A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK DOES A - General Banking Business LUMBERMENS National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS SALEM ORCHARDS SEEN FROM AUTOS ONE HUNT BED STRAWBERRIES FILL EIGHT QUART BOXES OF VAST RESOURCE Varied Industries Make Wealth for Farmers in Southeastern Oregon. Oregon Electric Plans Excur sions to Marion County Fruit Districts. Phases of Industrial Growth in Northwest MALHEUR COUNTY PRUNES YIELD BIG PROFIT Crop This Tear Estimated at 40, 000,000 Pounds Market Prob lem Is Solved by Organiza tion of Grower Vnron. SALEM. Or., July 18. (Special.) After a trip through the splendid fruit blt to the south of Salem, General Manager Guy V. Talbot, of the Oregon Electric, and other officials of the road, have enthusiastically undertaken the task of arranging regular excur sions from Portland direct to the heart of one of the richest fruit sections In Ore icon. This will be done by having automo biles meet certain Oregon electric cars upon their arrival here, when the pas sengers will be whirled away for a trip of an hour or two through the country, returning in time to allow the excur sionists an opportunity to look over the city before returning to Portland. It is proposed to designate two or three trains weekly as excursion trains, and all who desire may buy tickets to in clude the auto trip at Uils end of the line. The foundation of the prune busi ness In the Willamette Valley was laid 20 years ago by the Oregon Land Com pany, composed of Dr. H. J. Minthom. now located at Newport: B. S. Cook, in the real estate business at Portland, and C. B. Moores, now a resident of Portland. These far-sighted pioneers Jn the work of subdivision saw that the future of the country depended on the cultivation of fruit and the Increas ing of population by the cutting up of some of the larger farms that had been devoted to the growing of wheat, and in many rases had been in the hands of original owners since ths days of donation land claims. Growers Learn by Experience, The company turned its attention to the fertile hills south of Salem, buying a farm wherever the chance presented Itself, subdividing it arid planting it In most cases to prunes and disposing of it on easy terms within the reach of the small farmer. Business went along swimmingly for some time. Buyers were not wanting and the company was making money. But soon the prune trees began to bear and the troubles of the company and the men who had bought the farms began to multiply. There was no satisfactory market, and had there been a market the inex perienced prunegrowers would not have known how to take full advantage of It. They packed their fruit in sacks, and when a buyer was found the fruit was graded as second-class. Pests came and. in the absence of specific Information on how to fight them, they did great damage. But finally the business began to assume a more promising aspect. Ex perience and study brought knowledge, and with knowledge came better cul tivation, better packing, better mar keting and more profits. Land began to Increase in value and new people began to seek out the red hills to the south where men were making money In the prune business. As the growers became more prosperous and their loads of fruit became heavier and more dif ficult to handle, the more apparent be came the need of better roads. The agitation for improvements commenced and was kept up for years, finally and gradually resulting In the building of the Liberty-Rosedale rock road, which Is today the equal of any piece of country road In the West. Profitable Valley Crop. The prune crop today is one of the most profitable and dependable In this part of the Valley. In only one year, 190S, has there been any over produc tion. While the annual output has been Increasing rapidly the demand has more than kept pace with the output. The annual production from the pres ent acreage is now about 40,000.000 pounds. While the crop of 1908 was only about half that amount, dealers and leading growers are of the opinion that this years output will reach the full average. Salem Is the most Important center In the state for the growing and mar keting of the Oregon prune. Orchards cover many of the higher spots sur rounding the city, while the red hills of the Llberty-Rosedale district south of the city Is given over almost entirely to the cultivation of the prune. Excel lent land In this neighborhood, splen didly adapted to .this branch of horti culture, can still be had at from ISO to I1S0 