TITE MOItNTJfG OKEGOXTA. MONDAY. MAY 29, 1911. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST RICH STRIKE MADE GOOD ROADS BUILT MARSHFIELD MILL'S NEW SYSTEM REVOLUTIONIZES LOAD ING LUMBER ON BOATS ON PACIFIC. KEW HOTEL AT NEWPORT REPLACES OLD ONE. f Vein With Free Gold Uncov ered in Lucky Boy. Arrow Rock Project Near Boise to Cost $6,000,000. Jackson County Improving Its Highways in Earnest. 717 ' !: ? - WORK CAMP IS LIKE CITY ACTIVITY TO BE RENEWED BUYS COSTLY MACHINERY 10 -e I H HIGHESTDAMBEGUN 1. i I T n - - - y.- : 1 'i A wnJ. - B ' i i ' i v ' nil l it 3.ine County Mine, Tim I Has IW a l"n p rod actl ve for Y r m r rronil9 Much Life Dar in? the Coming Year. KL'OEXE. Or.. M ir :Sp-!l A r--WirkiMjr rlcU lJjc. th momt tartilnf lr:ke f r-cnt jrr in Ln County, ha bn un,orrr4 at th Lucky Boy Jnlrt at Illue ftlv-r. miles evt of Iisn. Tfcs rovk is hot tJ-.rouKh with Battvs free H. and Is thr4lt'l wttfi !re Tf Is a Mir one and Is probt,i;y th mala Lucky Bnjr l-:dce. which tss b-en the -foal f Piue KiTer miners ror years. It ws ar-covered about two vx-ks by John Hawkio- mon. who 1 one of the old eat and most errinrect prospectors of Southern T' e Lucky f; -y Dilne Is owred by r-ii.-at of I'orclnn.l laptiallnts. among xr.m tir '.rt :xk holders b-!rr O. A Lyman. e rural m -in a err. and Mra. -I.y-m-in. M-4r. er.irst. Jney and I.lSHoy New of tie etrihe ti received In f'or .I.in4 hy Mirutr-r Lyman last Kri.iay. and. aci-ompa r:i4 by hi wife, b" iT at on - to Kucne anj went to 1. ue Hi ver Sa tar-Jay- niomi-ia. .iere men re at one ,t t work cross rutttn and exptortnc the Man arr Ljrman 1 now r-jKy assured of Its jrrmarenry, and Is ruhinc preparations for workin it to Its fur. captt'i:y. The story of lt:e tlrd is uraruatlc In the etrrn. Ovr t-.0i ha been ex Tnci on the development of the !ucky Ji" v. seren tunneis in ail bi r. f d r 1 ven. nt a MUmp ml.l. tofeihrr with hydro-electric jKw.fr plant, hating been Ins sailed. The le!j? upon which these expenrtlt ura wer baa-J. fcow.-tfr. ran cm(. and for several years the Lucky Boy has been known as a busted mine. Pro poet or Ktnl Ind. Ahut two weeks go John 2-1 im klmon, an o'.d prospector of the Uiue liiver dls trli't and at the time In the employ of t Lucky iu.y. took his plik and started out on a proapectlns; trip. He went up the rod to the site of the old building and bj;an prospecting alons; the hillside to the rat of the o(d working, lie on struck Into a cropping and. break Ins; out a pUce of quartz, be found ti to he fairly spark! In with frold. He traced the outcroppins; for some dls tanre to assure Miu-If of Its else, and then returnr-d to th- ramp with several pnnfuls of the ore. This ore was sent to Mar.acer Lyman In Portland, with the rrjuilt of brlmting him to Hlue River. The new Wee was b.nrely missed by on k( the tunnels of tae old worklncs. It has air-i!jr been tra-d for some de- tantA and l as been found to be extreme y rt.-h. M.ners who an familiar with the old worklncs are of the opinion that It Is th main Lurky Hoy ldjce. and tat It was Just mtised by a hair b'-ea.lth by the old-time miners who ran ft onto a vein, and uncovered a blanket and soma pxkets. The discovery of the new ledse means rnred activity at Flue Clver on the -:d-ttme bis: scale. Tt.e bic 4Vstamp mill which wjui put In years ago. will be ready frr operation as soon as It ran be overhauled, and men are now at work repairiric the flume and overhaul- Ira: the machinery of the electric power p ant. Tunnel No. &. of the old work Ir.C. win tap the new Icdc. without the r.oe!ty of dolnx; any preliminary work. Town KxMrtrd to I loom. The little mlntnc ton of I-iue River, which has b-t-n ud ever since the old ldf ran out. is wildly excited over the b'C find, and th prospet of the Imme diate return of the old boom times. Al ready a: I the l.i'. men have been put to work, and other, barlns; of the air ire. avre hurry Ire ba'k. LOGGED-OFF LAND SOUGHT Tlmbrmirn Alrd to I.Ul Tlicra for Colonization Pnroiws. CIIEIIAU.--. Wjh, Mr K. Sr r C!:!rnuin N. R. Co(Imn. of th rxr'Utlv commttt. of th. S.'o!hwt W'Mnct.iB Ivtrimrnt AsBootatlon. .xm -rurf.! Ih. .-rvl-jt rf A- J. Coie. of s-rtl. ti ixt. J th. rrxt wrk vt lt:r t:- mi:';mcn r..t l.jKrm vf IMl .-un t'f t:. .ral to interview tlie-n ti t .ubj".-! of Itntlnc tIr Uit"1 orf r !. either f'r ln-Uvlditl .ettio ir.ent or tr clonisA:i on purpo... Mr. Col. bes.o Ma work to-Ujr. Ha i;i ttt Aber.leo. ICoquUm. luymon.i. S ut?i lentl. roty. tv.tralia. Wtnlock nd other loffina; rentera. and wi:i an .)-or t. .ecura a tentatlra aramnt fro-Tt a m.ny ownera of loirs;e1-ff :.Rii a paalblc. wo tat tha matter rr y ba presented to tha maatln of ta elrtpmeot Aaoclatlin In C?