Phases of Industrial Growth in the Pacific
APPLES OF MILTON
Wonderful Commercial Possi
bilities of Valley Draw
ing Orchardists.
BIG GAINS IN FEW YEARS
Scientific Cultivation and Care of
Crops and Judicious Irrigating
TTav Made Lands Equal to
Any In Entire Northwest.
BY BRT-CB SHANGLH.
MTLTOX. Or.. July 11. (Special.) Al
though one of the oldest settled districts
In either Oregon or Washington, tho MI1-ton-Free-water
country, situated In the
astern emd' of Umatilla county. 13 miles
across the state line from Walla Walla,
la regarded from the standpoint of fruit
growing as a "new" and undeveloped
territory. Thla aspect of the valley has
been derived largely from the fact that
during the half century and more that I
the Mllton-Freewater country has been I J
rttifvi. it nas rveen almost entirely a
(Train and hay-producing center. But few
orchards have been planted here until
the past two or three years, the original
settlers of lands adjacent being wholly
employed In the culture of cereals and
grasses.
Present condition, however, present an
entirely new appearance to the new
comer from that shown Ave years ago.
When the first of the few venturesome
husbandmen planted their apple or
chards, they were discouraged on every
hand, for It was not thought at all pos
sible to grow a marketable apple in this
valley. It was said the climatic condi
tions were such as to encourage pests and
destroy for marketing purposes all the
fruit of this variety grown here. Spray
ing was unknown, for its use was deem
ed useless and money thrown away. But
things have changed to a marked de
gree, and now it Is an acknowledged fact
that there Is no country on earth so es
pecially adapted to the growth and cul
ture of the Wlnesap. Rome Beauty and
Jonanthan apple as Is this territory ad
jacent to Milton and Freewater. The
soil seems to possess the exact qualities
required to bring out the richest color
and flavor In this fruit, and In conse
quence hundreds of acres of apple or
chards have been planted during the past
two years. It will require from five to
seven years to secure returns from these
orchards, but once they become bearing
trees. their value Is practically un
known. Wealth From Old Trees.
At the present time the wealth which
Is annually derived from the apple crop
In this vicinity comes from orchards 10.
16 and 25 years old. These have been
trimmed and sprayed until they are now
capable of producing handsome revenues,
and the fruit taken from orchards In
this locality now stands in the front
rank In any market In the world. Five
years ago these same orchards were
an eyesore to the fruit growers and
their appearance did much to keep out
the more progressive spirits In the hor
ticultural world. It Is true there have
been large quantities of strawberries
grown here for a number of years, but
these were not properly ' picked nor
packed and hence failed to make the
showing In outside markets that they
are now making. Peaches, cherries
and prunes have also been grown here
to a certain extent but the marketing
of these fruits has been so similar to
that of the strawberry, that the Mil-ton-Freewater
section has not become
as famous from a fruit-growing stand
point as It is In reality.
One reason why this section has
heen retarded In the matter of growing
fruits is because until recently there
has been no spirit of advancement
among the settlers here. Being off
the main line of either of the trans
continental railways, few visitors have
stopped here in comparison to the vast
hordes of eastern immigrants that
have filled up the Wenatchee, Yakima.
Hood River and other of the famous
fruit growing belts of the Pacific
Northwest. Conditions, however, are
rapidly changing and now there are
hundreds of new people residing in
this valley who are adding to the stdck
of knowledge of those already here, the
Ideas received In other localities. Ap
plication of these Ideas Is having
great deal to do In changing the en
tire aspect or the valley.
