TIIE MOltNTXfl- ORFGOyiATf. THUItSDAY, .MAT 25, 1911.
10
CROOK
COUNT
T
District With Prineville as Main
City Is Larger Than Dela
ware cr Neiv Jersey.
INFLUX THERE IS GREAT
rtlle Vallrjs Abound and 3:e
tropollr Section Is Center of
farms With line Future.
Industry Prevails.
By ADDISON BENNETT.
PTUNEVrLX. Or.. May 17. Speclal.)
Crook County, of which Prlnevllle l
the county seat, la ths fourth county In
area in Oregon, being exceeded In slse
by Haratr. Malheur and Lake, but the
latter county la only a few square miles
larger. The area la 'lit square miles,
or .$41.S4t acres. There are four
states In the Union, each of which Is
smaher than Crook County Connecti
cut. Lxjlaware. .Nw Jersey and Khode
Island. I lire these facts to show
what a vast domain PrlnevIKe domi
nates: but area dots not count for
much unless It Is occupied. However,
i'rook is being oecupTed. her lands bee
ins; ukn up faster than those ot any
ot.-.er county In Orrson. as the recent
rcr.iLi w:;L show. In 19u'J Crook had j
a population or or praciu-ai
y one
prsn to each two square miles: by
trie recent census her popii:Stton Is
given ss lti. showing a gain of 13i
per cent, which was greater than that
made by any other county In Oregon,
Kven Multnomah. In which Port. and is
situated, and which made what was
; considered a phenomenal growth,
gained 111 per cent, or 17 per cent less
tnan Crook.
Value Increase Rapidly.
But I do not think fiess figures do
"rok JutK-e. for I b-lleve ths Influx
of population sines ths taking of the
census last year has been fir la ex
cess ef that of any former year. And
that the Inhabitants ars becoming
more prosperous year by year Is shown
by tlie Increase In taxable property,
wht.-h has srl.n from leas rhan H.uoo.
eo a few years ato to S9.199.00S In
!!. the amount for this rear not be
ing available. But It will show an
enormous Increase.
And these figures ars based upon a
ru.tivated area of only lon.o.0 acres,
which amount has been Increased so
rapidly that It Is difficult even to guess
st anything like the res! figures ntns
e.4lmates out Of W would be too low.
prlnevli'.e Is the capital of an em
pire, but her survival, growth and pros
Parity will not depend upon her politi
cal position: these must come about
tnrouch her tributary country, from
' the products of ths soli. No matrer
what advantage her geographical posi
tion gives her: if the country tributary
d'is not go on growing and prosper
ing ths town cannot prosper without
rcomlnr "topheavj as is eaul of
' plv-es aullt up bv boom met'io.ls.
for two days I have been going over,
the countv within a radius f ; or 10
miles, and I have sen enough to con
vince ms that little la known oy
avrrage eltuen of Oregon about this
section. And I shall tr In plum lun
xtiaice tt give the reader an Idea of
I rlncvll.e s position la relation to ths
surrounding country.
1m ValW-js lie Near.
I mentioned the other dar that the
city lies In ths valley of ths Crooked
Kiver. st the Junction of tbs Oehoco,
a stream flowing In from ths asst. This
creek is almost as large as the river.
Then Just west of town McKay Creek
, flows In from the north, so the town
Is In tml at the Junction of these tlires
streams.
Tne altitude hers Is about S'OO feet.
The Vsliey proper In ahl.-h the town
Is situated Is perhaps 11 miles long by
three or four wlJe. but those figures
d not give any Idea of ths extent of
the valley land, for the Ochoco Valley
t some H miles long, ths McKay and
frookd rivers as long or longer, and
then there ars numerous other small
streams smptylng Into these, up es.-h
of which you wl.l find other fins val
leys. That much as to tfca valley lands,
large areas of which ars In alfalfa,
and almost all of which Is urder Irri
gation. Put It is ths bench land that
w:,l. I believe, bring greater prosperity
te Its holders than any other, and I
shell try ar d describe a trip I havs
Jut taken through about 40 miles of
these lands -0 miles out by one road,
ar.d a Ilka distance back by another
reate.
S.nce coming here, the Commercial
Club offlesrs and members havs been
a;as at my elbow, aver facer to
h-w me over the country. Autos havs
len placed at my disposal, and people
s-t with me to point out ths "lay ot
e land." And 1 shall tell you first
'of this one trip of 40 miles to ths wet
cf t.-wn. along what Is called the Pow
e I Hutte s'Ctlon, Pilot Butts poato.'flcs
being the farthest point reached,
line Farms la View.
