THE MORMXG OREGO.MAX. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1911,
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Ths cltlxens are ahre to tha necessity
of permanent rwls mod many rati
of macadam htahaay lead to tha rural
districts. Out of thia city la tha longest
stretch of rook roada found to tha
roinir Uartlna to tha rich sect loo on
I'pper Gales Crrra. Within a year or
so It will have macadam mads a far
oaat a Cornelius, and this will ba
oino4 br aim liar highway from HiILa
boro. Tha cttr's beautiful homes, lo
cated oa slcht! heights, and corsred
with aatlrs oak. maka It an Ideal rast
riaara city, and tta colleca faclltuea
have accomplished much for Ita fame.
Another town of commercial Import
area la Cornallua. with Ita two rail
way line leadinc to rortland. TMa
littla city baa no debt and la ona of
tha neatest town tn the county. It
baa many well-stocked buatns housss.
County Seat of Washington County
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111 ooea fir business la the new bulldlnc shoot Febmary IV earner of -cad
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onlCXM AXD DIRECTORS.
Dr. H. T. I.lnklater, David KuratlL caaniar.
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C A Webmne. Director. J. C. KutaUL tnreetor. J. C Hare. Director.
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a bank, and a flna public school build
Ins, tlaetnn. trie market place (or
the Nortri western section. I a thriving;
vlllaxe. and la located In tha rich W'a
pato di.rrtrt: Huiton. In th hllla. an
tha Tillamook line, haa doubled Ita
population within tha laat year, and
Banks, which la situated on tha eatna
railroad and I also touched by tha
I'd I ted Railway. Is located on tha rten
pla.'na of I'airy Creek. lUnk ba a
modern banking bouse and all line
of business are represented. Oranco.
tha nurry city o-cal led because too
reon Nursery Company at that placej
baa a plant worth over I UO.OOO la a
new town oa tha Oregon Klectrl. 40
minutes" (ill of PortUnd. Hcarerton.
ti the heart of tha onion and vegeta
ble dlatrlc-t. la tha one town In tha
county that haa rock roada clear Into
1-ortUnl. which) I only a hort dl
tanca. Tlkar'l. Tualatin and bherwood.
la tna uthetrn portion of tha
county, ara located In tha rich veaeta
bl landa. and Sherwood and Tualatin
hip more carload of onion than all
tha Northweat together. Tlcard and
THE EOOLKNlOiMll
DEMANDED FROM COAST TO COAST
Another Product Whic i tha Pac fie Slop)
Exccla in I
CARNATION MILK
(Evaporated and Sterilised.)
Bee van of Ita Superior Flavor .
and Unaurpaaaexi Quality
PACinC COAST CONDINjED MILK CO.
-vnr-VJ CAPTOOICC m--orkt r.Roi B
HILLMIOHO
Tualatin ara on tha Salem branch of
the Oreajon Electric, and Sherwood la
oa tha Yambill dlvlloa of tha Southern
I'aclflr.
Waahlnston County baa lOZ.Kl arrea
of cleared land, with an annual ajatn of
1.0 acre. It ha more email bome
boldera than any other county In the
tate. X five-acre orchard, or a ten
acre hopyard. boih of which are hUhly
profitable, afford a better Income than
many lare farm In the allliilppl
tataa. There ara Ji7.1a acrea of land
yet In timber, and of thl per cent
can be cleared and cultivated. Tha
bill afford the beet pasture and orchard
land to be found anywhere In tha
NorthweL Ita present railway facili
ties and It territory of uncleared
land maka It a mocca for email homo
holders.
"OLD YAMHILL" ONE OF
STATE'S RICH DIVISIONS
Land Values Have Shown Marked Advance, but Soil Is Exceed
ingly Fertile and Agricultural Production Large.
YAMHILL COfSTI.
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Location Northwestern Of H
eon. on Wll'amette Klver.
J A rea !. ar rea.
Population 1.:4-
YAUniLX. COUNT!, south wt of
PortUnd. Ilea between the Wlllam
ecta Kivar and the Coaat Mountain,
and vat-e la altlcur from IM to lw
feet above ara leveL The aased valu
ation Jf t. county Is over r.T.OW.OXV
Tfnportat!on facllltlew ar offered by
te (toutrern Pacific Railway and the
Willamette and TamhlU rivers, and the
Oregon KJeitrlc la under bond to build aa
far a slOllnnvllla. Rural mall route
and talrphon line reach every aecUoa
ef lee county from the towns and villas
l.x-aled at convenient distances throufh
out the county, so that there are few
taolat.-d nooks, and no community can
be found where there are not food
.-hooI and a church within easy dis
tance. Vast tcrsict. th heritage of th early
pioncens un.ier the donation land law
baa been aubdlr'd-'d. aod these acre;
III fertile. ar bcomlnc th homes of
farmers and fru:t m.-n from other cate.