Few Commercial Orchards at First,
At the present time there are but
few commercial orchards In bearing
here, but within the next five years
hundreds of highly Improved fruit
ranches will be placed In bearing con
dltlon. Even now the rich bottom
lands and many of the Irrigated hill
farms adjacent to these two towns, are
dotted with highly cultivated orchards
in which the trees are of uniform size
and every row lines up with every oth
er one In symmetrical form. In place
of run-down and untitled orchards,
which were the order of the day five
years ago. there are now hundreds of
acres of fruit trees planted here In
which not a sprig of grass of any
kind Is allowed to grow. Regular
sprayings also do much to add to the
heauty and producing qualities of the
trees. Since I'mattlla County has had
a fruit Inspector, there has been
gradual Improvement along all line
of horticulture. No attention was paid
at first when the Inspector alleged tha
he would confiscate and burn fruit
which were Infected, but when a num
ber of cases had been thus treated peo
pie began to take notice, and conse
quently there has been Improvement
from the start which now puts fruits
from this vicinity along side of that
from any other section of the North
west In the markets of New York and
Europe. On his return from a trip
through a number of the eastern cities,
one of the prominent business men of
this city said that people here did not
know the real value of their own prod
ucts, and quoted as an example the sale
of Walla Walla Valley apples in the mar
kets of New York City. He said he
frequently saw apples from this sec
tion sold three for 25 cents.
'.'The Big Red Apple, of Course."
When asked recently what he con
sidered the staple production of this
valley, the County Fruit Inspector,
C. L. Whitney, of Walla Walla County,
one of the best authorities on horti
. culture this country knows, said. ,-the
big red apple of course." Mr. Whitney
came to tnis vaney many years ago
ana annougn ne is now living to see
lils predictions come true, he has al-
BECOMING FilOUS
t PROPOSED $15,000 HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE ERECTED AT WOODLAND.
m iM'iBi mm s
STRICTURE WILL BE MODKRX IX EVERY DETAIL.
WOODLAND, Wash., July 10. (Special.) Woodland will spend $15,000 for a high school building that
will be erected here In time for the Fall term. The building will be S6.75 feet, two-story and basement,
and will contain eight class rooms, recitation rooms, library, teachers' rooms, principal's office, and large
halls. The basement will be full concrete. The heating plant will be of modern construction.
P. Chappelle Brown, of Portland, prepared the plans and specifications and will have supervision of con
struction, which will begin within 15 days. A feature of the building will be that two of the class rooms
running the length of the building can be thrown Into one room In connection with the lower hall, by
means of dTop partitions, thus making a large assembly room.
ways said in the production of fruit the
people here would succeed.
A man who believes strongly in science
and ecientitlc methods in farming as well
as in other lines of business. Mr. Whit
ney has left no stone unturned which
would give to the people of Walla Walla
and Umatilla counties every advantage
of experiment and knowledge which It
was possible to impart to them. In this
Mr. Whitney has been ably assisted by
Howard Evans and S. J. Campbell. Uma
tilla County's ex-fruit inspector and the
present incumbent of the office.
Each Spring a general round of every
orchard is made several times and if the
sprayings have not been properly done.
the work is ordered done over again. In
some Instances this Is repeated as many
as four times.
Another thing which has gained for the
fruitgrowers of the Milton-Freewater
country, io a better and more thorough
system of packing fruits for shipment.
Formerly growers were accustomed to
put in anything that would sell at all
and they were not at all particular as
to how the lot waa packed. During the
past two years, since the establishment
and reorganization of the Milton Fruit
growers' Union, it has been a rule of
the union that none but fruits packed ac
cording to a certain standard be accepted
for shipment. In this manner and through
the co-operation of the Shields Fruit
Company and the Walla Walla Produce
Company, together with Individual grow
ers and shippers, the standard of pro- .
ducts sent from here has been improved
at least 200 per cent. In this manner the
apples, peaches strawberries, cherries and
prunes sent from the Milton depot have
become as popular and well known in out-
sldo markets as fruits from Hood River
and Wenatchee.
Better Prices Encourage,
increased prices which have been re
ceived for fruits grown here as a result
of the better methods used in the pro
duction and marketing have given added
encouragement to grow better varieties
and more strictly commercial fruits than
haa been the case heretofore.
