as material can be secured. Labor Is high and money very plentiful. While almost every ilne of business Is represented, and it has a school and hos pital. Copperfield occupies the peculiar position of being one of the few munici palities In existence today without a church of any denomination whatever CONCRETE KILN ERECTED Excelsior Plant at Kelso Will Use New Method of Drying Wood. KELSO. Wash.. June 27. (Special.) A reinforced concrete kiln has Jut been completed at the excelsior plant or the Western Manufacturing Com pany south of town, being the first kl n of its kind to bo constructed in this part of the state. The American contracting Company, of Seattle has had charge of its construction. Unlike the usual method of heating the kiln with pipes, the steam comes directly onto the wood thereby drying the Cot tonwood without spoiling- the fiber. A large superheater has been built to en able 750 degrees of heat to be main tained, whereas the usual kiln has a maximum of 300. This the only kind .i ii in mat nas proved successful the drying of cottonwood. ln Cluh Roosts Railroad Scheme. MARSH FIELD, Or.. June 27. (Spe cialsMembers of the Coos Bav Toung Men s Commercial Club, recently or ganized, will boost the Coos Bay, Ore gon and Idaho railroad scheme. There ls now a surveying party in the field seeking a suitable grade to Roseburg. The new club has appointed a commit tee to raise . money to put a second crew at work and thus hastening the survey. Adna, Karm "Brings $10,000. CHEHALIS, Was!,.. June 27. (Spe cial.) Lewis Pittman. of Adna this week sold his Chehalts Valley farm of . 123 acres to Daniel Mowry. of Porter Wash., for 10.000. Mr. Mowry has rtaken possession. 1 4 - 1 F-IJfEST BUILDING BOOM AT LA CENTER Clark County Town Is Waking From Its Sleepiness. " ASKS FOR INCORPORATION Town Situated in Middle of Good Ranching Section and Residents Expect Thriving and Grow ing Trade Very Soon. LA CENTER, Wash., June 27. (Spe cial.) La Center Is situated on the East Fork of Lewis River, two and one-half miles from Its confluence with the North Fork, and four miles from the Columbia. It has a dailv steamh OUt SArvlra n Portland, also a double daily boat and daily stage service to pnnnpet with Northern Pacific Railroad at Ridgefleld, seven miles distant. Being at the head of navigation on th. East Fork, this town has been a nrnmi. nent trading point for. some 40 or 50 years, but it Is only recently that It has begun to make substantial progress after remaining at a standstill for a long time Much New Building. There have been iiiit ,-or,r,tw business houses, at a total cost nf lis - 000, and residences to the vot. $15,000. " A new schoolhouse has been a cost of $6000. This Is a modern up-to-date building, with' a complete heating and ventilating plant, and of ample size to accommodate the school f. . , of years, although the school attendance aoumea in the last two years The school grounds conniot nt four acres, and If nresent ri.n. ried out. La Center will have the most ample and beautiful school and play grounds in Clark County. The La Center Canning & Packing Company, incorporated, a home com pany with a paid-upcapital of $6000 has a modern fruit canning establishment. In an ordinary season this company pays out about $4000 per month for fruit labor etc. It Is hoped to double this in a year or two, and also add a complete equipment for the canning- of vegetables. There are ten sawmills within a ra dius of seven miles ot La Center which mae mis tneir trading point. They give employment to 500 men. They are engaged In sawing fir railroad ties and rough and dressed lumber for the local trade. Ranching Proves Profitable. The surrounding country, while It contains a large population, is not more than one-fifth settled. The area of cleared land is growing rapidly. Many ranchers are finding that it pays better to stick to the ranch and sell cream, fruit, potatoes, hay and poultry than It does