TITE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1911.
mil attractive do pot In the Northwest.
Six hundred rosebushes bloom during the
Spring and Summer, and many beauti
ful buds and tloituni wer la evidence
during Dwmbr.
In addition to being- the home of the
tate untversttv. Eugene contain the
Northwest school of the Christian
t'hunh known aeatne Eugene Hlble
fntverslty. the Alrmr of Our Lady
cf Vli lorr. a Catholic ichool. two busl
ni n.ll'in. and a thoroughly organ
ised public irhuol mitrni. The High
hchool baa a membership whlh la es
reede.l In Oregon or.ljr by the Port
land high K-t.o-in. and the five graded
a. ho.il butldtr.g. containing about !i
pupils, are crowded, and provision
must soon be made for more room.
tuiftia tin a lara-e number of
rhur.-hes. The I're.by terlan Church.
rontru-ted of atone, la probably the
beat building to be found In a city
of i:uene a ill In the Northwest. The
thrlrtan Church haa a building In
coarse of construction, and the Metho
dist will build during the comlnc
eiirnm.r." A J'.O.OOO Young Men's
Christian Aoaoctatlon building was re
cently completed.
Kttg.no was the flrt rlty outside
of Cortland to pave lis thoroughfare.,
and did not stop until It had many
mite of aplendld streets. In addition
to the paved streets, macadamised roads
have been laid la several tocaltlle.
Kucene owns and operates Its water
systegt. and 1 j-ist completing the In
stallation of a filtration plant that will
have a rsparlty for o').00' people.
T!ie Portland. Eugene A Eastern
Railway, whlrh ('can Its operation In
Kasene ahoal three years ifn, haa paid
dividends from the time tue first car
was run. Through the ro-operatlon of
the company and the clt liens In and
about Kucene. lines have been extended
until It la stated by the manager of
the company that Eugene haa the larg
est numher of miles of streetcar system
lr operation of any city of jta stse In the
t nlted States.
Fprlrs-neld. which Is situated across
the Willamette Klvrr from Eugene. Is
the manufacturing renter of the county,
and as the two municipalities arrow. It
Is believed that this will be tbe manu
facturing center. Eugene and Sprlng
flei.l are connected by three lam
arldces which cross I lie wtilamrtta
althln yards of each other, af
fording facilities for wagon, steam and
electrt.- trains. At no other point on
the Willamette River are three bridges
to be found so close toe-ether. Sprlng
fteld Is practically on both the main
lines of the Southern Pacific and train
coming In on the Natron-Klamath cut
off must pass through Springfield. The
Portland. Kucene it Kastcrn Hallway
haa Just crossed the river, and entered
Spring-field. It Is a question of only
a few months until this extension Is
made Into the HcKerixle Valley, which
llrt east of the mill town.
Cottage Orove Is the largest town
In the Southern part of the county. It
I situated on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and the Oregon A Eastern
Railway has Its terminal grounds there.
Cottage t!rove owns atul operates a
splendid water system. During the
paat few months It has entered the
paved street class. Every year this
little city holds a sweet pea show. As
a result of this probably more beautiful
sweet peas are grown In Cottage Grove
than In any olwr Western town. In
connection with this event, prlxes are
not only given for the finest sweet peas
and the best decorations and floats used
In the annual parade, but for the best
planned and best kept dooryards and
gardens.
Junction City i on the main line of
the Southern Pacific and Is the center
of a rich farming district. The town
Is also In wagonrosd communication
with the Sluslaw Valley, and many
tons of cream, butter and cheese are
brought to Junction City for the cream
eries further down the valley.
A colony of Scandinavian farmers
settled a few years sgo near Junction
Cltv. and established a precedent Tor di
versified farming which has already
'meant much to Lane County. Junction
City has an excellent school system.
Kvery Fall Junction City holds an an
nual pumpkin show. This event really
amounts to an agricultural fair, as
prlxea are given for all kinds of prod
ucts. Coburg Is the site of a large lumber
mill. Coburg Is surrounded by a fine
lot of farm land, and some of the best
orchards In this part of Oregon are
tributary to the little town.
Florence Is the seaport town of Lane.
County, and It has experienced a re
markable growth In the last two years.