The question of irrigation has never
been carefully looked Into by residents
of this valley until the past two seasons,
when the real need of plenty of water
has been felt. Heretofore there has been
no conservation of water for irrigation
purposes whatever and In many cases
wilful waste has been noted. But as
more lands have been opened for cultiva
tion and placed In orchards and gardens,
a better equalisation of the supply has
ensued and more care exercised in using
water. Consequently many times the
number of acres which were originally
under irrigation have been placed in a
position where sufficient water can be
secured to grow any kind or variety of
fruit or garden st.ift that is to be grown
in the Northwest.
Hundreds of acres of what were at
one time barren and waste lands without
one drop of water, have been reclaimed
by digging wells and Installing pumping
plants. There is probably no country in
the West where so much water lies at
only a few feet below the surface of the
ground as may be found here in the
Mllton-Freewater country and by digging
from 25 to 40 feet, water In limitless
quantities may be discovered. Gasoline
or motor power Is used to pump this on
the lands In question, at a very little
expense, and many people prefer this
system of Irrigation to any other. For
less than $500 a well may be dug and
the pump and all necessary accessories
Installed, sufficient to water from 25 to
40 acres. It has been that by thus ex
pending from $30 to $30 an acre on lands
here, their value has been Increased from
$50 to $200 per acre and In many In
stances to as high as $500 an acre. It
Is not an Infrequent occurrence for grow
ers to take net from their lands from $100
tc $300 an acre for strawberries, and an
equal amount for cherrlesi and peaches
while this sum is doubled from apple or
chards.
5000 Bearing Acres.
There are approximately 5000 acres of
bearing orchard and berry lands in the
Milton-Freewater Valley at the present
time and more than treble this acreage
planted to young trees. There are est!
mated 20.000 acres more, however, which
are now being used for grains or less
productive crops which can readily be
put into orchards and made to Increase in
value several hundred per cent within
short time. Fruits from this station last
year amounted to approximately $1,000,000,
but it Is possible to Increase this sum
many times, and that it will be done
wtthin the next five years seems to be
the general belief of those who have
made this question a study.
Increasingly better market facilities are
also adding to the terown of this valley
from a fruitgrower's standpoint. The
advent of the Walla Walla Valley Trac
tion Company's line from here to Walla
Walla connecting with the Northern Pa
clflc trains at that point, has given much
advantage from a shipper's standpoint
and this is telling in the general activity
of the fruit market here.
Although there Is now less than 10 per
cent of tha population in this valley which
it is conservatively estimated might be
supported here, hundreds of homeseek'
ers have come here and located during
the past few months and more are coming
1 each day.
THE 3IORNING
ml
OREGON COAL GOOD
Three Localities Mine Enough
Fuel for Their Own
Consumption.
MANY DEPOSITS FOUND
Report of U. S. Geological Survey
Concerning Ledges Is Issued.
Medford, Ashland and Hepp
ner Contribute Mineral.
Coal deposits in Oregon are discussed
in a recent report of the United States
Geological Survey, issued by the Depart
ment of the Interior. Deposits of coal
are found In the vicinity of Medford and
Ashland, In the southern part of the state,
and near Heppner, in Eastern Oregon.
There Is more or less1 mining activity in
all three localities and enough coal is
being produced to meet the demand for
local consumption.
J. S. Dlller conducted the investigations
for the department In the Rogue River
Valley and reported finding numerous de
posits of coal in that valley between the
Cascade Range and the Klamath or Sis
kiyou Mountains. The principal deposits
in that section of the state are located
near Medford and Ashland.
Tho coal six miles east of Medford lies
along the foot of the steeper slope, which
ristis from the edge of the valley. 600
feet above the town, to the bold front
of the Cascades. Soma' years ago the
Southern Pacific Company prospected a
coal bed at this point, and the size of
the dump indicates that the trial drift
must have been about 100 feet In length.
fainoe then a number of other coal beds
a short distance farther up the same hill
side have been discovered and opened
up by slopes, tunnels and drifts aggregat
ing nearly 900 feet in length. Considerable
coal has been hauled to Medford and
sold at 18 a ton.
Supply Local Demand.