It la estimated that new fa mill.
bav located In TamLlll County durioa;
tha last I." month.
An cilr.l criterion of the frowth
and development of a community l the
Increased business don by Ita bank.
TamM'l Oinl? bast 13 bank. Two lie
Vmnvlile barke are ln.-lw!"d In tha
eve bank of ur'n vki surplus and
prof!: amount to more than their capital
to.-k. Tr-e t'mted Htate National of
McMtr.ov'.ila fcs ttie th bank catablleed
la the coonty. Tb Increase In the
ben kmc business) tn the county ha been
cult marked, as hown by a comparison
of the Autumn report In t1) wltli those
mad tn the Autumn of VTA. of whlcb the
foUowlcaT I aummary:
repast's II." M ll'i Ml
l.oana snd tneeieit. lJ:Ji I.HI M
A.st eble ee.n T-MTIJ 1 9-
. etxiel. sars.ea. previa
The Willamlna State Bank was or
;wie4 .n- ! and la not hr-luded In
th aummarlea of that year. Neither haa
tha new United States National of Mc
Mlnnvllle been Included In either report
Of the II Dense) of the county three axe
t McMlnnvllle, two at both Newbers;
and Sheridan and one each at Carlton.
North Tamhlll. Dayton. Arulty and Wil
lamlna. In the bulMIn; of permanent hlchways
tbta county I outclassed by none, and
th irood roada serve the farmers well In
enablinr; them to reach the markets and
shipping points) with their produce at any
season of tl.e year, i'or several year
there baa bera more or le road build
in;, tha material used beir.it. principal
ly, crushed rook. Early In 1 the de
mand for permanent roade) became
urgent, and mass meeting at tha Court
house, attended by farmers from every
aectlon. authorised the County Court to
levy a special road tax. Six mill waa
the levy for that year. and. with the ad
dition made from the general fund. tiCO.
oo waa espended for roods) and bridges
In IX. The special levy for roads for
l:o wss &4t nulla, and a aum totaling
tw." baa been spent for made and
brlilgr during tha laat 13 month. One
feature of the highway Improvement I
the replacing of numerous wooden cul
verts with earth fille. Many wooden
bridges bav also been replaced by steel
pans rreting on concrete.
Land value throughout Tamhlll County
have shown a marked advance during the
year, recent salca Indicating an Increase
In va'u of 2S per cent over one year
ago. tatlee of farm lands, at prices rang
ing from M' n acre for "brush land."
up to f'.r-O for cultivated land without
farm building, are Indicative of the pre
vallnx price, th value of Improvement)
and buildings, of course, being factors,
ti nall tract planted to orchard or hop,
and tre.-t sdlornt to the principal
towns; bring rendily from tl0 to V an
acre. While orchard land has heretofore
attracted merely peeving notice, the sale
of a -acr tract near McMinnvlIle l.st
Spring to aa aprlgrower front Ohio,
for i:i). is significant of the demand
for fruit acrea go. Thl land u planted
to apple In I:k and contained oo build
ings Th largest apple orchard on the Coast
le In Yamhill County, the natural bome
of th apple where there I no need
of Irrigation, and where the regularity of
the cropv Ita abundance and Ita quality
trs factor certa'n to pronots Te-ialty
la applegrowlrg. The profit In growing
appies hare ha been demonstrated very
often. From 0 U-ycar-old Rom beauty
trees, occupying a little over one-half an
acre oo the farm of P. W. Wallace two
miles- north of McMlnnvllle. the owner
picked eight boxe a tree, or Xto boxea.
He sold most of these at 12. M a box.
Ieductlng the cost of cultivating, spray
ing and marketing the fruit, Mr. Wall
ace') net profit averaged at least S3 a
box. oc at the rate of more than j:0 an
acre for a comparatively young orchard.
Parallel case might be mentioned. At
tiie State Horticultural Fair, bald In
Portland In 19u?. Yamhill apple grown
and exhibited by D. C VanDom. presi
dent of tlie McMlnnvllle Fruit Union, took
five Of the silver cups offered. Mr. Van
Iorn taking more prises for hi apple
than any other exhibitor.
Thl county give the prune deserved
prominence by having the largeat prune
orchard In the world within Its borders.
Here the prune bears) lioavily. and prune
orchard return a profit of from 1100 to
UO an acre annually. The use of prunes
a a substantial table commodity elimi
nates all danger of an over-production.