per acre, bearing orchards $100 to (300 per acre, while In the famous Santa Clara Valley of California, where the Italian or Oregon prune can not be produced, and where the yield per acre of Inferior prunes Is not as large as that of the Italian In Oregon, the prices demanded and paid for prune land ranges from $500 to $.1000 per acre. The ordinary orchard In this vicinity contains from IS Jf 40 acres, although there are a few tracts In the vallev much larger. H. S. Glle. of the Willamette Prune Association, discussing the marketing phase of the Industry, said: Prune of High Food Merit. "Many time more prunes would be sold to the best class of trade if their attention was drawn to the real merits of Oregon prunes as a food, and to the perfectly clean character of the fruit as it reaches them in the ten pouiid package, coming directly from the sterilizing plant to the consumer, as it should. When the dust and dirt of the retail grocery store and the open box. bin or bag of prunes can be re placed ly packages or by a container of some sort which will reach the con sumer as originally packed similar to eJed raisins, then there will come the d.-- of the prune, for no cured fruit h greater merit." While the big orchards south of the city are being subdivided, making room for intensive farming and better farmers, increasing the population, building new farm buildings and fences. Si'hooihouses and churches and good roads, th City of Salem is not de pendent on any one variety of fruit cultjre for its maintenance nor on any one section of farming country. On all four sides of the city, for miles and ml!es In every direction, there is to be found land unexcelled for the culUva- nV"i ilY'fa 'VmYiMfr ELM A. Wash, July 18. (Special.) J. C. Taylor, a fruitgrower near Elms Thas had a picture taken of eight boxes of strawberries grown by Mm this season, which contained Just an even hundred berries. The boxes were all filled and were the ordinary kind sold in the mar ke" Mr Taylor has in all ten acres in berries, mostly strawberries, ami has been very successful. . His land is on the hill and is a clay loam. A few. years ago such land could be bought for a few dollars an acre, but since clearings have been made and results in the way of big profits from fruit rais ing shown. It has advanced considerably. . . tlon of cherries, apples, peaches, pears, plums, hops, walnuts, grains and vege tables. Market Problem Solved. The problem of a market, which has been up for consideration for years. It Is believed, has been solved by the or ganization of the Salem Fruit Union, which has kept a large force of work ers busy all through the present fruit season preparing and shipping the highst grades of fruit, not only to Coast cities but as far east as Chicago. The lower grades are sold to the can neries. The organization has demon strated Its usefulness, and next year Its riant will be enlarged by the erec tion of a cooling station so that fruit may be kept in the best of condition while being prepared for shipment. It Is estimated that fully 1000 acres of prune land has changed hands In the past six months. Prices are stead ily increasing, as growers begin to appreciate the profits of the business ana the future of the industry. RAYMOND PEOPLE BUSY IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW FAC TORIES ARE UNDER WAY. Business Activity, It Is Believed, Will Reach Record Established for Town in 1907. RAYMOND, Wash.. July 18. (Special.) Local men predict that the present busi ness activity will equal the record of 1907. During the next few months over $70,000 will be expended In Raymond on new streets and bridges. Two large draw bridges of 125-foot clear openings will span the Wlllapa and South Fork of the Wlllapa, replacing the ferries heretofore in use. '. ' Of the sum necessary for this work, the Boar of County Commissioners, in ses sion last week, appropriated $25,000. while the city has Just voted a bond issue to cover the balance. The assurance of the bridges has precipitated a building boom, and a number of new dwellings and two large business blocks, one of cement, are under way. Real estate Is again active and sales are being made daily. . Of the local manufacturing plants which closed for the Fourth of July holidays, five sawmills, three shingle mills, the Raymond Box Company's mill and W. W. Wood Company's veneer plant, have re sumed. The big veneer plant of the Paclflo Fruit Package Company is nearing com pletion and will be in operation within a few weeks. This, with