The road from ths town and valley
Winds around and up a butts southwest
of here, this road being one of tas best
1 havs seen in ths Interior. The grade
Is prsttv uniform at about per cent,
and within two miles you are on ths
second neaciv, among the Junipers. As
you reach the sunui-.it you can see off
In the dlatar.ee. to the
e.-ist. many fins j
firm war ip on ths mountain stdt-s.
DOMAN
a ti.ough they are not as fclic.v as they
loek T. 1L La Fo.letie. one of ths
wealthy and progressive citizens of
rnneville. was with ms. and he pointed
cut his old homestead, taken more than
59 years aru. and tne original William
son ranctk. ukfo soon after. And
ari-und these ars many fine f.irms.
murn of It being In wtiest or rye.
P-.sliW were shown where 30 bushels of
wheat to ths acrs ars ths rule, and this
wtui aa avsrsgs rainfaai ot a routes 10
tn res sometimes as much as 14
And up many of ths coves. In many
proper exposures, ars fins orchards. As
I wrtte tais letter I have before me
some ece Newtown Pippins raised on
the La Kolirtte place, and ro better
specimens, no better flavored fruit, caa
te found anywhere. Here It Is May IS.
and these apples are as sound and firm
as tcy were when picked, from the
ts last Ka l. And they have had no
aar.raea of eoUl storage: have Just
bn s,-pt in an ordinary ce.lar throufa
the Winter.
-And it Is cnlv fair to asy hers that
tie people of this section do not say
taat rrmev.He will ever bs ths center
cf great fruit Industries. But they do
ev. and ass prove. trat there are
tsoueaads of acres adapted to ths rate
leg of hardy fruits sad berries, and
there will always bs aa abucdarws f xr
oorae consumption, with possible Itm
l?ei amounts of ths best sreoi.-r.rne for
export. Kvery Iscdowrer can raise al!
tv e frnlt he needs, and with less trouh.s
fighting ths peets tlan anost aay oth
sr plsce In Oregon.
Aa raa a.ong ths foottlila, al-
ways through or near the Junipers, we
saw many sew fields betes; cleared and
seeded, and many new houses wera ba
ins; erected and scores of families liv
ing la tents' ar.d wagons and wheat
fields In every direction. And how well
the yours- (rain looked. There had not
been much rata for some time. tA fl:is
raia has since fallen.) But the train
did not seem to need it. Lbs ground be
Ire in such fine tilth cultivated and
cultivated until It was as Use as an
ash heap.
And this Is in what Is termed a dry
farm I us; section, for there Is no water
on the lands I havs mentioned. I shall
come to the Irritated areas later. For
about 13 miles- we rode Inrougn tr.ese
fields, which brought as to the ditch,
or one of ths d.tches. of ths D. X. P.
Co. Then we turned to the north for
a couple of mlli. thence back to town
throuith the Irrigated section, or much
ot the way. for we came back Into town
down the grade first mentioned.
Now. I am going to attempt to draw
a pen picture of a new home among ths
Junipers, which will be typical of dox
ens ilk I havs seen on this trip scores
of them.
The land Is pretty level: ths Junipers
pretty thick. The first thing the settler
must do Is to get rid of tr.e Junipers.
Tnts can best be done by pulling them
with an ordinary stump puller, for ths
roots ars not deep. To clear an acre
In that way and plow It ready for
planting costs around 110 an acre,
sometl.'nes a little more In extreme
cases, where ths growth ot trees Is
large and tnelr number great, as much
as f IS an acre. If the homesteader Is
not forehanded enough to hlrs a few
acres cleared, ha can go at It himself
with an ax, and simply chop the trees
down and plow around the stumps,
which can bs pulled later. In this' way
two days' hard work will clear an acre.
In ths meantime ths homesteader is
living in his wagon or in a tent. Ths
first land cleared Is planted to a gar
den, potatoes being the dominating
crop. Then as many acres aa possible
to grain.
Transformation Is Complete.