-.ahil J una 1. 2 4kttd I. At tha recant lumbermen', cnaatlnr In 'r.tr,ta tha ml'.inea apraaaail tbarn arivea ta fior of tha projaet. STREETS TO BE UNIFORM totlanc (irote .ihpla Ordlnanrra for Clrlc ImproTcnvrnt. Ci'TT.WK GROVE. Or.. May Zi (Special.) Tha City Council haa decld .0 to adopt a uniform wtdtn for aIl a: reels, parkins, curbs ar.d walk, and an ordinance aisbodylr.a; tt-.la plan haa been prepared. An ordinance waa alao prepared providing- that sMou'.d a nva--rit of the property hoidera of any b.ofk o petition, it-. a Council will ce olara trat block a cement aldewalk dis trict, and require all new walka laid In It to be cf cement. Ti-a Council alao autMorUed tha pur rr.se of a aprlekler waeon and a street sweeper at a cost not to exceed $Ti0. lr. W. W. OK'.ejby was e.ected City ir. Altb OSIcer In place of Pr. Klme. wno tA.lrd to qualify. i:gn lievoriW trfla rw Hopie. KLGIN. Or.. Xt I. Spcla:.) Tl.a :.snn Rt-conir. wr-K-h wj recently pur chased ly E. K!at. will be moved shortly t' tha correr of Ma!n and Fir streets, whera Mr. KU has purchased a bulld:cc from 8. M. Stoufh. publicity tn-tnafer of the La Grande Commercial C uft. X nVal was made trirouitri the v'fum Kealty Ciminv. of Kictn. rrnJlcton to Pate Iorp Mrrrts. PEXPLKTOS. Or, May :S. (SpeclaL) Pendta Is to have IT more blocks ef bltulltMe pavement thla Summer. J-ortlone of Court. Alta and Cntton- wood are lie Lcerout-faxej to be la-(ijMVaJ., Jaaaal' TIIK ABBEY HOl'SE. NKWI-OHT. Or May SS. (Specials Tha old Abbey Hotel, which haa housed Tlaltora to this Summer resort for ti years or more, haa been auperaeded by a modern hotel, which Is now recelelnn the ftntsh-Ina- touches. The formal openlns; of the new Abbey will be held next Saturday, and the event will mark an epoch In the Malory of this re ert. Several hundred Invitations have been Issued and an elaborate dinner will be eerved at 12.30 a plate. The new Abbey, which la owned by P. M. Abbey A Co.. Is built on the atte of the old Abbey, which overlooks Taquina Bay. It la built of concrete blocks, three stories In helfht. and has 100 bedrooms. On the first floor Is a larare lobby, from the broad windows of which the a-uesta have a fine view of the bay. On the rlht Is a larce dining room with seats for 200 diners. Thla la connected by a roomy kitchen equipped with the latest Improved devices for speeding;. Throughout the hotel la handsomely furnished In mission style. Every room la sup plied with hot and cold water and half of thero have private baths. WALLOWA GLOB ARISES COMMKIWIAIj OltfiAXlZATIOX IS nmiti again. Itodj la IScvlied Arirr Vlll of J. J. Sajrr", of Pcvelopmpnt Inpuo. Officers Clion. WALLOWA. Or.. May IS. (Special.) Permanent orcianixatlon of the Wal lowa Commercial Club, the third gr-a-amxation of Its nature In the history of the town, was accomplished at a mectlna; of the business men In the banquet hull of the Oddfellowa Hall. Wcancsdjy night, following the visit of J. J. Sayer. field secretary of the Orrgou Development League, to this city. or fleers elected were: H. K. Driver, president: C. T. McDanlel. vice-president; H. II. Jonas, secretary-treasurer. A second meeting; will be held June 7. The report of the committee on con stitution and bylaws was adopted as presented and a membership committee. consisting; of C. T. Mcl'anlel. K. A. Holme and H. H. Jonaa. was Instructed to solicit membership amonfr the busi ness men of the city and report at the next meeting; with not less than 20 business men signed up as members. Tiie purpose of the organisation Is to further the development of Wallowa and surroundlo? country. The duties of the executive committee are general super vision of the club. The membership committee will aim to Increase and maintain th memberahlp. The com mittee on location of Industries is to btaln new industries for the town and surrounding; country, provide Induce ments for their location and Increase the payroll of established Industries whenever possible. The committee on roads, traffic and Improvement of trade Is appointed to obtain the establishment of roads tributary to the town, the Im provement of established roads. Im provement of transportation facilities, the resrulatlon of frelirht rales and schedules and all benehts tending; to Improve trade conditions In the town. The committee on Immigration and publicity Is to encourage Immigration to the town and surrounding country, urge better cultivation and division of farm tracts, anj have Keneral super vision of ail community advertising; ana publicity. The president and vice-presineni serve without pay. as do all members of committees, but the secretary-treasurer, who