Florence Is situated on the Sluslaw
Hay which Is being Improved. The
people tributary to the port of Slus
law bonded their property for $100,000.
which Is being spent In co-operation
with the I'nltcd States llovernment In
enlarging "n1 Improving the Sluslsw
Harbor. The only connection which
Florence has with the Willamette Val
ley and the Interior I a wagon road,
but a permanent survey for a railroad
haa been made from Eugene to the
const city.
In May of every year Florence and
the neighboring country hold a rhodo
dendron festival. This unique event Is
attended by hundreds of people who
make the trip by boat, by wagon, by
automobile, and on foot. At that time
of the year the hills are glorious with
the lovely flower which grows to per
fection In Its natural home.
MANY NEW RESIDENTS
AREJxAINED BY LINN
Farms Are Divided Among New Settlers and Cities Build Up
Rapidly Fine Buildings Are Erected.
i.m Cot TT.
IjfH-ation Central Western Ore
yon. In Willamette Valley.
Area 1.4.50 acres.
Population 21.HZ.
NOT all of Oregon's remarkable
progress during 1I0 and the
month Just closed was made In
the new undeveloped counties. Linn
County was comparatively old a quar
ter of a century ago, but ISIt was the
greatest single year of progress It has
ever experienced.
There haa been a large Immigration
to Lino County during the past 11
months. There has bee a a consequent
unprecedented era of building through
out the county. I. Inn County's cities
and towns have grown wonderfully
and farmhouses hav sprung up on va
cant fields or newly cleared spaces In
wooded tracts, as the big farms of a
pasting era were being subdivided to
support a greater population.
The splrtt of civic Improvement has
been everywhere apparent. More mod
ern and systematic methods have been
railed Into use on the farm. In the
rule and towns there has been rapid
development, many towns adding elec
tric and water plants and sewerage
facilities, while the cities which have
heretofore enjoyed those conveniences
have embarked this year on wholesale
street Improvement, erection of tnunl
ctkal buildings or other Improvements
unthought f even five years ago.
The present unparalleled prosperity
of Ulna County Is Indicated In the Im
proving appearance of every town and
of every farm within Its border. Hut
the prosperous conditions of Its cltl
sens Is nowhere shown more clearly
t.n In the statistics of Its courts.
Purlng the entire year of 110 only
one suit was filed la I.lnn County to
foreclose a mortgage. In 10'. 39 such
suits were filed. Though the number
ef foreclosures ha been growing less
each year, since the panic of the early
'Hi. this year's lone numeral break
all record. More mortgages are be
Irg made now than formerly, as more
b:lne.s enterprises are being launched,
fc i' business ventures are proving sue
cVfut. f r men have the money te
meet rhetr obligations when they fall
due. Ten years ago 4 actions at law
ware filed In the Clrrult Court of this
county to recover money, and In ll
only - 2 such cases were Instituted.
Notwithstanding the big Increase In
populat the number of legal actions
for recwery of money Is only about
J per rent of the average annual num
ber of soch cases from lit to 10S.
The banks of Linn County also tell
the story of progress. A little more
than a year ago there were only six
banks in Linn County, two at Albany
and one each at Lebanon. Brownsville,
liarrlsburg and Sclo. Now there are
1. Two new banks have been estab
lished In Albany, one In Lebanon and
one In H-Usev. while the other Lebanon,
bank has developed from a private
banking Institution Into a National
bank. Not only has each of these new
banks started out with a good business
but all of the olJ banks In the county
have also Increased their deposits ma
terially and the amount of bank depos
its per capita Is now higher In Linn
Countv than at any former date In the
county's entire history.
Receipts In every postoffic In Linn
County snow a material gain over
those of a year ago. In some office
the gain In receipts during the months
of It over the corresponding periods
ef 10 ts as high a ) per cent, and
tbe average gain I over 10 per cent
In almost all of the postofflces of the
county. Rural free delivery routes
show a remarkably heavy Increase In
the amount of mail matter handled and
new routes are also being established,
owing to the Increase of population In
farming communities.
The big farms of early days in Linn
"ounty are now passing with a bygone
jsdusirlal era. Immigration and di
versified farming are the factors pro
luclng this change, which portends
great things for this county, for Linn,
while It possesses many most valuable
natural resources. Is primarily an ag
ricultural county.