to work for day 1." s4- SJ7TT' r1- . i IN LAKE COUNTV. wages in the mills, even though they get $3 or $4 per day. The ranchers as ta rule are prosperous, and many have modern homes that compare fa vorably with the better class of city residences. The roads, though still far from first class, are being improved rapidly, and it will only be a few years until all of them are well graveled. Land values have doubled in the last year and are still rising. Stump or logged-off lands, which were a drug on the market, are now very scarce at $20 and $25 per acre. Saturday, before the Board of County Commissioners, La Center presented a petition asking that the town be incor porated, and there will be a hearing In the matter before the Board in a short time. The people of La Center are con fident that they have the requisite num ber of bona fide citizens to entitle them to incorporation. HOSIER ISIS BANK PIjAXS tjnder wax looking TO ORGANIZATION. yjue inousana Acres In District Have Been Set to Fruit and Planting Still Goes On. HOOD RIVER, Or.. June 26. (Spe )T?e.U?V,nar that tho b,S develop Vli JX ,!S KOins on at Mosier war rants th.s location of a banking Insti tution there, plana r.re now under way innnrraniZ? ne- T'; 13 estimated that ,B now Set to fruit at Mosier, the larger part of nrhih , Large holdings have been secured by Dalles and Portland ranliaiitc .v.l are .developing them, and manv' small tracts have been taken nr. r-ti , improved, one of the lar- t iruit rarms is owne K,r , k i. -. u i c, . . . -"' '"'"r rruic company, which this uiiaer cultivation au acres i straw Derries. Thi. company also . n6s acreage set to apples, prunes and cherries. uiiier 1 on in nri npnnl. re developing the Mosie- , the DaVenport Bros., A. C. McCarger ... iumiuuu mosier last year re- H,dH h'h a prlce for lts apples v.,1 Hood Rlver. and the product which was formerly shinned frn was handled by the Mosier Fruitgrow ers' Union. A commercial club ,,ih . lJ fB,tniZea- nas taken UP a-n active " """ 1 -j campaign and is arranging 10 get out a community scriptive of the country booklet de and Its re- ouurces. It Is estimated that there t-. nnn acres of land tributary to Mosier suit able for fruitgrowing tk. , which have made the Hood River coun lly Bu"easful are being employed there. The crop shipped out of Mosier WLnl" Was. the neighborhood of 30.000 boxes of fancy apples. A newspaper, the Mosier Bulletin Is now being published and a number of new store and residence buildings have had to bo built to accommodate the Increased population and business. I-ruit land is increasing in value. One thousand dollars an acre was recently refused for a. bearing orchard, the re- is from whlch last year were over $800 an acre. .f W " :: - -.': IEV OF lOPPEHFIELD, OR., THE NEW TOWN OX SNAKE RIVER. j Canneriea Unable to Operate Because of Superior Market Conditions. Grape Crop at The Dalles Will Bo Heavy This Year. TMB DALLES, Or.. June 27.-(Speclal.) Secretary J. M. Patterson, of the Bus!-, ness Men s Association, left yesterday for beattle to take personal charge of the lf,rKy from Tne Eae3, which will be held In the balcony of the Oregon !'"' buding at the A-Y-P Exposition Monday Tuesday, Wednesday and xhurs- v hl8lweek- u haJ been planned to have the cherries on c-rhihiH t u i and 25,. but a postponement was made necessary on account of the fruit matur ing later this year than usual hiti7ements ,haYe been made to lo? bes In '"stallments, the first afternoon Another shipment will be sent ?oUowUew Hy' aTd- lf ne"ssary. more will four drCednelday' t0 lnsure a successful "CheyJ ?.hoW- Thday is to be Th Tday the Settle Fair, and th J? exhibit will contain some of S8t Ryal Anns- Bl-W and other vafietles rown jn this vicinity price6 oTr guaranteed a minimum Court Lt .I ? POUnd by the County court for the cherries to be exhibited but should they sell for a fancy price ali growe;sabOVe eXPen8eS W1U erPtrltoe-the No attempt will be