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XITE MORXIXO OREnOXIAX, SATURDAY, JAXIJAItY 1. 1916. "nl . 1 t a i r i - 17-r i - tr" rwvxr at Plymouth Forms Era in World's History rtocr of Prinrfne L-nd Corered by Timber UIfr CuKiration at First Is Slow, but Wonders Are Accomplished ia ZOO Year Irirrea in Raising of Corn Keeps Pace. , Tmauii:0 county ! VfvV j utuAKiu wn-j-. ' , - J V.- ' -: ' W ,. a.- '- v . . Sa t ' r - V rV-f ' , 3 t. it V U ;v "2 ! i, ; i m VI; M Mq ijHWl : I HKM-ptepllfenM ? ;;i.v .r , -m -v x . h A; ; MV- VL' TB TOKT C Tfcf!tr la tfcU camry frars tk lla Ik ftrvl IS Mil 4 Bkt lux lk U4. 3' . k I iu rr 111. U of ml rvlaa la ! All f t aMiar plar vara Vrtr aa4 a4atarar. Tkr ao t&austi la tka cteiatla af Ika Unl Tkir aa Ma u trxllac H af ta frrt Jaataatawa cal m -Tf-it atlaa. an rr klKrktaiiM (aar ear. pntr aa4 II rafaaaa taaarira" a XSa Miwta caiaar. wfcila dlffar- v ta lrwtr. waa ta m aaaaa aa a r ult-rl coaptlT. Tba fkrvt foa4 foa4 rora. Vj aa ladiaa no4 IAa k la rUal a4 callt vaia it. i"r a Ika firal craa araa a4 Mt) ikia f-aai atarvaiaa. A tk U4 all or4 w!Ik Ika raraa af trleflaa II tfr cu'.rtcta ! Itow. Iaa. M .(uaiaa aa4 Irvlt vara aa4a4. kal f, r nr t : ara ara u principal (aa4 al tka l. Ml ar at w Knlaa4. kat t Ika aaltra nlrT ! a4 u'l wara awl la llBtta4 aat-t akaal ll tatra4-al. kt Ika aaiallar . r ar. Ika caaiar lata af lutnoii't tkraki wr aaafc tt aa t Ika ntra4rtaa af karaal- aa-iix'i. vkaat flar a W- tf. ' aaa Ika atapt faa4 af Ika a-nall rrar. tka aM Uaarar a a -4 akara ! aavalaa tka raal af a.vo. Caaa Waa HaakraaaV . la tka a..-k mli iaa lakar. ra- ka nl ! - a ka I aaeaaa casarrtal pr4 :Lwla unltra kA4l .. aawa a arvlal 4, Ail tkaaaf aafW r3ftar r aa la Iaa4 laj ak. af a:i a kama. TkiaaaaallTl M a k aa. T--a tkar cat aa4 I ara4 ll Ir-mm alaal4 cara am i taa t "a i4a?t af tka HIM aa aaaa aa La kaa fa4 waa almaal tka coir dallr .ratloa af ar a tar4r bar alo la aflar T" kaeama a aa4ar la rommarra. la !! Iatla kalta ar aa Ika batllfllt aT4 rram Ika rob and tawa4 with tka it kaaaa It aa4a dalicioua tnw laak. A tk cara kacaa la bar4a tka thrift kaoaawlfa aould srata ar Kara aff tka karaala aa4 maka -Mai tkat waa aaraatar aa4 far ckpar Ikaa Ika awdara rvra flakaa 014 la aapar bta auk aira Plc tra aa tk arappar. IU for tha fraat rasa Ika lark waali k rut rloaa to tka iroaia. akack4 la M4arata-aiial kaadiaa la ran. aa4 lata an. tor4 la tka Hi ll'a aa akara tha anaual I "kaaktaar kaa cava aoial rarraatlon I far tka MMil' hi.a aln work tor IB faratar. Taa t!k ar4 ! war f4 t Ik raaa. tk aubbina" pttl aaiaa tar ma l iat aar aalact4 for a4 i4 kua ta Ik rafwra. A paoa aa tka rot waa ar aaaack la nU. a Mrkfull a a aaal la Ika mill la k roan4 lata naal. Tka frl kttla af m-jk from tkat av aaj alaarr aaam4 la laata war aa4 rarrr asor flarar Ibaa Ika laaal froaa all ran. Mm tim lb raa aratd4 la lrln Ira la Ik kaila. th.a rubc4 ki4 aaa4 aa4 bolI4 antll tnHr tail4" rara a4 milk baa aatiafi4 tk apttli of avaa a kaasrr bar. Caaa La4 01ka Cm. Tk U Ikal ba4 raw la Ik a mar, (atkariac lkir fa4 front raat aa4 aaaaC a kirk l4 aaft ma( aa4 : U'4. oal4 ba pan4 or a4 f4 cara fa a waata bfoa lvUkHn ta baraaa Ika BMI aa4 Iar4. Tb lMaii aaoa Iaara4 Ikal tha tat lav f raaa rara f 4 ataar mad tk bl raa4iaa. Maa a araapa4 Ik fart tkat 14 Krlndia ka 4 a faw ar . rara ab 4ar Ika batta al4 caa lKIr aa4 rluralaj araa aal aa.