Ten years ago the ' average Linn
County farm embraced at least Io
acrss, anl a great many farmers had
ranches of from 100 to 400 acres. There
were many even larger. In the last
few years the tendency toward subdi
vision of these large farms has been
rery marked and now many farmers,
and particularly those living near the
cities and towns, cultivate consider
ably less than 100 acres each.
Immigration Is In part responsible
for this subdivision of the big farms.
People from Eastern and Middle West
ern states, who ar accustomed to
small farm, seek only a small tract
when locating In the Willamette Val
ley, where soil and climatic conditions
are most conducive to profit In small
farming, and then cultivate their tracts
scientifically, utilising the land to Its
fullest extent. The filling up of the
country with new people has naturally
caused smaller farms, hut the Ideas of
scientific agriculture -which these new
comers have brought with them, have
accomplished more than the number of
Immigrants.
The growth of thl Idea of diversified
farming Is the chief cause of this dawn
ing era of small farms In this central
portion of the Willamette Valley. For
the fact has been thoroughly proven
that diversified farming means greater
profit per acre and requires less land.
Farmers In this county for half a cen
tury raised only wheat, and perhaps
some oats, for market and grew Just
enough hay to feed the stock needed
on the place. Now they raise both hay
and stock for market and the Idea of
growing wheat, year after year, on the
same field without alternating crops Is
rapidly disappearing. New crops have
been tried and found successful. Clover
raMIng has become a popular Industry
In I.lnn County within the last five
year and the annual yields of vetch
and alfalfa in this county are increas
ing rapidly.
Hut dairying and poultry-raising have
become the leading adjuncts of diversi
fied farming In IJnn County. Kvery
railroad station In the county now has
r sktrnmlrg station or eream. collect-
Ins; rout for the city creameries. The
exnortatlon of eggs and chickens has
also assumed remarkable proportions.
Raising of blooded stock Is fast be
coming an Important Industry. The de
mand for draft horse here far exceeds
the supply, and Linn County I fur
nishing hundreds of big horses every
year for the PorUand and Seattle mar
kets. Hog; raising ts also proving a
profitable industry and last year big
exportation of blooded sheep were
made to. the markets of the Middle
West.
The standard of stock In this county
Is being Improved rapidly and Linn
County now boast as many if not
more high-grade animals than any
county in the state. Many farmer have
Imported blooded horses, cattle, hogs
and sheep and breeding of good stock
ha become a leading adjunct of scores
of farms. Llnn County stock and poul
try have been prlxe-winners at every
fulr In the Pacific Northwest this year.
Many stockmen have won big prlxes
with their leading breeds of livestock.
The experience of breeders Is typified
by that of Ed Schoel, who conduct a
stock and poultry farm near Albany.
Schoel began exhibiting 10 year ago.
when he entered one hog at the Oregon
State Fair. Since then he has been ex
hibiting every year and has gradually
Inoressed the slxe of his exhibits until
for the past four years he has taken at
.least a carload of stock and poultry on
a tour of the leading fairs of the North
west. Last year he won IV" 40 ,n prize
money with an exhibit of hogs, sheep
and poultry. In each of the past four
year he haa cleared more than 1100 In
prise money above his traveling, ex
penses. Hardening Is also an Important In
dustry In Llnn County. Its rich bot
tom lad raise vegetables unexcelled
for slxe and quality and thousand of
bushels of potatoes and large quantl
tlc of onions, celery, melons and other
vegetables are exported annually. Ber
ries, the equal of any grown, are raised
here and o many tlrst-clas straw
berries are raised and exported annu
ally from the rich Santlam bottoms
that Ichanon can Justly claim the title
of the "Strawberry City."
While all line of farming hve pro
gressed In Llnn County In the past
year by far the greatest farming de
velopment In Linn County In 1910 was
In the fruit Industry. For several
years past the Increase in commercial
orchards In this county has been
marked. A few years ago very few
orchard were operated on a real com
mercial basis. Systematic, scientific
rare of trees and fruit were almost un
known. Now the latest Improved
methods of horticulture are In vogue.
Old orchard are being cleaned up and
cared for properly and new one are
being developed. Several commercial
orchards have been established In the
last four or five years and some of
them are now comlig Into bearing.
While the greatest Increase ha been
In apple orchard, many cherry, peach
and pear trees are being set out and
walnut growing 1 becoming popular.
Prune-growlng has been a prominent
Industry here for several years.