the new plant of 'the Clerin-Hamilton Lumber Com pany, which Is now completed and ready for operation, will make a substantial addition to the city's payroll. Work will also start soon on the Pacific & Eastern Railroad, which will be extended into a heavy body of timber on Mill Creek, where Urge logging camps will be opened. Several miles of track was laid by the Pacific & Eastern during the Summer of 1907. but the panic resulted in work be ing' suspended. Large crews of men will be started to' work on the road with a view of reaching well into the timber belt before the wet weather sets in. HONEY READY TO GATHER Three Carloads Were Harvested at Ontario Lat Year. ONTARIO, Or., July 18. (Special.) W. tt Penninsrton. the honey-grower of On tario, has commenced extracting this week the honey stored in hie ZK oeenives. r. Pennington's honey is famed all over the Northwest, as he ships extensively of that commodity, and it Is made of the finest alfalfa syrup, gathered In the Immense fields surrounding Ontario. Last year Mr. Pennington shipped more than three car loads, from this place to Portland, Kansas City and other points. i V i. v v r- fvAwrhn, trmv n4A ELUA, RAIL ACTIVITY IS RIFE MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOES ON IN COOS BAY COUNTRY. ' Steam, Electric and Gasoline Lines Under Way and Still More Are Projected. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 18. (Special.) Railroad talk, survey work, and rail way prospects In Coos County are nu merous at this time and the people are hopeful that some of It, at least, will pan out. J.. M. Blake Is applying for franchises In Marshfleld and North Bend for an elec tric streetcar line. Summers & Haas, who are interested with the Otxjullls Mill & Mercantile Company In building an elec tric line to Roseburg. jave secured rights of way on a portion of the county roads and In several cities and report their work is progressing. Work of making a preliminary survey, which was started by the Coos Bay. Oregon & Idaho Railroad Company, is still in progress. Chief En gineer Haines has his force of surveyors in the field and will continue the work through the Summer. The expense is de frayed with money subscribed for stock by local people. The purpose is to find, if possible, a 1 per cent grade between Coos Bay and Roseburg. If this is done. Eastern Railroad men have promised to investigate, if or any reason they fall to take up the proposition, the idea of the promoters is to build a state-aided railroad in conjunction with other coun ties of the state between the Coast and Boise. Idaho. F. W. Stevens, an engineer of Marsh fleld, is working on" a survey from this city to the Umpqua River for a proposed electric line, the details of which ' have not yet been given out. The . fact that the Southern Pacific is paying for right of way secured three years ago for a coast line surveyed as a continuation of the Drain branch, has given encouragement locally, and has re vived hope- that the Harriman Interests may take definite action soon. Another railroad project was recently launched by Bandon men. They have Incorporated for the purpose of building a steam, electric or gasoline road from Bandon to Port Orford, in Curry County, and announce that IB miles of the road, from Bandon to Langlois. will be built at once. This road will tap a rich timber country and will also put Bandon In closer touch with Curry County, a district from which the town receives a large amount of business. The Smith-Powers Logging Company has completed a logging railroad into a big timber country at the head of Isthmus Inlet, which has never before been reached, and this road will be extended into the interior as necessity demands. WINLOCK COWS PAY WELL Shares In Co-operative Creamery More Than Doubled in Value. WINLOCK, Wash., July 18. (Special.) Two years ago the farmers in this vicin ity purchased of private Individuals the W'inloek Creamery. The company was organized on the co-operative plan, and shares placed" at $2 par, each stockholder being allowed to purchase one share for each cow he owned. The creamery at that time was making 600 or 700 pounds of but ter a week. The company recently raised the price of shares to $5, is entirely out of debt, owns a fine creamery building and a valuable block of land In the cen tral portion of the city. The creamery turns out about 1000 pounds of butter a day. shipping the principal portion of it to Seattle. The head of every famly having no piano, who sees one of the pianos ad vertised