has charge of the corre spondence of the club, is exempt from dues and receives a salary ot a a month. Regular meetings are to be held the first Wednesday of every month, and sreclnl meetings will be held at the call of th president. Dues re io cents a month and the member ship fee Is It. The organisation la a member of the Oregon Oevelopmcni Ieagu and Is open to affiliation with any orgnnlxatlon th pnrpos of whlrh Is th development of the Northwest or anv portion tk-reof. Any person Is ellgkble to membership who Is In har mony with the prlnciplea of th or ganisation. COW TESTS SHOW PROFIT Hank Gain Larfrt-ly by Iso oi Pasturage. ' KViRKST OROVK, Or.. May SV (Spe cial.) rl ITlierson. official tester tor the Wa'hlngtpn County Cow Testing: Association, has Just closed Inspect'ns; and testing; the costs In the Banks sec tion. One herd In teat locality, con elaUng of 1 cows, shews that In April tha dalmnen obtained !, cents a pound for butter fat. costing; but 2 cent for producing it. Th average cost per cow was 17.74. and th aver age monthly returns per cow was Iti.jl, leaving a profit of I4.SI per ntmaX The report for May shows, however. that the price of butter fat was only S cents and the average return per cow was I10.fi. Th herd In this montfl was fed only with pasturage and th coat for producing a pound of butter fat waa only i cents, instead or zs cents In April, when bran, oat a. timothy hay. straw, and other feeds wer re quired. The work or tne cow testing; asso- clstlon Is proving of benefit to the dairymen, as It shows the production of each cow. The poor cows or "star boarders." as they are caned, are oe Ing eliminated from the herda and milk-producing cows substituted. MONTANA CROPS ARE GOOD Haln Dispell All IVar or Shortage In Grain. PUTTK. UdcU May a (Special.) The crop outlook In Montana for 1911 is promising. Elevator men predict that th grain yild of th state will be It per cent greater than last year. Hains la Flathead and the northern tier f counties have dispelled all fear of a r.-wr )l-!d- E. A. Wilson, on of the Great Northern's agricultural experts in chars of the drv-land experi ment station, predicts that the dry land farmers will reap bountiful har vests if precipitation In June Is up to normal. A aoaklng shower In June will mature the Winter wheat. In only a taw section la th Winter wheat crop deficient and In these regions the Spring. wheat Is '0dk well. Humper crops are promised In Galla tin County and Eastern Montana. Soak ing rains which visited the section the lait few duys came Just at the right time. Peter B rglund. a prominent grain dealer, says: "Kor the crops now sown, prospects were never brighter In the Gallatin Valley. Spring sowing Is 90 per cent completed and In five or six days will be entirely through. Win ter wheat went Into a perfect seed bed last Fail and passed through the Win ter almost without loss. What llttlo sowing was necessary was put Into Spring fife "wheat. The acreage of Winter wheat has been Increased by SO per cent over last year and with fa vorable condition from now on the valley can look forward to a hard wheat production of about 7.500.000 bushels. "The development In dry farming Is almost beyond belief. It is no exag geration to say that fully 20.0io acres of virgin soil will be turned this year In Gallatin County. Ail of this will be sown to turkey-red wheat In the Fall." In the Judith basin, the banner wheat section of the state, a 20 per cent In crease in the oats yield is predicted and a largely Increased flax acreage Is reported. TIMBER SALE IS URGED KLAMATH MIX II KKSKKVATIOX HAS r.II'E GROWTH. President or Water-l'sera Associa tion Says Government Should Put Area on Market. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. M- 2S. ' That the Klamath Chamber ot Com merce. Portland commercial bodies and every publicity organisation In Oregon hnving Influence with the Oregon dele gation In Congress should start a con certed movement to have the Govern ment offer for sale the timber on the Klamath reservation Is the earnest de sire of Abel Auy. president of the Klamath Water-l'sera' Association. Mr. Ady said: "There are approximately 90.000 acres In the Hlg Klamath Marsh. Around the I'pper. Klamath Lake, on the reserva tion, there are 10.0U0 acres more, mak ing a total of 100.000 acres of swamp land on th Klamath Indian reserva tion. Th Irrigable sagebrush lunds In the Sprague and Williamson Iliver Val ley will aggregate lw.W0 acres more. These marsh lands can be reclaimed and the entire 200.000 acres irrigated at a cost of less than 30 an acre, or not to exceed 16.000.000 for the entire work. "Among the resources of the