But while these smaller commercial
orchards have been growing In number,
the crowning achievement of the past
year ha been the launching of proj
ects for the largest orchards in tho
entire world In Llnn County. Experi
ments have shown that the mil of the
foothills of the east central portion of
thl county I excellent for apple cul
ture and It 1 now planned to utilise
thousand of acre of Llnn County land,
heretofore used only for goat-ralslng
and cattle grazing.
The Llnnhaven Orchard Company, a
corporation formed by Albany men. ha
secured 2516 acres in one tract which
It will devote entirely to orchard pur
poses. Thl land lie northeast of
Crabtree and extends northward to
Lacomb. This company will plant all
of this land In fruits, principally ap
ples, and will cultivate the orchards
until they are five years old and then
sell them In 5-aere or 10-acre tracts.
The work of clearing the land for this
purpose Is now under way and the
planting of the trees will soon begin.
The Llnn County Orchard Company
was organized here thl Fall and will
handle a project similar to that or the ,
Llnnhaven Company. A tract embrac
ing about I6"0 acres, lying northeast
of Lebanon and Just south and east of
the Llnnhaven tract, has been secured
by this company. The Ideal Fruit
Colony, which embrace 40 acres and
which launched the first project of
this kind undertaken here, ha already
planted almost all of it land and ha
It trees growing. Theso orchard proj
ects not only mcn an luimonse In
crease In the fruit yield of this county,
but a each five-acre tract will upport
a family they also assure a big In
crease in population.
IJnn County' greatest natural re
source I Its timber, for the entire
eastern part of the eonnty. which ex
tend eastward to the summit of the
Cascade Mountains. Is covered with one
of the very finest timber belts In the
entire world. - These mountains also
contain many valuable minerals.
An' Immense waterpower. yet unde-
DONT THINK YOU HAVE SEEN
The Best of Oregon
UNLESS YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE
Willamette Valley
Write the IJnn Benton Real Fstste Co.. at Albany. Oregon, tell
them fully Jl T WHIT 1W W.T. They will answer fully and tell
you Just what they have to offer for the amount you expect to Invest.
A diversified Fruit and talry section and irrigation not necessary.
Write today.
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We Would Like to Show You
We have for Bala large stock ranches, fruit
ranches, farms, and city property of all kinds:
also timber lands. Call on us, or write and wo
will answer all questions.
The City of Albany Is the Hub
of the Great Willamette Valley
Tebault Real Estate Co., Inc.
Office) Down Street From the Depot
Albany, Oregon.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON
THE HUB OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Population 70OO; ha about IS passenger trains
dally: hss about SO manufacturing establishment and
four banks a thriving little town. Albany Is In the
hesrt of one of the most fertile valleys In the I'nlted
States. Land around Albany ranges from 130.00 to
$1,000 per acre, according to location and Improve
ments. If you are looking toward the 'West and r.
desiring Information, write for booklet and printed
matter and ask all the question you delre. aj 1 will
cheerfully answer all questions to the best ol my
ability. I am your for business.
J. A. HOWARD, ALBANY, OREGON.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO A
EAWY
: There's a Reason;
It Is the Natural Commercial Center of the WiUamette ValleyThe Point Where the Lines
of Transportation Cbnverge-Albany Is the Crossroads for Railway Traffic in Six Directions,
Besides Enjoying Steamboat Transportation to Deep-Sea Ships at Portland, 80 Miles Distant
County Seat
of Linn County
Four Banks
with Over Two
Millions of
Deposits
Five Miles of
Bitulithic
Street Paving
Public Library
r ffar 1
The HULAM
Thirty
Passenger
Trains Daily
Three Graded
Public
Schools,
High School,
Albany College,
Academy,
Hospital
Albany is in the midst of a region adapted by nature to the
successful raising of fruit. ,
The natural conditions fur dairying around Albany are not
excelled anywhere. A dairy expert declares that the Willam
ette Valley, of which Linn County is the center, is destined to
become one of the largest stock countries in the world.
Linn County contains in its eastern section one of the finest
bodies of standing timber in the world. Albany is the natural
outlet for this vast forest.
A variety of activities, including Bee Culture, Poultry Raising,
Truck Farming, may be engaged in by the fortunate resident
of this region. For further information address
Albany Commercial Club, Albany, Or.
veloped. 1 one of the county' most
valuable assets, for It assures many
manufacturing Industries In the future.