on the fifth page, of today's Ore gonian, will be sure to buy one. . Harris Trunk Co. for suitcases and bags. ; ; VIEW IX PRUNE DISTRICT IN MARION COUNTY. ( Slrfl WW VAILET FARMERS FIND DEMAND FOR WATER PROJECTS NAMED Government Irrigation Scheme Will Reclaim Large Areas Now Used . Only as Grazing Lands Cli mate of Region Is Mild. VALE, Or., July 18. (Special.) Following the lines of travel from the East, people are whirled through this section over the Oregon Short Line Railroad at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Their tickets read through to Western Oregon, and. thus In the minds of most Eastern people the old Idea still exists that this country Is a land of sagebrush and Jack rabbits. This notion Is correct as far -as It goeB, but it Is only a part of the truth. Prob ably no other section In the United States of the same area turns off more horses, cattle and sheep than Eastern Oregon. In this section Is found Malheur County. It Is situated in the very southeastern corner of the state, and is 160 miles long and. on the average, 60 miles wide, containing 8784 square miles. In other words, it is about one sixth as large as the State of Kansas. Heretofore the country has been wa tered by the Malheur and Owyhee rivers and their tributaries, which flow in a northeasterly direction until they unite their waters with those of the Snake River, on its eastern border. -- But at present the Government is looking over the situation with the view of constructing a large storage reservoir at the headwaters of the Malheur 'River. This enterprise will Involve the expenditure of something over $2,000,000. and will furnish abun dant water for the valleys, as well as for the bench land which heretofore has never been watered, owing to the scarcity of water. The surveys for this Irrigation project will soon be com pleted, and when the project Is fin ished, approximately 175,000 acres of arid land will be irrigated. Malheur Soil Very . Rich.. The soil In the Malheur Valley is of a virgin character, for the most part being composed of disintegrated rock, decomposed lava mixed with alluvial matter, and other elements at first hand from nature The land Is very productive, being well adapted to the raising of alfalfa, wheat, rye, oats, barley, potatoes, beets, etc. Potatoes especially grow to Im mense size, and remain perfectly sound. Several years ago 11 potatoes were exhibited in Vale that weighed 17 pounds, and were all taken from the same hill. Onions weighing 1 pounds are not uncommon, and other things In proportion. Alfalfa yields from six to 11 tons an acre, eight tons being considered a fair average. Alfalfa is, of course, the principal crop, although timothy and clover thrive. As a seed-producer, alfalfa is a valuable crop, and is. a feature of farming recently Introduced to the farmers In this section. It yields from six to ten bushels an acre from the second crop, the first crop being cut for hay. The seed Is worth from 12 to 16 cents a pound, $7 to $9 a bushel, and Is used for various purposes. Wheat yields from 40 to 60 bushels an acre, oats from 61 to 100, and barley from 60 to 90. Fruits of all kinds grow to advan tage. Apples, peaches, apricots, pears, prunes, plums, nectarines, grapes and all small fruits. Perfect apples are grown here. At a recent meeting of the Irrigation Congress, held In Sacra mento. Cal., Malheur County captured the $500 Governor Pardee prize for the best collection of fruits grown by Irri gation. Apples grow to be 15 inches in circumference, peaches 12 Inches, and Bartlett pears to weigh 20 ounces. The principal calling, aside from farming and frultralsing. Is stockrais lng. The extensive expanse of foothill country, covered with nutritious grasses, adapt the country to this sort of business. Horses and cattle graze on this grass from the month of March to the month of December, and not in frequently all Winter. However, It has been found more profitable to feed dur ing the coldest weather. This is espe cially the case with sheep. 