Wi wlU taks a place entered upon
last year. The family Is still living In
the tent. A doxen or 20 a eras are
cleared, and this Is In grain, with as
fine a etanrt. as good color as you ever
; saw. ms garaen paten is reaoy mr i
' seeds and plants, the potatoes are
' planted, a few fruit trees have been set
, out. perhaps some berry bushes, a small
i patch of strawberries, chickens in pien-
! i) can
two Is
be seen, most likely a cow or
grailng In ths edge of ths Ju
nipers.
Now try to Imagine these few acres
carved out of ths Juniper patch, with
Junipers all around It. The land In cul
tivation looks like It had been In crop
for many years, if ths Junipers were
pulled. If they mere cut. and the. stamps
are still to he seen, you can hardly
I make yourself believe that so recently
I ers the trees standi cf. Uis land a por
tion of "the desert.
For one. two. three or perhaps four
yesrs ths settler lives in his tent. He
rr.ay add a floor, ha may wall It up, be
may even add a email section of a
shack to It. But the most of the hardy
homesteaders who are coming to this
section, who sre taking section after
section of ths land described, pay little
heed to the house until they have prac
tically ail of their land In cultivation.
And those ars the sort of people who
win. who will win In any country,
phtho Jtsc- hrahrcllu mfwyp hrdlunu
But I am going farther I am going
to take up one settler, an exceptional,
one I will admit, and tell you what ha
has done In eight years.
His name Is K. A. Russet. His pises
Is Just north of Pilot Butts postof
tlce. He came here and took up a
homestead. Just east of his present
house. In 190. He was Tery poor, lie
hsd a scrubby team, an old wagon, a
sickly tfe and three children, and one
of the children was also sick a good
deal. After sending his fl.lr.g fees
saay to the land office he had less
than ten dollars to h:s name, and that
bs had earned at Grass Valley as ts
came In.
IW-ctnnlnc Made With Nothing.
Having nothing to live on, ha was
forced to make a little money as he
went along, and this he did by making
the Junlrers Into firewood as hs cleared
his land. He hauled this wood Into
town, seventeen or eighteen miles, and
thus got a few groceries and such
thlnK as were Indispensable. As he
got a little land cleared hs set It to
garden, getting In as many potatoes as
possible. Sometimes he did a few days'
work for ths neighbors, or in town.
But t-.a grubbed away, clearing his
land as rapidly as hs could, until It
was all In cultivation, every foot ot
It. and all under fence.
Then hs went below the ditch. aha!f
mile away, to ths place where he now
lives, and bought 120 acres, 20 ot which
wss too hlsjh for Irritation. His house
Is neat and commodious. By the horss
and buggy stands his wife, who Is Just
going on a visit to a neighbor's- To
the north of ths bouse Is a field of red
clover, about 40 acres I should Judgs.
Thers ars about 0 fins Jersey-Duroc
hogs running on this clover, and Just
a day of two before-mr visit hs Bad
sold 4S head at ten centa per pound,
the average weight being around 200
pounds, the sura received being l'?5.
And they had made their weight prin
cipally off the clover.
Mr. Busset's eldest son. Boss. Is not
yet of ace. but he was anxious last
year to do something for himself. So
Mr. Busset bought him 40 acres of Ir
rigable land near his home. Ross
rieared oft ten acres last Spring and
put It In potstoes. nnd sold the crop
f or SlMO. . The lend cost him S40 an
acre'. Arfl on another four acres, old
er ground. Koss mads ast year 1500.
als- from potatoes!
These statements I belters to be ab
solutely true. Mr. Busset gave them
to me himself, and he Is SAld to bs
absolutely reliable and trustworthy.
He has now. not counting the 40
acres held for his son. his original
homestead of 10 acres, ths 150 acres
bought under the- Carey aot and 10
acres adjoining his homestead, or 440
acres. It la ail fenced and cleared.
most of It has been cropped, much of
It Is now la wheat, and something like
SO seres are In clover and alfalfa. And
tna p'ace ts conservatively worth S20.-
C0. but Mr. Busset says ha would not
think ofaelllng for that sum. Be
sides, he la out of debt, has money In
the bank, and stock worth perhaps a
thousaud dollars or mors.
Farming Is Diversified.