made to run an . cern rm thiS city or to ce'ebrate an; certain day as "Dalles" day at the fair MoPOJHCt b-aVing been abandoned ' of thta ciVl"8 a? nOW beins sh'PPed out Zl7 ,Y than ln Previous years, but a loZ SST" 18 be'ngysold on the i? market. Last year The Dalles Fruit meseCarned.andsh,PPed. be o far wmjE ail i iii-i Trnm riu . . er,..H r .yanneTy nas not been op- - ijna is attributed to price the growers riemoi high frui? men h in,ormed venr lUrht -Tth thl peaCh crP be th7clafm is ln.U?h:Jn a few '"stances ciaim is made that some trees wo-, so heavily laden they had to be culled K.eyes some bunches nr ti sent L ,hraPeS- and late .fr't will b. Business Men X.solT by the the season. A 25-year-old Kn&llaV i . grower. ""-- oy tne GOURTHOUSEJS COSTLY LAKE COUxXTY SPENDS $50,000 OX NEW STRUCTURE. Splendid Balldlng Is gonrce Irl flo nr.. of t..lv,ug southeastern Oregon Community. LAKEVIEW, Or., June 27.-(Sn!cia, .rr-LTke0 the best building, fj ULty:"-d -ne f The finishing tonen" Zez. "'egon. to the strucVre in S6r W b,e" given ing the insine J" .the..wa'r complet. SuS'm"" '1. hByXthe third Monday in October next, when Ml Fall term of Circuit Cm vened in Lake County, the building will be complete throughout g WUI Situated on the site of the old historic frame building In which the business of Lake County was transacted JLice " the of the town orL;'kev,ew?Caynd,nont,ltes ... uu,iUeBB street, the new building .u..u, .nun oi an visitors. and Is a source of pride to the citizens of made the construction of the new Court house the chief work of his term as County Judge. Aside from the lime ce- dicci aim iron worir every- n3 Pays Interest on Savings and Time Deposits Cor. Second and Washington Sts. Portland, Oregon thing in the way of materials used ln constructing the building came from Lake fZlt 6 Tne Which forms the sd foundations of the structure came from the hills east of Lakeview, the brick was atin'-aritOWn- and the plne timber cn- local mm. i.r"' T" tlwea V ceiling. rm Das " steel whieWhrkKab.'.feature ls the manner in which the building was provided for. At iSS Jan,uary t?ITa ot tne bounty Court, in 1907. a levy of su, mm- . jj-j ' ing- a buildine- fund -e Thu , , . wui mouse. the Z f ,Bufflc'ent mney to purchase the materials, which were all delivered fnf L?1! ot lm- 'eady ?or worfc -11 & opnng season, and all ma- tZ ih T1"6 pald for as delivered. Dur ir5et "mmer f IMS the building was S fd: he work being done by day labor V V ,,sl or tne county Court And now the work Is beirur Tinn ' oP i eL 'he. bU"din? entirely proximately S0m "l & COSt f a ,.Il!f-b"IIdin? .,s equipped with powerful stea' an "heated throughout with lected in tne ylmU tZLZZ. ."" 7be..ne Courthouse is with V I:.""3"',. ana. 19 equipped " . - imk to taKe care of the ReWn B ln 1 , D ' ' 1 ... um aosence of a se system in the town. VANCOUVER FORGES ON GREAT AMOUNT OP STREET PAV ING CONTRACTED FOR. Many New Residences, Office and . Industrial Bnlldlnga Under Course of Construction. e,UVER: h., June 27.(Sne Mb lock. Z,r:Jor the laying of let bv h0 r,7,;.. -Pre.ment "a, been ncTVoa?yUor-4dCaS-d: IVZ. ?pt. bl of thi street." on p"art of 'w .Srt'ELVS? w:e th baWerf tended toh7'T;tiont,y3Wnihb-I "ThcoTn'- Tl'I o.t Kg! die of December to fll The work but sured the Ctt, 'council" 1 pany expected to have the pavement all laid by the first of October th ompIete, asphalt plant ls now on the way to Vancouver, and when th foundation is laid it ,, .