-b a bh an4 araa-arbir iaa On raaMir aia:. (at li rara trap, slaraa. at" k i4 akr art. vta. m ar I " kaahala af cara niu.ii Ttraalt a I lka I 'r It kaa 14 aUi iaa- cr;a la aia aa4 la ihr alaai. alll or4oea mora fo4 par araa af Iaa4 ao4 labor Ikaa aar etbar plant. Tboa rarlr rlonra of tk Atlantic aboard rarri'4 oa a arr dlarifl4 rtm af larmina with cara aa a r Iktloa crop aji4 llraatork aa aa Impor tant factor. Ho lon aa Ibla tratrm prralld lb f.rtllltr of tk aoll was maintained. Tba firat land to karoma aa poor In plant food tkat tka crop would not r a ika labor of rlanltnaT and barrral' In: waa Ika tobarco land of Virginia, than tha ration land of Ororgla. then tha wb.at laada and timothy madow f N.ar Kncland and tk Middia niaiaa Tb alna-l crop ralm af farmlnc baa Inrarlablr arorad dlatrou to tha In dividual and Ika communltr wheravr practlrad and whaiarar crop waa oaad. tHaralfiad farmlnc prolda for malatainlnr Ika f.rtllltr f lb roll. It diida tha labor aar lonar narloda n atliltlnr animal and fowls to roanu fartar coara. cbaap food Into con 4aaad kisb-prlrad products It la ans tk waala. roduras tranaportatlna charsa. Im-raaaaa tha al rnoa. Br DroldlnaT for waklr or monthly In com It rduca tb ncailr for run- .li into dabt. with coal. pla. rbickana aka. bs and a rood cardan. tb farmar and has family can nJor lb fat of tk land without bandUof muck Bonr- lva.aklaa" lda Prakard. Al a rcnt m ratine whar w wr dlacussinc tba adantaca of clvlnc in -koma-maklnc" lda tb ncnt oi war " crouch Individual sn-t ry .1 ita tba auaat'on. "Hut arc lhr maklnc aar monrr" Juat aa If rmrr problam of lif wss la b mras ord In dollars! This unhappr rm of mind ba ba broucht about br lb .riilaatloa of tb buainaaa of farmlnc- Oaac plows, romblnad bar atra. hob labor, auark raform. p-y utical damasocuaa ana aconomic mtar- .. r k rhm to tb communltr a wkol all of lb Ills from which lh individual auffrrs as a rult of cara- Iraanaaa. Wlnaa. craaa. area or enma. Tba story of acrlcaltura la Amarics fr. ia tiara damonatralaa tha fart tkat Eat ar Ws, North or South, lb ansa aa tha laad who cia nis oaat taouabt and tiwrtr to boro-macinc. crowlnc arrrythlnc h can crow for tba oa of hlmaalf and family' carina far domaatle anleaala not ao much for ho dollar tbr will brine a lh plaaaura of aaalnc lham crow and d lap undr Ma car and attention, who cultiaala plaata b'csusa ha lorra la aa tfcm crow, ona who apprclala kls pannarahtp wrth Nalur In produr. lac saw ihlnaa will aurcaad. will find aatiafactlon aad happinrsa la hat work, will rontrlbata hla full shar la lh an total of human happlnaa. will maka tka world kttr for hla lllnc and atadd for bla human apaach. tlfra tba trcon-Waablttctaa Rail rand Naaicallon Company bcaa lla cara campaicn. Iha Ida that cora coatd not ba craan aorcafullr or profitably la Ik Parifi Kortbwaat had ba aa fraqaanlly airrtaarl that tha artraia Individual In tow or roaatry aacaptad It aa a fact and r pataal It aa a irutam antll man. woman a4 ckiilrca. lawvara and doctor, aarikvra and praacbara. marcbanta and aa jaSKS. abac cora waa asaa- lionad would sar: "Too can't crow corn la this countrr " Tet avrr J" men war fnwini corn, aoad was ba-r-omlnc arc lima tad. While It was a fact that seed corn brought from other localities would show a tendencr to rovaraloa toward th original graaa from which all our corns hara bn produced, yet each year tbat tha variety waa grown tba quality and quantity In creased. Cora Thrive la Xarthwcat, In Iha foothllla of th Cascades men had planted and crown cora rr after rear, nntll aa ona of them truthfully said. "Hart educated II so It doesn't par ny attention to cold nlchts" and be could produce bushel lo tha acre af matured corn on red clar land. In tha Irrigated Taller thr said: "We cannot alord to grow cora on land tbat will produce seven or elcht lone of alfalfa lo tha acre." hot when soms corn crank demonstrated tbat ha could prodar li to tons or corn suae ta th acre, hla neighbors began to sit up and take not Ira. Tha Third Annual Corn 8how of th (V-W. R V S. Co.. held at Walla Walla. Wash.. December 1-4. lilt, brought out a diaplar of corn from over J grow ers that for araee qualltr snd rlelda per acre has never been scelled. Tb bicheat r'eid reponea waa or " Hover. 