And this brings me .to another phase
astonished me. And that Is that the sue-
I cess of this section does not depend on
any one thing, for it is a country where
diversified farming wl.l meet ths
greatest reward. Every land owner
can raiss all of ths vegetables and all
of the fruits and berries hs Deads In
no section of the stats win cans ber
ries, strawberries and hardy fruits do
better. It will never be a peach coun
try, but grapea ought to bs a profitable
and certain crop. And t am told there
are thousands ot acres ot as good hop
land here aa thsrs ars In ths state. As
a dairy country, this section Is ons of
the best I know of. One man told me
that he sold last Simmer the milk
from tea cows for four months and
received from, ths creamery $400. or
ten dollars a cow's month. In no place
does poultry do better, particularly
turkeys, and as for hogs! Many for
tunes win bers bs mads by raising
porkers.
Our ride horns brought ns through
ths Irrigated section, or rather along
tl s ditch, for several miles. 'Water
from this ditch costs SIT. 30 an acrs.
Ths lar.d Is taken under ths Carey act.
There are thousands and thousands of
acres aow being clesred.
Find Cottman a asw saop.
BUIH GETS LOVING CUP
XAVAI MIIaTTIA. OFFICERS HOX
OR RETIRING CAITAIX.
Former Navigating Offlocr, Gnwt at
Banquet, Frgfa That Harmony
Be Maintained.
"Back your superiors In 'all orders.
to not Jadps ths shortcomings of each
othsr hastily and above all things
work for ths Orea-on Naval Militia.
With ths start It has lit obtalnlns; one
of the finest ships sllotted a state by
the United States Navy, and having an
organization of plrkid men. the Ore
Kon organisation will take rank as a
leader In this connirv." This was the
parties' advice and prophecy of Captain
John i Blaln. former navigating of
ficer. Captain Blaln .was guest of
honor at a farewell dinner at the Ore
gon Grill last nia-bt.
Captain Blaln'a remarks Inspired a
motion that aa official communication
he sent to Governor West, setting forth
that mutiny In the stats's naval force
is at an ejid and every member of ths
staff pledges himself to strive for the
upbuilding of the organlaatlon.
grouped about -the table. - at which
Captain Speler prealded aa ranking of
ficer, were ten eaecctrvea of ths Port
land divisions of toe Oregon Naval 111
UUa. National flags. Is which ths stars,
bars and anchor were tntardrapad.
formed a aackarrooad at the) has & of
tne tab).
Vrhlle vhe deparrnra ot Caprntn TWstn
Inspired his eoznrades to words of im
preiutfT farewell, his trxfmwtioo to atH
lsa all saur frits tn advanrlsr tbe. mili
tia pro-red timety. as it was followed by
aa -ajvnorru cement that the cruiser Boa
ton would be in raswUnesa for delivery
at tbe Brsmsrum Nav-r-Tard about
Jtme IS. and that "besides ths officers
tlaere would be 1 y " j. f xha
A Correction
there were in current use in this city 40,420,630 INCANDESCENT LAMPS. This was an
unintentional misstatement of fact. There are in actual use a little in excess of 8,000,000
candle power in incandescent lamps and as much again in candle power for various other
lamps. There is no disposition on the part of this compuany to exaggerate. Its facilities
for providing adequate service are so great that the mere announcement of facts covers all
the ground we deem advisable. We trust our quick correction of the misstatement will be
sufficient.
F. W. HILD,
. General Manager
33,638 CAR
Around the world 369 times in one year !
This means that if one car had traveled the full distance that all of our 501
passeng'er cars ran during' the year 1910, that one car would have traveled the
equivalent of the distance around the world more than once every day!
We have 501 cars. A certain percentag'e of them, of course, are in the re
pair shop all of the time. By the end of the Summer the company will have re
ceived 90 more cars. This will maKe a total g'reater than the number of cars
in Seattle or Los Ang'eles, about equal to San Francisco and considerably more
than Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We have 247 miles of tracK.
The total rated horsepower capacity of all these cars is 58,540, an average
of 100 horsepower per car. You can imagine what a tremendous load is put
upon our power plants during' the rush hours, when all available cars are in
operation, tog'ether with the vast amount of energy being' supplied at the same
time for lig'ht and manufactory purposes.
We have a total of TEN CAR BARNS, SHOPS AND YARDS, where these cars
are housed, repaired and stored, with an ag'g'reg'ate area of 326,727 square feet,
and storag'e room for 535 cars. . . . x
Ninety more cars require more storage room. This is being provided for.
The new barn at Piedmont will have an area of 21,250 sq. ft. Another at Sell
wood, 57,536 square feet. A new AnReny barn will accommodate 110 cars. Be
side these, we have in contemplation the erection of repair shops on East Sev
enteenth street, from Rhone street to Mall street, with an area of 608,000 sq. ft.