-.cES" tVm It will take but hn ic "i. ln" the asphalt layer on. as 2000 souare yards can be laid ln a day. The con crete base will be composed T of o"e part cement, three parts sand and Ave parts stone, on top of a rolled sub grade. The total thickness of ??. fnh"' be elBht and a "S v Tbe"ew two-story brick block being built by Dr. Sedgwick on the corne? " f"h a"d. Washington is a,S completed. Smith'- at the corner of Washington and Th,r3 streets has Its new glass front in and this new block win be ready for oc cupation In a few days. The vestry of St. Luke", Episcopal Church deefded this week to build a new tornn . m "'-wry DUllding where the present one stands. The n,eeTeHBa?h5rd. ,Iour,nS mills are com! pleted and the machinery all in and the plant, ready for operation and the manufacture of flour will begin as soon as bluestem wheat, which is a rather scarce article just now. can be pro- nnn P6 mIns WlU bave a capacity of 200 barrels a day. A switch has been built Into the plant by the Nor" Bank Road, so that the shipping facil ities are the best. A new $20,000 brick building, three stories high, will be erected at the R!iintnSt (corner f Washington and Seventh streets at once by J p Kig glns. The building will be 60x100 feet In size, 50 feet being on Washington street and 100 feet on Seventh street fh.e .,?,7er, l0,r A8 to be a "toreroom the full size of the building, the see- ? tl?,T, v hal1, and what the third floor w 11 be used for has not been as yet decided by Mr. Klgtrln. a i. foot basement win also be constructed. The new building will be modern and up-to-date in every particular. A new manufactory has h,n v. llshed in Vancouver, and will be lo cated at the corner of H an .!, streets. It is a tombstone wn.i,. J. B. Silver, of Astoria, is proprietor. The first shipment of 20 tons of marble and granite arrived last night on the steamer Julia B.. Captain Babbige, from Astoria, and today is being removed to where the plant will be 1 At Astoria the Industry was known as ine Astoria Marble & Granite Works. Since it has been removed to hi Hf the name of the firm will be the Van couver Marble & Granite Works. . Mr. Silver is here in person superintend ing the moving of the heavy blocks of stone, which will later be hewed and chipped into tombstones. Kelso Jurors Summoned. KELSO. Wash.. June 17 rsn.i.i Following is the list of Jurors from this place who have been Summoned to act at the regular term of the Su perior Court, which convenes next Monday: Mayor M. J. Lord, M. E. Hull and P. J. Knapp. of Kelso: R(nr Fouth, Phineas Peck and Fred Peters, of West Kelso. ' Tomb at Wilbur Unveiled. - ROSEBUrg. Or.. June ?7 cial.) With appropriate ceremonies the tomb of the late Mrs. J. S. McKay was unveiled at Wilbur this after noon. The exercises were held under the auspices of Lilac Circle, WOW of this city. " " OLDEST BANK ON THE PACIFIC COAST CAPITAL $1,000,000 SURPLUS and PROFITS $500,000 OFFICERS. vr. m. EDW, LADD, President. COOKINGHAM. V.-Presldent. W. H. DUNCKLEY, Cashier. R- S. HOWARD, JR.. Ass-t Cashier. L. W. LADD. Ass't. Cashier. WALTER M. COOK. Ass t. Cashier. Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and Certificates of Deposit We Issue Letters of Credit, Foreign Draft, and Travelers' Checks THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT It insures against dust, mud and street noises. Jt insures against slipperiness and falling horses. It insures against cracks, disintegration and costly repairs. it assures a sanitary and durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. BITULITHIC INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST WARREN COSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 Beck Building, Portland, Or. NYSSA LAND PROFITABLE STTGAR BEET SEED. ALFALFA AND FRUIT ARE PRODUCTS. Beet Crops Net $600 an Acre, Hay $20 and Fruit $400 an Acre In Irrigated Belt. NTS9A, Or., June 27. (Special.) The ad vance-guard of prosperity has landed ln the Nyssa country, and every train brings Its quota of land-buyers and homeseekers. These are attracted by the news that the Boise-Owyhee Irrigation Company has definitely assured the people of an irriga tion system that will bring- under profit able cultivation 200.000 acres of land in this county and across the state line in Idaho. One of the best advertisements the new country enjoyed was the action of th Utah-Idaho Sugar Company in selecting the Nyssa country as the locality