Klamath Indian reservation are 110.000.000 worth of timber, much of which Is ripe. This rip timber should be sold at stumpage to th highest bidder, to corporations or individuals, and give them practically their own time In which to remove the timber, the land bolng reserved for the Indians and the young timber presorved for coming generations. "The 2O0.000 acres of Indian land re claimed and irrigated would support th Indiana now on tha Klamath reserva tion and at least 2"00 families ot whites, either as purchasers or renters. On top of this the products which these reclaimed and irrigated acres would produce would easily support double the present population of Klamath Falls, were there no other resource from which to draw. "Instead of the Klamath Chamber of Commerce and th people of this part ot the state clamoring to have th Ore gon, delegation In Congress introduce bills for throwing open the excesa lands left after all allotments hav been thrown open to settlement, they should take a new tack and hav their Repre sentatives work for th sale of this timber and the reclamation of this rXg area of land therefrom. "When In Washington last Winter I talked with those at the head of the Indian affairs and they were favorable to this scheme and the only thing barring such action Is to get Congress to act." Mr. Ady declared It as his opinion that if the people of this country would make as effort to hav th above mat ter placed in Its proper llnht before the Government authorities, action to ward the end he advocates would be taken without unnecessary delay. COLLEGE MEN WILL FARM Many Newcomers Invent In Lands Around Mosler. MOSIER. Or May !. (SpeclaL) Real astat throughout this section la showing great activity of late and many large transactions In farm lands near Mosler have been recorded. Ot late many persons have come here from tha East and Invested. Among those who have purchased land near her Is J. R. Clark, of. Lin coln. Neb., who haa secured to acres south of town. Other purchasers are J. L. Grover. of Ogdn. Utah: R. A. Rogers, of Salt Lake City. Utah: Hugh N.-lson. of Lincoln. Neb.; TV. M. Thurs ton, a former engineer with the Bur lington road; L. T. Robinson, Marco la. Or, and Frank Menefee. of Portland. Of the seven newcomers above men tioned, six are college graduates. Many of the investors will engage In trurt cultur and. poultry raising. Reclamation Service Completes Plans for Its Blgest Enterprise. S00.OO0 Acres to Be Irri gated Site Is Ready. BOISE. Idaho. May H. (SpeclaL) The task of building the highest dam in th world In th Boise River Canyon, at Arrow Rock. II miles northeast of Boise, has been begun, the Reclamation Service having made plans for the maintenance of a construction camp of between 600 and 1000 workmen, who will be engaged between five and six years. In that time it is estimated that $1,000. ooo will be expended annually, the dam to cost between 13.000.000 and xg.ouo.oou. This fund was appropriated by the last Congress to carry on the work. The engineering feat is cne of the most stupendous ever attempted for Irrigation purposes, the dam being used to impound flood waters that 300.000 seres of rich land In the Payette-Bolss project may be Irrigated. F. E. Weymouth, supervising engineer, of the Reclamation Service with head quarters In folse. is In charge of the construction work. Among his lleuten ants is C. II. Paul, an expert dam con structor. The camo that must be main talned for the construction work will be a temporary city, with hospital, ho tels, stores and residences. The contract for the hospital has been let and general pi ins for laying out of the camp have been decided upon. The construction of a railroad up the canyon Is under way that supplies and material may be carried to the dam site with little convenience. . Proceedings have been started In the Federal Court to condemn one ranch In the canyon over which the right of way of the road .runs. Professor W. O. Crosby, formerly of the Boston Institute of Technology. famous geologist, has Investigated the dam site for the Government and re ported favorably on the solidity of the rroposed foundation and abutments. Following is a comparison of the di mensions of the big dams of the world: Leneth.Heisht. Water tKeel) teewuepin, Assuan. Egypt vt.a m i" Roosevelt. Ariz. lOM) 2S4 24: Hhnshnne. Cody. Wyo..... 17.' 