Tamhlll (eiunty cherries) follow prun
growlng closely In Importance, and they
have been famous for a generation. Thl
county was awarded a grand weeptakes
cup at one of the Willamette Valley
Cherry Fair held In S.ilem. Indicating
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
of Oregon Cltr. Oregon. .la th oldest bank In Cluckam
County, having been opened for business In 1MI. This bank
ia been tinder th em management from It opening day
until the present time, and we feel a pardonable pride In Ita
growth, strength and pro-perltv. In soliciting patronage we
offer (he prestige of a strong bank with nearly thirty yeara'
experience, aa a guaranty that mattera entrusted to ua will
b bandied In a businesslike, safe and conservative manner.
rksrtea H. f aaneld.
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fieek A. Ilardlag,
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Cashier.
THE OLDEST BANK IN THE COUNTY
A. F. Bebewley.
B. Kapseaaeaaer.
W. F. Schooley & Co.
REAL ESTATE
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Headdeaee rheae 17X
Oregon Oty, Oregon
nUlsboro is just entering: upon an era of great prosperity,
i dno treft of Portland 20 miles on 6team and electric roads,
32 trains daily.
Hillsboro city government just installed, has pledged
itself to hard-surface streets and sewerage.
Hillsboro haa a new three-story fire-proof hotel with all
modern conveniences, unexcelled (except as to size) in the
Willamette Valley.
Hillsboro has 'four banking institutions, two National,
one State and one Savings Bank.
Hillsboro has a modern school building costing $45,000,
teaching all grades including a complete high school course.
Graduates admitted to State University.
Hillsboro has recently completed five modern business
blocks and plans are being drawn for others.
Washington, Banner County of Oregon
Washington County is famous for raising fruits of all
kinds, especially Apples, Pears. Cherries and all small fruit,
our county, in competition with all the Northwestern states,
received more prize money than any other exhibitor for
Apples at the Horticultural Show, Portland, Oregon, Novem
ber, 1910. ., ,
Washington County has two milk condenser.
"Washington County is famous for its grains, grasses, hops
and vegetables of all kinds.
Washington County is famous for ONIONS, eight acres of
Beaverdam produced an average of 50,616 pounds to the acre.
Washington County is now building permanent rock roads.
Washington County has NO WASTE LAND, no rocks to
haul off or hard pan to contend with.
. Washington County lands are more productive and mora
reasonable in price than in other communities with the same
advantages.
Washington County raises all her fruits and other crops
WITHOUT IRRIGATION.
The Oregon Nursery Company is located in our county
and has 2000 acres in cultivation.
For Information Regarding
Hillsboro and Washington County
Address Hillsboro Board of Trade
Dr. J. P. Tamieaie, President.
N. H. Alexander, Secretary
INVITES HOMESEEKE
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Us championship among the cherry-growing
sections of the Pacific Coast. In
stances are on record where one well
developed tree of the Royal Aane pro
dured pearly a ton of fruit In a
No resume of the resource) of Tamhlll
County would be complete without a word
regarding the growing of English wal
nut, to which the soil and climate ap-
pear to be especially suited. The Thomas
Prince walnut grove at Dundee, Just
beginning to bear profitably. Is pro
ducing from 14 to tonei of nuts for
the market 'feach year. There has been
In the aggregate more than 2000 acres
planted to walnuts In thlB county In re
cent yeara. the trees not having reached
fPonolmletf fr Psge 5.)
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILLS
Oregon City, Oregon
Blankets
Indian Ribes
An.o Robes
Steamer Rugs
fFEARLESS)
Famous Since 1 864
Flannel Shirts
Mackinaw Clothing
Lumbermen's Goods
Piece Goods, Etc
LARGEST WOOLEN MILLS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
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Head Office of the Oresoa nrserr Co.
ORENCO, OREGON
la tha Home of the
Oregon Nursery Company
The Biggest and Best Equipped Nursery in '
the West If You Want Trees Gome to Us
We Are Picking
Roses Today!
What Are You Doing?
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Come to the land of blooming clover,
Fertile fields with grss all over, '
Climate o mild that all you meet
Will tell you the same, it is hard to beat.
Our peaches are large, our apples red.
The best in the world, so it is said;
Our mills are a wonder, a sight to see,
The water is pure, the air is free.
It has been hinted' as none ever leave,
That this is the GARDEN of ADAM and EVE.
Bat look yon afar and when tired of your roam,
You will find this the place, the land for your
home.
We are willing to tell yon more about this great
country in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, if you
will mention the heading, "WE ARE PICKING
ROSES" and address the
Oregon City Commercial
Club, Oregon City, Oregon.