The principal bed prospected is about
12 feet thick, and the striking feature
at the entrance of the gentle slope Is
me large number of clay and sand
partings with very lltle coal between
them. As the slope is descended along
tne ted there appears a decided In
crease in the quantity and improve
ment In the quality of the coal toward
the northeast. The ledges of black, lus
trous coal, generally not over six to
eight Inches thick, when mined swell
to more than a foot and furnish the
source of supply for the local demand.
This mine was purchased recently by
the Southern Pacific Company, which
has developed the openings to the
northeast along the dip of the coal bed
ror more than 1000 feet. The Dredlc-
tlon that the coal would be found of
better quality and in larger quantity
has been confirmed. The mine is now
producing coal and supplies the local
market. The development of this mine
has greatly stimulated prospecting In
other parts or the field.
It Is not to be expected, says the
report, mat tne coai Deas extend to a
very great distance beneath the Cas
cade Range before being disturbed by
the rising lavas of the range, but It
may well be believed that they con
tlnue far enough to give a consider
able body of coal of various grades
that will supply for the present, in
some measure, local demands for fuel
and will in the future, when producers
and gas engines are perfected, furnish
an Important source of power.
Greater activity is shown four miles
east of Ashland, near the Glllett Lithia
Springs, where the Ashland Coal Com
pany has run slopes into two coal
beds, the upper 12 feet and the lower
54 feet thick, separated by 60 feet
of slippery shale and shaly sandstone.
The coal beds are made up of good coal
locally six Inches thick and separated
by coaly shale. The coal breaks out
In blocks and contains a considerable
percentage of sulphur. The disturbing
features of this prospect are irregular
masses of old lavas, which appear not
only In all the entries, but at various
levels on the surface and in bluffs
nearby along the creek. Where the
coal Is In contact with the lava the
latter appears to be the older. The
abundance and Irregularity of these
lava masses render the extent of the
coal beds a matter of doubt.
Willow Creek Supply Big.
According to vv. j. Mendenhall, o
the geological survey, who conducted
the explorations In Morrow County, the
OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1909.
Northwest
principal coal deposits of Eastern Ore
gon, so far as known, are on Willow
Creek, about 22 miles from Heppner.
The coal was discovered several years
ago by Wlllard Herron and $82,000 is
reported to have been expended in the
exploitation and development of this
property, which is owned jointly by D.
A. Herion, C. A. Redfleld and George
Conser.
The owners of the prospects report
that selected samples of the coal have
yielded from 51 to 71 per cent of fixed
carbon by analysis; that the average
moisture is about 8 per cent and that
samples yielding as low as 5 per cent
of ash have been analyzed. It is stated
that a fair sample across the face of
one of the drifts has yielded about 26
per cent of commercial coal, and that
In other places the coal forms from 12
to 40 per cent of the total thickness
of the bed.
It Is evident, continues the report of
Mr. Mendenhall, that the coals thus
far revealed by developments are not
adapted for ordinary commercial use
because of their very high percentage
of ash. due to the Intimate interming
ling of coal and bone. It is possible,
however, that as they occur In a region
remote from other sources of hydro
carbon fuels they may prove to be suit
able for use in producer-gas engines,
when this means of developing power
has become more general.
BUCK PINE MAKES PULP
SUPPOSEDLY WORTHLESS FOR
ESTS PROVE VALUABLE.
Samples of Wood Sent to Lebanon
Paper Mills Show Black Pine
Surpasses Other Woods.
BEND. Or., July 11. (Special.') Discov
ery has been made that the wood of the
black nine of Central uregon can De
manufactured 'into a paper pulp of an ex
ceedinelv- fine and valuable grade. . J.
N. Hunter and J. E. Sawhlil. of Bend
recently sent specimens of the wood to
the Lebanon Pulp Mills, and as "a result
of experiments tried there It Is reported
that the quality of pulp produced from
the black pine surpasses in whiteness,
ease of manufacture and probable com
mercial value for paper-making purposes
anv wood hitherto handled in the state.