11-0 2.14 Pathfinder. Casper, Wyo.. 21:6 IM.I ll3 Arrow Rock. Bolaa 101U 350 200 The Arrow Kock dam will have a stor. age capacity of 200,000 acre-feet. The Boise River runs wide at the point where the Arrow Rock dam is to be built and the rock there is sandstone. Boring tests made show that bedrock la down SO feet. The dam is to be con structed of concrete Into which there will be placed 115 per cent of the total masonry. Much of this will be hand placed rocks weighing from 25 to 200 pounds each. A spillway is to be built just above the dam. but as yet It has not been determined on which side of the river It Is to be placed. C. H. Paul, an engineer, who has been on the Mini doka project for some time and who has vlxited all of the big dams con structed by the Reclamation Service, ii to superintend the building operations. While tho Arrow Rock dam will be the largest built by the Reclamation Serv ice, th highest in the world, its stor age capacity falls below other big dams. lis storage capacity, with the filling of the great Deer Flat reservoir during the Winter, will be sufficient to irrigate all the land now under the Payette- Boise Irrigation project. It will also fur- nlsh ample supply to bring under irriga tion several thousand additional acres tributary to Botoe on the upper bench Installation of a pumplns plant will be necessary to raise water to the higher elevations. THE DALLES WHEAT BIG Large Bluestem Shown to Prove Va riety Will Thrlvo There. THE DALLES. Or., May 28. (Spe clal.) A stool of bluestem wheat four four feet seven Inches In length from roots to top of heads, with heads aver aging; more than four inches long and kernels well filled, was brought In yes terday from a field sown on Three- Mile Creek last November. It has been asserted that fall-sown bluestem will not grow here, and this was shown to deny that report. The grain was grown by Arthur Hurriman. a farmer having charge of the ranch of Edward Sharpe, a surveyor, living In The Dalles. . Goldcndale Building; Active. GOLDENDALE. Wash.. May 28. (Special.) There is considerable build ing going on in Goldendale. K- C Glanary Is building; two tine bunga lows on his lot. Attorney Edward C Ward has started an eight-room bun galow on th east aid ot town. Th home ot O. J. Nelson at Wahkiakua Heights will b completed in tha near future. Th McKensI bungalow will be started this week. Work at the new brick yard Is being rushed so as to get a kiln of brick ready for th market. The Goldendale Dressed Meat Company haa its foundation ready for a tnree-story brick which it will build this Spring. The Knights of Pythias and Masonic Hall, at the corner of Broadway and Columbus avenues. Is to be two stories and basement. N. B. Brooks Is hauling material for a build ing on Main street Just west of the Star Theater. He will build an opera house and dance halL Ashland Improvements Many. ASHLAND Or, May 2S. (SpeclaL) Substantial betterments are th order of the day her in every direction. The bltullthic paving Is going steadily for ward. Among public buildings either now going up or planned for the pres ent season are the new high school. Baptist Church, Armory, Carnegie Li brary and opera-house, all of which are expensive structures, ranging in cost from 115,000 to $75,000. Ashland's fine boulevard is a thing of beauty, with its paved roadways and broad expense of parkway in the center. The appearance ot th latter baa been fur ther enhanced by the setting out of hundreds of thrifty magnolia trees. Im ported direct by the park Commission from Japan. Banks Mill Celebrate, FOREST GROVE. Or., May 2S. (Spe cial.) Banks, seven miles north of here, will celebrate Independence day on Monday, July S, and Attorney William Gilman Hare, of Hlllsboro. will deliver the oration. The town of Bux ton wLU Join Banks in th celebration. , ... I 's ' LOADING LIMBEB AT C. A. SMITF! PLANT, MARSTTFIELD. Or.. May 28. (Special.) The C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Company of this city has put into use a new device for loading the big company vessel, .Nairn Smith, which is attracting a good deal of attention. The new loader Is unique, and some of the experts say that it Is a plan which will be followed out generally in the future In loading; boats on this Coast. An electric loading crane is used and the time required for loading the vessel Is much shorter now than formerly. The new device is of the Gantry bridge type. There are two bridges extending over dif ferent parts of the vessel. Each Is 87 feet long and is carried on a transfer car for the purpose of transferring across the deck after the boat Is docked. It Is supported on an elevated track on the opposite side, and is released from the transfer car and ballast box during its operation and is applied back and forth on rails parallel with the ship. The Gantry has a movement across the bridge, taking a load of lumber from either side of the vessel. This arrangement will enable the company