ln which to grow sugar-beet seed, 600 acres being leased a few miles from this place and devoted to the production of this crop. The soil here is very deep and of a uniform character, causing the beet seed to ripen evenly, which enables one har vesting to gather the crop, avoiding a difficulty encountered ln other localities. The rent paid is t30 an acre a year, it re quiring three seasons to produce a crop. The estimated value of the crop to be harvested this Summer ls $600 an acre, a good return on the investment. wnne but a small percentage of this country is under Irrigation, a few small private ditches have demonstrated what can be accomplished, and what irrigation on a large scale will do ln the wav of development. Peter Stam, a renter, livlrur three miles from Nyesa. in 1903 had 36 acres of alfalfa which averaged 11 tons an acre. Last season alfalfa seed from 60 acres netted mm bo an acre, arter paying all expenses In addition, he received $10 an acre for tne pasture and sale of alfalfa straw. John A. ward, two miles from Nvusa Ktates that from 1900 to 1907 a 300-acre iieia or airaira averaged seven tons an acre, which he sold in the stack for $5 a ion, nia average profits for the seven years being- $20 an acre each year. John H. Forbes, living a mile from the Nyssa schoolhouse. states- that in 1908 he naa ia acres or alfalfa seed which netted him, after paying all expense of raising and marketing the crop. 11506.35. He then sold the pasture and alfalfa straw for $12.60 an acre. But little attention has Veen paid to HARTMAN & THOMPSON BAXKERS CHAMBER OP COMMERCE solicit small check accounts and offer every convenience to depositors, re gardless of the amount deposited IMimtUd rmtmaX ZAdbOttg DIRECTORS. . EDWARD COOKIXGHAM. HENRY L. COBBETT. WILLIAM M. LADD. CHARLES E. LADD, J. WESLEY LADD, S. B. LINTHICUM. FREDERICK B. PRATT. THEODORE B. WILCOX. fruitraising. alfalfa being the staple crop on account of the market to stock-feed ers, yet, with a depth of SO feet of sofl .a,intUth. w o"00 feet' r.drS2l i . Wlde sweeP of Snake River th!s is destined to be one of the best fruit regions of the Northwest yearneTied hard aaJininS town last year netted $400 an acre from the aunin Another farmer sold Se fruhfon the trees of a 60-acre orchard, which h To? J?EBUi,7 t0 take np to mke room wori fH9 $45- Wl-thOUt doinS n no n,J?? hiS- an. exPerienced orchardist , j,iHre in shape Bonds Investments CALL OR WRITE) T. S. McGRATH lumber Exetug POHTUSO, OREGON. TRAVELERS GTTTJDK. CANADIAN PACIFIC Less Than Hour Days at Sea WEEKLY SAILING BETWEEN MONTREAL QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL Two days on tho beautiful St. Lawrence xtivr &na til shortest ocean routo to En rope. Nothing better on ths Atlantis thaa out Empresses. Wireless on all steamers. 7ntclau second ISO. one class cabin S4o. J"iy tlc??t nt- write for salUaca, rates and Dooklet. B. Johnson P. A.. 148 Sd St.. Portland, Oi NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO. For Eureka, San Francisco and Los Angeles direct. The steamships Roa noke and Elder sail every Tuesday at 3 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third, near Aider. Phones M. 1314 and A 1314. H. YOUNG, Agent. SAN FRAXC1SCO PORTLAND S. S. CO. Only direct steamer and daylieht sailins From AInsworth Dock. Portland, a a i5 S.8. Rose City, July S. 17, etc S.S. fetate of California. Jnlv in Frcrn Lombard St., San Frajieiseo. 11 A m S.s. State of California, July g b.S. Rose City, July 10, 24, eto. J. W. Hansom, Dock Agent. Main 2rtft AimwnMh i . i. M. J. ROCHE, City TlcJ;et A. cant. 142 Sri Phone Main 402. A 1402. COOS BAY LINE lb steamer BHJiiakwateh i.. land every Veloejy, m.. lrom jn,. worto dock, for Aortn iikhh M,lr.hH.i.. a Coo Bar points. ralgni received till f- day ot Balling. Pa.aenger far., flrat claaa. S10: aecond-clas. c 7 i .... i , and meala. Inqulr. city ticket offlc.. Tnlrd aod Wasblnston itrvtu. or Alaawortk oau t