The results of the discovery of market
able value In timber hitherto considered
almost worthless will be of vast impor
tance to the entire Central Oregon coun
try, and particularly to that portion
drained by the Deschutes, where the stand
is remarkably prolific.
In the past the paper mills have se
cured their pulp from the white pine,
balm and Cottonwood. The end of tha
available supply within the state from
these sources is a matter of a compara
tively few years. But before the exist
ing supply is exhausted. If the claims
made for the black pine pulp are solidly
based, the eyes and capital of the paper-
makers will undoubtedly turn to the
enormous forests of this newly available
wood to be found In the central portions
of the state.
It is estimated that In the country
tributary to Bend alone, there are a mil
lion or more acres of this "blackjack.
averaging all the way from 2000 to 10.000
feet to the acre, this, of course, taking
no consideration of the enormous stand
v.. jd'J" i.". ..uuiu mo iiiMuidciure
of black pine pulp become a reality and
as tne uescnuivs oners unumiteu water
power.' this need only depend upon the
realization of the present railroad hopes
many millions of dollars will be ex
changed for lands up to now looked upon
as next to worthless.
The black pine is a dark-barked pine
growing thickly In the semi-desert lands
too dry for the yellow pine, and. In some
Instances, Is mixed in with the latter. It
is far smaller than Its yellow brother.
tree 12 or 14 Inches in diameter being ex
ceptionally large for the species, and the
average of a fairly good stand ranging
about nine Inches. On account of its
small size it is not logged, and Is usually
regarded by the homesteader as a nui
sance to be cleared from his fields like
sagebrush, and finds its nearest approach
to practical use as fence railings.
NEW YACOLT WATER PLAN!
Reservoir Just Completed and Grav
ity System to Be Built.
YACOLT, Wash.. July 11. (Special.) A
60,000-gallon new reservoir, at a height of
160 feet above the town, has just been
completed at Yacolt by the Yacolt Water
works Company. New four-inch water
mains have been laid this Summer along
several blocks, and the work of laying
new mains is not completed. When the
Improvements are all made the company
will have spent $3000.
Pipes are now laid in all parts of the
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A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN
HIBERNIA
SAVINGS
BANK
DOES A
General Banking
Business
Pays Interest on Savings
and Time Deposits
Cor. Second and Washington Sts.
Portland, Oregon
town, and everybody can get all the
water he wants. The company is also In
position to connect with the fire hy
drants, as soon as the hydrants are in.
The Town Council has decided to put in
a fire-hydrant system.
The new reservoir is located on a large
tract of land on a rise of ground, a 13-
inch cut having been made in the side of
the hill so as to reach a solid foundation.
The reservoir is built on solid concrete
piers. It Is covered and screened so as
to keep the water free from all possible
contamination.
The company has at present a pumping
station, and the water furnished the citi
zens of Yacolt is pumped from deep wells.
But the company has bought the falls on
Big Tree Creek, three miles east of the;
town, and expects before long to harness
the falls, run a pipe line into Yacolt and
thus establish a gravity system. The
waterworks system in Yacolt was put in
tnree years ago. B. F. Anderson is the
manager and superintendent.
A new bank will soon be opened in
Yacolt by some Eastern men. The lots
on which the new bank building will
stand have been bought and construction
work on the new block started. A new
meat market building has just been com
pleted, and an ice riant is to be erected in
the rear of the building. The new, com
modious hospital, which contains 14 rooms
for patients, is finished, and as soon as
It is furnished will be formally opened.
RAINS AID TO WHEAT
HEPPNER YIELD MAY EXCEED
THAT OF LAST YEAR.
Grain Is Xow In Condition to With
stand Hot Winds Without
Damages.
HEPPNER. Or.. July 11. (Special.)
The rains of the past week and the con
tinued cool weather has had a wholesome
effect upon the grain fields of Morrow
County. The rains which fell during the
fore part of the week came in time to
furnish a stimulus to the filling grain,
and tha cool days following have tided
the grain through so that it will take
several days of hot winds to have any
telling effect.