to load the steamer Nann Smlr with 1.600.000 feet of lumber in ten hours, which will re quire her to be In port less than half the time under the old system. BEND DRAWS FARMERS iOO.OOO ACRES IIOMESTEADED IX LAST FEW MONTHS. Officer of(Land Company in Central Oregon Tells or Rapid Devel inent Going On. During the past few months 300,000 acres of land near Bend nave Deen homesteaded, says A. O. Hunter, treaS; surer of the Bend Company, one of the largest corporations of Central and Eastern Oregon. The company Is owner of the Bend Power, Water & Light Com1- pany, the Bend Townsite Company and the Pilot Butte Development Company. Th milling interests alone have a pay roll of $8000 a month. "The Bend country," said Mr. Hunter, is developing as fast as can .be ex pected previous to the advent of the railway, which we expect In Septem ber. When you consider that 3.0,000 acres have been homesteaded, as a con sequence of the colonist travel, we have been doing very well. There is no country in my Judgment with greater opportunities than that around Bend, and it is a reasonable conclusion that the Bend territory will advance faster than any other section In Ore gon during the coming- few years. The Eastern farmer nas oetter op portunitles to make money here than -a Canada. There is less expense at tached to his work and the wheat yield la larger, while the price is from 15 to 20 cents better on account oi tne proxi mltv of the Portland market. We have every kind of resource known within a few miles of Bend. Tne ary iarming Eectlon Is unequaled and the success of farming Is remarkable. 'On the Powell Butte farm mere was raised last year ao nusneis ui wheat to the acre. The farm was purchased for $25 an acre and the prod uct will pay a large per cent on the money invested. I know of another 160 acre farm that cost $20 an acre im proved, and it produced 18 per cent on the Investment. There are wonderful opportunities in Bend for farming, and our company, whlcn is composea or Eastern men who have put their money in it and reside East, is working to secure the settler on the soil. We feel that In Bend. If we expect to succeed, we must have the settler." AMITY BUILDING IS BRISK Town Bids Fair to Exceed Last Year's Great Activity. AMITY, Or., May 28. (Special.) The new residence for A. B. watt, postmaster of Amity, will soon be ready for occupancy. It Is a six-room one story cottage that will cost in the neighborhood of $2000 when com pleted. John E. Convert, wno recently came her from Lafayette. Is beginning the construction of a new five-room resi dence that will cost about $1500, and H. C Patty has under consideration plans for a new two-story, eight-room, $2000 house on his farm four miles east of town. Other buildings are under consider ation. Building activities bids fair to ex ceed last year which was th best year recorded In Amity, more than 15 buildings being constructed. BAKER GETS CLAY PLANT Company Formed for Manufacturing All Kinds or Pottery. BAKER. Or.. May 28. (SpeclaL) A new Industry has been started in this ity by the organization of a company, which will engage in tne manufacture of oottery and clay products. Some of the prominent business men of the city are behind the scheme. They have a clay pit near this city. and models of all kinds of pottery, etc. made therefrom have proved satisfac tory. The Br bricks made from the clay seem to be of especially good quality. L. A- GosBett is at tne neaa oi tne company, which, according to the pres- nt plans, soon wiu Degin tne erection of a plant In this city for the manu facture of all kinds of clay products. SEATTLE FIRMJUYS RANCH The Dalles Firm Disposes or Place ol 2000 Acres lor 9100,000. THE DALLES, Or., May 28. (Spe claL) Settlemeier P.lggs this week completed the sale of a 2000-acra ranch ten miles east of The Dalles to the British American Land Company, of Seattle. While the price has not been made public, inside Information makes -js I v. "Hi-Ai; '' t it L cash purchase at practically $100, 000. F. "W. Settlemeier is owner of the Woodburn nurseries and is a son of J. H. Settlemeier, one ot the pijneeV residents of Woodburn. J. D. Itlggs the other member of the firm, resides east of town and they have set nun. dreds of acres to 1 fruit trees in the vicinity of this land in the past few years. The tract just sold is known as the D. J. Cooper ranch and Is an historic place, having been owned by Colone James Fulton before coming Into the possession of Mr. Cooper. It Is a grain and cattle ranch at Fairbanks on the Great Southern Road, but the soil is peculiarly adapted to the culture of apricots, cherries and grapes, -peaches and apples, and the