The prospective plans for the new repair shops contemplate the necessary
equipment for installing' a car building' factory. This will mean the building'
of our own cars, instead of having' to spend vast sums in the Eastern cities for.
th'is purpose. ,, '
Without fear of contradiction, we believe that no large company on the Pa
cific Coast is doing' as much to prosper its home city as this company is doing4
for Portland.
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PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO.
local divisions and a like number from
the Coos Bay divisions to bring the fa
mous vessel to Portland.
Captain Speler made -a feeling talk,
preceding the presentation to Captain
Blaln of a silver loving cup, on which
was the Inscription: "Presented to Cap
tain John- F. Blaln ty the officers of
the Oregon Naval Reserve In token of
their respect and esteem. May 24, 1911."
Attached was aa engraved card setting
forth much ths same sentiment and the
names of Lieutenant-Commander
Speler. Lieutenant-Commander Ed
wards. Lieutenant-Commander Wolf,
Lieutenant-Commander Albert Capron,
Lieutenant O. J. Blomberg, Lieutenant
Fred Papa, LleutenanU Junior grade
Fred W. L. Humphrey and W. F. Bous
chor. Chief Boatswain Otfo Staron and
Chief Ounner H. B. Maltby.
rm) Tialr Is of that eolor. sajs a scientific
JournaJ. because ft haa In Its composition
a larger proportion or sulphur . than black
hair.
A Poor Weak Woman
As she is termed, will endure bravely and patiently
agonies which a strong man would give way under.
The (act is women are more patient than they ought
to be under such troubles.
Every woman outht to know that she may obtain
the most experienced medical advice frit of chart
and in aisolut confident and privacy by writing to
the World's Dispenssry Medical Association, R. V.
Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y. -Dr. Pierce
has been chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., for
many years and has had a wider practical experience J
. in the treatment of women 's diseases than any other physician in this country.
His medicines are world-famous for their astonishing efficacy.
The most perfset remedy ever de-vised for weak end deli
cats woman js Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG.
SICK WOMEN WELL.
The many and varied symptoms of woman's peculiar ailments ere fully set
forth in Plain English in the People's Medical Ad-riser (1008 psges), a newly
revised and up-to-date Edition, cloth-bound, will be sent oa receipt ot Al
cent stamps to pay cost of wrapping end mailing saj. Address as above.
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TIRED OF LIFE, 111 DIES
EXGIVEER. COMMITS SUICIDE AS
HE WALKS WITH MOTHER.
"I Am Tired of UfefM Cries Ernest
Hesse, of Boise, as He Wblps Re
volver From Pocket and Flrea.
BOISE. Idaho, May 24. (Special)
Selecting the dead of night and an Iso
lated spot near the homestead, Ernest
Hesse, a prominent civil engineer,
while In company with his mother.
committed suicide by shooting himself
inrougn the head, forcing his terror-
stricken mother to stand guard over
As a result -of his unfajiiiliaxity with
the technical terms in common use
among the employes of a large Power
System, our advertisement writer, in
the columns of this paper, stated that
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the prostrate body until the dawn of
morning before she could secure assist
ance. The suicide was evidently premedi
tated. Hesse Is a brother of one of
Boise's most prominent Jewelers and
had been engaged in engineering in
Mexico and Alaska, returning to Boise
from the latter place some time ago
to reside with his mother . near Mora
Station, some distance from here, until
she could prove up on her homestead.
Mrs. Hesse bad been to Boise shop
ping, leaving her son on the home
stead. She took the train back and
MI
baking immx
Crescent saves on eggs in
cocking because egg-albumen
is one of its component
laits.
Full Pound 25c
Crescent Teas, Coffees, llapleine,
enjoy a well-deserved reputation.
CRESCENT MFG.
he met her at the station. While the
two were stumbling through the dark
towards the homestead, Mrs. Hesse re
marked she was tired.
"So am I, and I am tired of life."
replied her son. Whipping a revolver
from his pocket at the same time, he
shot. Due to the isolation of the home
stead, the bereaved mother was forced
to keep vigil alone over the body until
morning.
Spiders are met with In ths forests of
Java whose webs srs so strons that it re
quires a knlfs to cut through them.
sSMmm
Spices, Flavoring Extracts, Eto
Grocers everywhere sell them.
CO, SEATTLE
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