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.
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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.
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WORK CAMP IS LIKE CITY
ACTIVITY TO BE RENEWED
BUYS COSTLY MACHINERY
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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. ,
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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, ,