The crops on the Heppner Flat coun
try and further south, near Hardman,
will be much better than first expected.
and it Is now thought by all who are in
position to know that a great deal more
wheat will be warehoused in Heppner this
year than last, or even the year prior to
that.
However, the crops in the northern part
of the county will hardly pay for their
cutting, and in many instances the farm
ers will simply pasture the fields. Farm-
era are now claiming that Morrow Coun
ty will produce more No. 1 wheat this
year than last, and in most every case
the Spring grain 13 far ahead of anything
of last season.
DITCH SUPPLYING WATER
Grants Pass Berry-Growers Make
Use of Irrigation Canals.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. July 11. (Special.)
The irrigation ditch on the north side
of the river has been completed as far
wet as the city limits, ana tne Dig
pumps are sending daily thousands of
gallons througn tne aitcn io me imiuen
n.ri luTrv-raisers east of the city and
up '.he valley.
This week water was let into tne cny
and its suburbs, and many people wno
live east of Sixth street are taking ad
vantage- of the situation ana using tne
irrigation company's water Instead of the
local company. One garaerner wno nere-
tufore has been paying tor water at tne
rate of J6 to $10 a month during tne irri
gating season, secured water yesterday
for hit acre lot for the rest of the year
for K: this being the amount fixed for
farmers and rrultraisers to pay, ana
Hardeners in the suburbs.
By next season the entire town will be
supplied with water at this cheap rate
for irrigating purposes, which means a
tenfold increase in table products and
marketable produce, notwithstanding the
amount of forage that will be raised In
the territory of the ditches. The ditch
on the south side has circled Frultdale
Valley and Is now built a distance of 12
miles, all of which Is open and ready for
the delivery of water as the farmers
may desire it.
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VALfc HAIOCC) OttU ALrMUrM
Farmers Make $50 to $150 an Acre
Exclusive First Hay Crop,
VALE. Or., July 11. (Special.) Owing
to fhe backwardness of the Spring, the
alfalfa crop will be comparatively light
this year in Malheur County. However,
the seed crop bids fair to be exceedingly
good. This is a new feature that has
been introduced into farming within the
last two years, and one that is gaining
ground every year. Heretofore the alfalfa
hay crop haa been the major crop in this
part of Oregon, but It has been found
that the soil is better adapted to the rais
lng of the seed, and that it is more prof'
ltable to cut only one early crop and
then to allow the alfalfa to seed.
The farmers In this section realize from
$50 to $100 an acre from the seed, and
It Is not uncommon for the yield to bring
$120 an acre. This Is exclusive of the
first hay crop.
TOWN WILL BUILD WHARF
White Salmon to Have Best Boat
Landing on Columbia.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. July 11.
The White Salmon Wharf Company was
organized here yesterday, with a capital
of $2s(p0. Incorporation papers have been
LUMBERMETsTS
National
CORNER FIFTH AND
OLDEST BANK ON THE PACIFIC COAST
CAPITAL $1,000,000
SURPLUS and PROFITS $500,000
OFFICEB&
W. M. LADD, President.
EDW. COOKINGHAM. V.-Presldent.
W. H. DUNCKLET, Cashier.
R. S. HOWARD, JR.. Ass't Cashier.
1 W. LADD, Aes't. Cashier.
WALTER M. COOK. Asst. Cashier.
Interest Pair! on Savings Accounts and Certificates of Deposit
We Issue Letters of Credit, Foreign Drafts, and Travelers Checks
THE BEST STREET INSURANCE
IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
It insures against dust, mud and street noises.
It 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 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
317 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR.
drawn up and sent to the Secretary of
State. The corporation will build and main
tain a first-class wharf where the old
dock now stands.
For a number of years the people of
White Salmon and the boat companies
have been rebuilding and repairing the
old dock. This has been very expensive
and unsatisfactory, both to. the people of
white Salmon and the boat companies.