14 buebela per acre of shelled cora oa Irrigated land. A large per centage of the reports ran over boabela per sera Tha reports also In dicated a marked Increase In tha num ber of slloa belnc built: the queatlons asked also showed Increaalnc Intereat In seed selection, the drying and saving af sd. Everywhere th prevailing sentiment axnresaed b visitors waa that tha queetton. "Can wa crow cora aatla f actor! I r and profitably In the Paclflc Northwestf had been answered In th affirmative. Next, that It was an Im portant step In tha direction of In Iroduclnc a more diversified srstera of farmlnc with livestock as th lead ing factor. Mining Progress Is Unhampered by Tendency Towards Stagnation in Other Industries Increase in Prices Is Attributed in Part to War and Partly to Fact That Uses for Some Metals Are Increasing Faster Than Supply. :; vxewws- :J Birth of Columbia River Highway Is Due to Boosters Enthuiacn Inspired by Work of Samuel Hill and S. Benson, at Taipayera' Meeting. Smaller Counties to Be UclpexL !- $ v.. - . Jaa. aajIc I V"' : - ; 1 f ' . i ' " - - - , s ji-r izZ; . - , . v. 4 ) - irx,' . . r. i - - "r..-. i- .;:;,.'- Tk-- - L ' ''':? V ' VST . -t: 7j&SM Yip J.'.J . v'- - t. .a.-.-"a-a i ay-kaa;.lKvjaM?l JtjXCJi ' , . ,y By 4allaa U Mete, rrealdial af Calaaa aka River H lab war Aaearlsllaa. THIS birth or tne loiumoia niver Highway Idea crw out of th pic tures that had been drawn of th aasurpaaaed scenery by such men as Banauel Hill and 8. Benson. Th first poaltlv step taken In Multnomah Count for th realisation of th Co lombia Klver Hlghwar. which baa al radr bcom world-famoua. waa a meeting of the Urgeat laxparers of tha cltr kt tha Benson Hotel, it was mr privilege to preside at this meal ing, which wss called br 8lmon Ben son. A. 8. Benson. J. B. Yeon and my self. . At this meeting It was decided that lh development of the Columbia River Hlghwar br Maltnomah County to the boundary of Hood River County was work of very greet Importance which should be undertaken at one. As presi dent of th Columbia River Highway Association, authority wss Tested In me t.i nam committees to call upon the County Commlsalonera and deter mine whether or not they could be persuaded to accept tha meeting's viewpoint- This waa dona. Aa a re sult of those meeting, the work took shape Terr rapidly and the superb good road a workers, who have been on th firing lln sine. wr dulr nllstd and hav had tnelr shoulders at th wbeal evrr dar alnca that llm. At lh second annual meetlnc of th association, held at Oearhart-br-the-Bea. whea we were getting In definite form the programme for construction of th road between Portland and Sea side. It waa reaolred lo extend th erope of tha association's work up the Columbia River east of Portland. Variety of aeeaery Great. It was seen at the meetlnc that th Columbia Hirer Highway, tha first unit of which wa bad urged for tha atratch between Portland and the aea. must ba a grander avenue of travel. To provid all of tb variety of scenic charm that can b found on th Paclfia Coast on one ride It was neoesrary lo link tb seaside with the most rugged gorges of the Cascade Mountains. In this stretch of territory Is found every attraction and eerr opportunltr for recreation thit the sea, river, canyon, gorge, forast. snowcapped peak and waterfall can afford. To mak Hlghwar conver to th world th con crete thought of this magnificent com posite panorama, t a meetlnc felt that an Immediate programme should b Inaugurated to hav th work axtended up th liver beyond Portland and ulti mately to th heart of th Inland Em pint When this splendid conception was first broached It was met with ths usual showsr of doubta It meant money for construction and pavlnc on a larger scale than th territory af fected had been aecuntomed to ctv for countrr roads. Where that money should com from, how It should be dis bursed, and th Urn when tt.a expendi ture would be warranted, were all brought