1500 Cars of Stock Yearly. " The methods of stockraislng are sim ple. The farmer brands his young stock in the Spring, turns them out on the range, and "rounds them up" in the Fall for Winter feeding. Some idea can be formed of the extensive stockraislng in this county when it is realized that' from one point over 1500 cars of livestock are shipped annually. Bee culture is also one of the thriv ing Industries of this section. Malheur County honey has secured several prizes at the different state fairs. The honey is characterized by its pure 3. OREGON PRUNES INCREASING YEARLY. Pays Interest on Savings and Time Deposits Cor. Second and Washington St. Portland, Oregon The mild climate and the excellence of the alfalfa makes it an ideal coun try for the aptculturist. Practically every farmer has his bee colonies, and each colony will average from 60 to 120 pounds of honey annually. . A number of 'exhaustive experiments have been made which fully demon strate the country's fitness for sugar beet culture. The chemical tests of beets grown In Malheur County soil show that they contain all the elements, saccharine and otherwise, required. Malheur now has the distinction of being the greatest producer of the sugar beet of any county in Oregon or Idaho. Oil and Gas Are Found. . . Indications of oil and natural gas In large quantities In "and about Vale, when the proper depth has been reached, are now very good. Many drills are at work In the fields, and It Is thought that the known oil belt has been correctly determined. There Is now a small flow of oil at two of the wells, but they have not yet gone deep enough to get It in commercial quanti ties. It Is said by experts that this re gion has been the bed of a large lake, and this is verified by the fact that petrified fish bones of all sorts may be scooped up by the handful in the can yons. The northwestern portion of the county Is richly -mineralized. The placer mines at Malheur City, Amelia and Mormon Basin are among the fore most in the state. These, however, are giving way to the quartz lodes, with which the section In question is seamed. The vegetation of the country con sists in sagebrush (Arthemeson). This Is a desert shrub of no mean value. A peculiar thing about it is, it will die if watered. ' It furnishes the new settler with stovewood, and the traveler with fuel for his campflre. Farther back in what Is known as the foothill country. Juniper and mountain mahogany ap pear. The former makes good fence posts, the latter a very valuable fuel supply. In the western portion of the county are dense forests of pine, fir, tamarack and other woods which fur nish good building material. Climate Is Mild. The climate of this section Is a seem ing contradiction of the prevailing no tion of the climatic conditions in ths lattude. But when It is understood that this country is under the influence of the Pacific Ocean to a great extent, which tempers this interior mountain climate to a marked degree, making the Summers cooler and the Winters warm er, it will be clearly understood. In brief, the Summers are long and dry, yet the heat Is not oppressive. The rainfall will probably not exceed ten inches annually. This falls mostly be tween the months of December and May. The rainfall is not sufficient to raise crops without the aid of irriga tion. Crops of cereals are sometimes raised on unlrrigated lands, but the successful farmer depends on Irriga tion. The principal towns of the county are Ontario. NVssa, Acadia. Jordan Valley, Westfall. Malheur City and Vale. Four of these towns are on the railroad. The first three named are on the main line of the Oregon Short Line, and Vale is situated on a branch 16 miles from the main .line. Vale is the county seat. . The population of this county Is strictly American, only about 1 per cent of which is foreign. FINE WHEAT ON DRY LANDS Ontario Farmers Get Excellent Re sults From Experiments. ONTARIO, Or., July 18. (Special.) Wheat on the dry farms near Ontario is in excellent condition this year and is expected to make a record crop. While Malheur County farmers do not give much attention to wheatgrowing as a gen eral crop, nearly every farmer has a small field, and the past few years dry farming has come more and more into favor on the benches, where wheat is one of the good crops. This year the wheat Is full, healthy and clean. Most of it will average, it Is esti mated, from 35 to 40 bushels to the acre, and the grain stands four to five feet high. On fields which have been culti vated for the first time this year it Is not quite so thick as on older fields, but the entire average is very good. There will be more wheat harvested near On tario this year than ever before. ffiliiiSiMiifWii OLDEST BANK ON CAPITAL $1,000,000 SURPLUS and PROFITS $500,000 OFFICERS. W. M. IADD, President I EDW. COOKINGHAM, V.-President. W. H. DUNCK1ET. Cashier. R. S. HOWARD, JR., Ass't cashier. L. W. LADD, Atft Cashier. WALTER V. COOK. A'L Cashier. Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and Certificates of Peposit 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 stet. 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. EXTENSIVE WORK BEING DONE IN EASTERN MULTNOMAH. County. Will Expend $100,000 in Improving Highways Leading East From Portland. GRBSHAM, Or., July IS. (Special.) Considerable- new and important county road work Is now going on in the sev eral road districts of Eastern Multnomah. Ths new rotary rockcrusher at the 11 mile post on the Base Line road Is run ning at full capacty every day, turning out about 100 tons of crushed rock dally. A string of teams is kept busy hauling the output into Gresham where the prin cipal streets are receiving an Improve ment that will be permanent. The streets of the city to be Improved are all county roads and are under the care of Supervisor George W. Kenney, who is directing the new improvements. As fast as the crushed rock is laid it is firmly rolled with a new steam- roller recently purchased by the county, after which a top dressing of sand is put on and rolled aeain. In Supervisor Hillyard's district, east of Gresham, about two miles of old plank roadway Is being given a gravel surface, the plank being used to repair other sec tions which cannot be graveled this year. In the other districts the same spirit of enterprise is manifest. It is asserted that the county will expend about tlOO.OOO on the roads of Eastern Multnomah this year and that the work will continue all Summer! and late. lr.to the Fall. It is expected that the final opening of the new Barr road, which will be an extension of Bast Gllsan street from Portland, to Fair-view, will be consum mated this season. When finished It will probably be the best thoroughfare lead ing out of the city, as it will be hard sur faced to the city limits, and of crushed rock the remainder of the distance. It will open up a wonderful section now without adequate roadways and be of Inestimable value to the farms adjacent Brick Block for Ontario. . ONTARIO, Or., July 18 (Special.) Con Bonds Investments CALL OK WKITB T. S. McGRATH PORTLAJVD, OREGON. THE PACIFIC COAST DIRECTORS. EDWARD COOKINGHAM. HENRY L. CORBETT. WILLIAM M. LADD. CHARLES E. LADD. J. WESLEY LADD. S B. LINTHICUM. FREDERICK B. PRATT. THEODORE B. WILCOX. structlon work has begun on one of the big brick business houses promised for Ontario within the siext three months. This is the block to be erected by the Boyer Bros.' Mercantile Company, and will occupy five lots just opposite their present location, cn one of the principal business corners of the town. It will also face the new hotel to be erected soon by David Wilson, owner of the Ontario town site. HARTJMAN & THOMPSON BANKERS CHAMBER OP COMMERCE pay 4 lo interest on time deposits and possess many de sirable conveni ences for handling this important line of business. BMfmttMi TtnaiuA IAahUifl TRAVELERS G17IDK. CANADIAN PACIFIC Less Than Four Days at Sea WEEKLY SAILING BETWEEN MONTREAL QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL Two days on the beautiful St. Lswrenos River and the shortest ocean route to Eu rope. Nothing; better on the Atlantis than ens Empresses. Wireless on all steamers. First-class (SO; second SS0. on elaes cabin 4o. Ask any ticket agent, or writs for galllncs, rates and booklet. , F. R. Johnson. P. A.. 142 Sd St.. Portland. Of LINES I BAILING JANUARY 20.1910 Tf1JeiraDain.Mediterranean .Orient Costing only400and upfor 73 days. Cruist PcpT.WhiTc OTariine.n.T-oraeems NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO. For Eureka, San Francisco and' Lo Angeles direct. The steamships Roa noke and Elder sail every Tuesday at 3 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third, near AJder. Phones M. 1314 and A 1314. H. YOUNG, Agent. SAN FRANCISCO It) KT LAND 8. 8. CO. Only direct steamer and daylight Bailing. From Aineworth Dock. Portland. SA M. S.S. State of California, July M. 8.8. Rose City. July 31. August 14, etc From Lombard St., San Francisco. H A. M. S.S. Rose City. July 24. Aug. 7. S.S. State oX California. July SI. J W. Ransom. Doflc Agent. Main 268 Aineworth Dock. M. J. ROCHE, City Ticket Aent. 142 Sd St. Phone Main 402. A 1408- COOS BAY LINE The steamer UUUKWAIiEK leaves Port land every velney. Iron Alan worth dock, lor Nortn Rend. ilur.oUoiu an Coo Bay potnte. Freight received tlU 4 P. M on day ol ealling. Passenger tare, rt clase 10; eecond-claee. T. including b.rt ind meals. Inquire city ticket oBlce. TBtrs ana Wahlngton streets, er Aim worth ee. riam Mala 24 llH TrSTAR me win mm