Under the present plan the White Salmon
Wharf Company will build and maintain
a first-class dock and charge a reason
able price for all freight carried over it.
The maintaining of a good, substantial
wharf here is of great importance to the
people of the entire valley, since it Is the
only place adjacent to the valley where
The boats can land during hieh water.
Plans for the new wharf are being drawn
up and the work of construction will be
gin at once.
Rain Helps Stevens County.
COLVILX.E. Wash.. July 11. (Ppe
Bonds
Investments
CALL OR WRITE
T. S. McGRATH
lamber Exrk,a((
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Your table linen has
lost its lustre; do you
know why ?
Is it not because you
have allowed your laun
dress to wash it with
ordinary laundry soaps,
which, being overstrong
in alkali, "cut" the fab
ric and make linen look
like cotton ?
Use Ivory Soap and
your linen troubles will
cease.
No "free'
io rree aiKan in it ; no color-
. . . '
ing matter ; nothing but soap, soap
that ia 99 4faa per cent pure.
Ivory boap
99i& Per Cent. Pure.
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ank
STARK STREETS
DIRECTORS.
EDWARD COOKINGHAM.
HENRY U CORBETT.
WILLIAM M. LADD.
CHARLES E. LADD.
J. WESLEY LADD.
S B LIXIHICUM.
FREDERICK B. PRATT.
THEODORE B. WILCOX.
cial.) Another deluge of rain fell over
the Colville Valley last night and Fri
day night, which materially adds to
the assurance that the grain and fruit
crop will be abundant In Stevens
County this year.
Ferry License Is Renewed.
GOLD END ALE, Wash.. July 11.
(Special.) At the meeting of the Coun
ty Commissioners this week a license
was again granted to Ferryman Dean
to operate a ferry on the Columbia
between White Salmon and Hood River.
The competition for this license was
keen, but as the service In the past
has been satisfactory and considering
the fact that Mr. Dean had already se
cured the license on the Oregon side
the Commissioners renewed the priv
ilege for five years.
HART3IAN &
THOMPSON
BANKERS
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
solicit small
check accounts
and offer every
convenience to
depositors, re
gardless of the
amount deposited
UnUmitid Peracmal Liability
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Less Than Four Days at Sea
WEEKLY SAILING BETWEEN MONTREAL
QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL
Two days on the beautiful St. Uwrenc
River and the shortest oce&a rout to Eu
rope. Is' oth In better on tho Atlantic than our
Empresses. Wireless on all at earner a
First -class $90 ; second $50. oot class
cabin 46.
Ask any ticket agent, or wrlto for salllnsa
rates and Dooklet-
F. R. Johnson. P. A.. 142 3d st.. Portland. Ot
NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO.
For Eureka, San Francisco and Los
Angeles direct. The steamships Roa
Qoke and Elder sail every Tuesday at
3 P. SI. Ticket office 132 Third, near
Alder. Phones M. 1314 and A 1314.
H. YOUNG, Agent.
SAJf FRANCISCO PORTLAND S. 8. CO.
Only dlract steamer and daylight a.illnc
From Ainsworth Dock. Portland. 9 A- U.
State ot California. July 10.
e.e. Kom City, July 17, 31, etc.
Frcm Lombard St.. San Franciaco. 11 Jl. M.
8.S. Rose City. July 10. 24. etc
b.b. btte of California, Juiy XI.
J. W. Ransom. Dock Agent.
Main 268 Alnaworth Dock.
M. J. ROCHE, City Ticket Agent. 142 Sd BL
Phone Main 402. A 1402.
COOS BAY LINE
The steamer BKtAKWAIKK leaves Fort,
land every Weclneeaay, if 1. JO., from Alns
worth dock, tor 4na ttend. Mrnneld ani
Coo iiay points. Freicai received till 4 P.
al. on day ot sailing. Passenger fare, first
class. tlO; second-class. S7. Including berth
and meals. Inquire city ticket office, Talna
and Washington sires Ls. or Alnaworta dock.
Fkcsa Main ZM.
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