new owners already have engineers on the ground to sur vey and plat it to place on the market in five, ten and 20-acre tracts. It will be sold strictly on its merits. The firm taking over" the property is one of the largest dealers in realty in the Pacific Northwest, having 11 branch offices intruding London, New xork, Chicago, cJpoKane, r-oriiana, vie tori a, B. C, besides the main office ii Seattle and their coming means much in the development of this section. They will establish an office here as soon as they can find proper quarters. PROJECT IS A HUGE ONE PLAXS TO IRRIGATE 40,000 ACRES ARE MADE. Water to Be Lifted More Than 100 Feet and Delivered Through Canals Many Miles. BOISE, Idaho, May 2S. (Special.) One of the most important irrigation deals assuring the irrigation of bench lands between Ontario and Nyssa was closed this week. 10,000 acres being in eluded. The water will be pumped from the bnake River 4V4 miles above Nyssa. The result of the pumping on this proj ect will be watched with interest over the Northwest generally, for it is the first large tract upon which an attempt haa been made to pump water for lrrieation. Two ditches will lead from the pumping station to the project. One going north to Ontario will be five miles long. The other, leading towards Nyssa. will be 10 miles long. About 1800 horsepower will be required to lift the water from the river to the bench level, lOltA feet. The project has been financed by W. P. Davidson, president of the Oregon & Western Colonization Company, which bought the 800.000 acres of military road land in Oregon last year. As security, Davidson has taken a 7 per cent first mortgage, running 10 years, on all the land coming under the project. One thing remarkable about the deal is that it is the first Irrigation project of any size in the Northwest that has not been financed without the Issuance of Irri gation bonds. Davidson's company owns 1500 acres under the project, and the Eastern Oregon Land Company owns 2000 acres of it. The remainder is held by individual property owners and entry men. Bids for the construction of the pump ing station, canals and other work will be. called for, work to be completed- by next October, so as to assure water for irrigation in the Spring of 1912. The price of water .rights is fixed at $15 an acre. BAKER LOOKS INTO FUTURE Interurban Line Through Powder River Valley Seems Jfigh. BAKER, Or., May 28. (Special.) Pros pects for an interurban line from this city through the Powder River Valley are looking brighter every day. The Commercial Club committee, which Is working on the matter, held a confer ence yesterday with Ray Nye. president of the Eastern Oregon Light & . 'ower Company. He told them that the plan looked very good to him and that if the data which the club Is securing looked as good when considered fully as they do now, ne wouia go into the matter per sonally and Interest an Eastern capital ist, who was looking for Just that kind of an investment. The proposed Interurban line without question would be the greatest thing that could be secured for the development of the city and surrounding country. Baker business men are more than willing to put up money to get it started- $40,000 SchooLhouse Voted. PASCO, Wash., May 28. (Special.) Bonds have been voted for a $40,000 new brick schoolhouse on the east side of the tracks, directly across from the courthouse. The building will con tain about 10 rooms. A site has been donated by . A. M. Wehe, owner of Whitehouse Addition, and the school building will be easily visible from the business section of the city, being on a small hill at the end of Lewis street. C. Lewis Wilson & Co of Portland are tha architect More Than $200,000 Will Be Ex pended This Year on Macadam Highways by. Hustling South ern Oregon County. MED FORD. Or.. . May 23. (Special.) In spite of the fact that Governor West vetoed the good roads bills as passed by the last Legislature, Jackson County has determined to build roads, and good ones, and toward this end has entered upon the greatest road building campaign in its history. Machinery has been ordered to an amount of $30,000 to supplement the equipment now on hand, an expert road engineer has been engaged and bids requested for the constructing of several miles of macadam roads, a part of which will be oil-macadam. Over $200,000 will be expended this season. Nothing but permanent roads will be constructed. The county will do much of the work itself but in ad dition to this several contracts are to be let. Last Fail the greatest issue figuring In the local campaign was good roads. At that time the desirability of hav ing passible roads