up In tb form of great Inter rogation point, but the people who conceived the purpose had mora op timism. They were satisfied thst wher 'a great opportunity was found, the msans of attainment would develop If only a croup of stronc men would take bold of th laaue and work It out In cood fslth. Bound together with this purpose and moved with this optimism, they did tske hold of It and one of the most remarkable achlevementa In hlcb way construction that the state has scan baa been partly realised. Vale f Highway Tresaeadews. It la not finished, and many difficul ties be been encountered In the prog ress already made The Multnomah section of the construction has been the quickset of realisation of all. This part of the road baa not only been graded, but paed. Those people of Multnomah County who at first doubt ed tha business aspect of th work hav been converted. They realise now we hav her a im of seenlo charm that Is unsurpassed. They ar coming to appreciate how to estimate tha profit on tba expenditure. The tourists came in large numbers In the rear Isle, even when th work was but barely under war. and the advertlslnc that these delighted people are clvlnc throughout the I'nited rtates guaran tee that tha travel on this highway will. In coming years, be greater tbsn that oa an other tbat has ever bean developed In the Pacific Northwest. With vastly more fortitude and cour. see than the people of Multnomah Conntr have shown In their work, ths residents of Columbia and Clatsop counties have con ahead with their shar of th burden. With a sparse population, low property values and a low stage of development In the past ta guide as to what should ba expected in the future, these people have bonded their properties for a sum creator la proportion to their holdings than any of the communities of tba Mate of Oregon. Whenever the people realise that there la a poaitlve necessity aad tbsl i. achievement means much to the at. tnav bsvs but to commit them selves to th work with the spirit of do or die. and thsy are oouna to o awccessfuL If we will only approach the east stsce of this work, wblch Is th construction of feed lines to this highway. In the same msnner thst we went si the trunk-line conalruetloa. we will neve a hlghwar traffic eratem thai will be the comment of the entire West, ? - - a-'' te 3 1.- ' r ..... J-' - - . -f- ' , ;: , '. Tl - ? ' ,- ' r---. I 1 3 $ ' . . . . -.-e.v . , : t -. J5urxiaiz af JlJ ( - ' I 1 v - 1 JV: e.'-.- Vn,l . -viJ' '-- .- ' e -- i- v"" ' - "" il I m-:'M-h -nil I ' - r ' ST - ' Xl- 7 ly-Tf Bf KM. Park. TMrertar af Orrcaa B af Mlasa aad CceU-gr. MINING Is one of the few indus tries of th country which la not participates in th present business stajnktion. It is true that the business uncertainty due to the war has made capital for Investment some what timid, but this tendency In Its re lation to the mining; Industry has been much more than offset by the Increased price of metals. At no time since the United States hss figured prominently la the world s metal industries have we enjoyed auch universally hlch-prlced metsla . , , The followlnc is a list of the princi pal metals, showinc the present price aa well as the percentage of increase during the year 115: item in the . metal production. The Eastern Oregon district continues to be the most Important producer of gold, the larger part in ISIS coming from four deep mines and one placer. The deep miness are the Cornucopia and Baker, at Cornucopia; the Katnbow, in the Mormon. Basin, and the Columbia. Just north of 8umpter. Th placer mine la that operated by the Powder River Dredging Company, operating near Sumpter In the Sumpter Valley. This company operates two dredges, one an eleven-foot and the other nine-foot. The latter was Installed during the year. The production of gold from South ern Oregon, comes mostly from placer mines In Josephine and Jackson coun ties. The districts which produced the greatest amount are the Jump-Off Joe Platinum Copper Tin ' Lead Silver Zinc Pig Iron teel Aluminum Antimony Quicksilver Nickel Bismuth Cobalt Nitrate of soda.... Quotations December 10 Increase per ounce M Per cent ..20.75 cents per pound S percent ..43 cents per pound... 