The Santlam River, with Its two big
fork and many branches: the Cala
poola River, Thomas Creek and Crab
tree Creek are -all large streams tra
verslhg Llnn County, and these rivers
and their numerous mountain branches
afford vast power. The Willamette
River, navigable most of the year as
far south as Albany, forms the west
ern boundary of the county.
Llnn County has almost 200 miles of
railroad, being traversed by the main
lines of the Southern Pacific and Cor
valli & Eastern system and by the
Woodburn - Natron and Albany-Lebanon
branche of the Southern Pacific.
And the year Just closed has witnessed
the completion of plans for new rail
roads which will open a greot deal of
splendid country now without trans
portation facilities. The new cut-off.
seven miles In length, on the Wood-burn-Natron
branch of the Southern
Pacific, was completed from Crabtree
to Ibsnon this year and placed In
operation recently. This was all of
the new road actually laid In the
county during 1910. but during the
year complete surveys have been made
for the construction of the Oregon
Electric line across the county and sur
veys were made and rights of way se
cured for the Albany & Interurban,
which will run an 80-mile loop line
out from Albany over the western cen
tral portion of Llnn County. The Al
bany & Interurban line will run from
Albany to Sweet Home by way of Leba
non and the South Santiam Valley and
will return from Sweet Home by way
of Holley and Crawfordsville and
down through the Calapoola Valley to
Brownsville. This proposed line will
open up a country wonderfully rich In
timber and In dairying and fruitgrow
ing possibilities.
Llnn County's educational facilities
have kept pace with the county's prog
ress along other lines. This county
has a fine Bystem of country schools,
many with full high school courses,
and its cities and towns offer the best
of educational advantages. Almost
every town In the county has Increased
its scholastic equipment in the past
year. Albany has erected a new 160.000
high school: Lebanon has built a .40,
00C structure; a magnificent new build
ing has been built at Brownsville, and
many other towns and rural districts
have erected buildings, built additions
or added to their school equipment. In
stitutions of higher education in Llnn
County are Albany College, a well
known institution with a standard col
lege course, and the Academy of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, a Catholic
seminary for young women at Albany.
Llnn County lies in the very heart of
the Willamette Valley, 80 miles south
of Portland. The county is about 40
miles wide and 150 miles long and con
tains approximately 2400 square miles.
Within the borders of Linn County
are nine incorporated cities and towns
and many smaller villages. The in
corporated cities and towns are Albany,
the metropolis and county seat; Leba
non, Brownsville, Harrlsburg, Scio,
Halsey, Waterloo, Sodaville and Sweet
Home. Smaller prosperous villages and
trading points are Lacomb, Crawfords
ville, Holley. Shedds, Tangent. Tall
man, Plalnvlew, Berlin, Foster, Shel
burn, Lyons. Thomas and Crabtree.
All of Linn County's cities are both
growing rapidly and making many im
provements. In the last two years
Albany has paved 38 blocks with hard
surface pavement. There was more
building in the business district of Al
bany last year than ever before. Be
sides the completion of the $60,000
high school, a $40,000 armory has been
erected and several large business
blocks and warehouses have been con
structed. Lebanon, the county's second city,
has also experienced a great growth,
and Brownsville, with the awakening
of the rich Calapoola Valley at Its
doors, is growing rapidly. Harrlsburg,
Halsey. Sclo and the other towns of
the county grew materially In 1910.
and with a record of its greatest year
of progress behind It. Llnn County has
entered the present year with pros
pects of even greater growth, prog
ress and prosperity.
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1 10 Miles South of Portland on the Main Line of
Southern Pacific Railroad in the
HEART OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Freight Division Point All Trains Stop
Over six miles of cement curbing and three miles of cement walk
built last season. Six miles of street improvements under construc
tion. Twenty-four hour electric power service.
Graded and High schools, churches and all the various secret so
cieties. Good opportunities in many lines of business.
Surrounding country adapted to general farming, fruit, dairying,
poultry, and truck gardening. The quality of our land is unexcelled,
yet this section has not been exploited and prices are low.
Large timber and lumber region tributary to town. A recent K.
11". survey from Junction City to the coast passes through this timber
region.
Junction City w ill be on main line of J. J. Hill's Oregon Electric
Kail way.
Live Commercial Club of 100 members.. Write the secretary for
further information.