throughout tfie county was augmented by the Fall rains, many of the roads becoming im passable. The heavy vote cast for the officials who pledged the construction of new and better highways was a cri terion of the state of the public mind. These officials having been elected, they are setting about In earnest to make good their pre-election pledges. The County Court has retained W. W. Harmon, a highway expert, to supervise the construction of new roads. No sooner did the weather settle this Spring than he had crews of survey ors at work in various sections of the county and as soon 'as specifications and data were compiled he began con struction work. Calls for bids on vari ous sections of roads are now out and as soon a the bids are received con struction work will start. One con tract, that for the Derby road, cover ing a distance of 11 miles, has already been let and Maney Brothers, the con tractors who got the work, are making the dirt fly. The next contract to be let will cover the highway between this city and Central Point, which is to be oil-macadam. The county in the meantime is doing great deal of work with its own crews. The road between this city and Ashland is being rounded up into ex cellent shape and is being dressed with crushed rock. As this Is ope of the main highways of the county, auto- mobilists are awaiting its completion eagerly. The campaign for good roadstvill be continued throughout the Bummer without abatement, and by Fall' Jack son County plans to have several miles of highway which will be open to auto mobiles all Winter. MOSIER SHOWS ACTIVITY Good Rains Put Soil in Excellent Conditoin; Orchards Helped. MOSIER, Or., May 28. (Special.) Three good rains during the past 20 days in the Mosier district have put the soil in excellent tilth-and the orchards were never in better condition than now. During the past six months many thousands of dollars have been expend ed in clearing land and in planting com mercial orchards. Probably twice as many trees have been planted this season as during any previous year, and the percentage of loss will be almost nothing. As a re sult there is now more activity in real estate and a greater number of. in quiries concerning1 apple land and com mercial orchards than for many months. Bona fide homeseekers are numerous and a number of sales have been re cently made, the purchasers being at tracted by the comparatively low price of the undeveloped fruit land. At pre vailing prices it is possible for the pur chaser to plant an orchard and bring It to bearing for one-third to one-half the cost of similar property In other sec tions already developed . Willapa Valley -Phones Planned. RAYMOND, Wash.. May 28. (Spe cial.) Manager A. J. Pevestorff, of the Willapa Harbor Telephone Company, who has been interviewing farmers of the Willapa Valley, reports a strong sentiment among them in favor of or ganizing a rural telephone company which will furnish service to the resi dents of the valley. Farmers and titers interested will meet at Menlo next Thursday afternoon to disouss the subject and determine what steps should be taken. The local telephone company proposes to put in an ex change at Frances should the farmers plan be successful. Klickitat Land Pleases. HUSUM Wash., May 28. (Special.) After traveling 3000 miles In search of dairy ranch, J. B. Anderson and Ole Sorenson will settle in the Laurel sec tion, 12 miles north of here. These landseekers assert that the day is past when dairy ranches can be picked up promiscuously at reasonable prices, and are satisfied with . the inducements Klickitat County offers to homeseekers. Hood River Improves Roads. HOOD RIVER, Or., May 28. (Spe cial.) For the purpose of hauling ma terial from the rock quarry, located ear here across the Hood River, W. G. Aldred & Company have put in commls- lon a powerful traction engine, whlcn hauls at each trip five dump wagons. The contracting company will build two miles of macadam road for the county this Summer on the east side. The Peach Orchards Yield Heavy. HOOD RIVER, Or., May 28. (Spe- ial.) Although most of the peach trees of the Hood Hi ver Valley have but little fruit on them this season, C. H. tramhan reports that the trees or his orchard are overloaded and that he has found It necessary to thin away more than one-half of the fruit. On a twig leas than five inches long there are 10 large, well-shaped young peaches. Oregon City Elks Growing. OREGON CITY, Or., May 28. (Spe cial.) The Oregon City Elks Initiated 4 members Friday nignt. un tne night of June 9, 20 will be Initiated. There are now 210 members, and it Is hoped ncrease this to 300 by the end of the year, ,