2 per cent ..S.70 cents per pound........ 60 percent ,.5 cents per ounce 17 per cent ..H.75 cents per pound 234 per cent ..117 per ton 4percen ,.27 Bessemer billets 46 per cent ,.0 cents per pound... 21S per cent ..41 cents per pound 193 percent ..1105 for 75-pound flask 120 percent ..50 cents per pound 11 percent ..IS per pound 240 per cent ..$2 per pound Spercent ..2.06 cent per pound 0percent This increase Is due In part to war trade and In part to the fact that the usefulness of some metals for a num ber of years has been, Increasing faster than the supply. Aluminum has more than trebled in price during the ear. but war munition trade has been a small factor. The most important .fac tor in the Increased price of this metal la the material diminution in foreign supply. As another Interesting Illustration of the rapid Increase of the 'f. of metal, mention may be made of the 15 ounce exhibit of platinum at the Ore gon booth In the Palace of Mines at the Panama-Pacific International Exposi tion, losned by Jsmes Logan, of Jose phine County. This 15-ounce exhibit or platinum occupied less space than could be contained in an ordinary after-dinner coffee-cap. and yet this seemingly small amount of platinum was worth over ISeO more to Mr. Logan at the dose of the exposition than when be loaned it to the state last A,Br"consultlnc the above table It will be en tkat all of tha metaJa are de- . . i i-.i- ihnwn bv tbe I manoea inci'" I unprecedented advance In prices: all of i . . . .-it...-, ia tha nresent ex wnicn t"" . tremely healthy condition of the min ing Induatry. It Is probable that the metal produc tion from Oregon in 115 will come very cloaa to the 12.000.000 mark- If thla ntrara la reached It will be th I largest prvnuiiiwa - - J ' j eit im by far th most Important snd the Waldo, In Josephine County. Owing to the period of business depres sion during the past year, many men who do not make mining their regular business have taken up that work, es pecially placer mining. On this ac count we should look for some increase In the production of gold from South ern Oregon. The copper production of the state will show a large Increase. The high price of this metal has stimulated pros pecting considerably, and some half dozen properties in the state have be come shippers during the last few months of the year, and, although the copper production will not be a large Item as compared with gold, it will be many times greater than for the past few yeara The effect of the general depression of the past year has been felt most decidedly In the building stone and clay Industrie . Considerable quanti tlea of stone for local use and for road construction have been quarried at va rious points la the state, but the out put for building purposes has been less than for several yeara. With the ex ception of the Federal buildings at Medford and The Dalles, contracts railing for stone in any quantity have been few in 1015. Sandstone for the Medford Postofflce was furnished from tbe Pioneer qusrry in Lincoln County. This quarry has In the past produced much excellent building stone but was idle for several years prior to Its re opening in 1911. Th slowing-up at building opera tions has similarly affected to some ex tent the demand for building brick and clay building blocks. Most of the larg est clay plants have been in continuous operation throughout the season, how ever, and report a steady, even if some what lessened, demand for their prod ucts. The increasing use of drain tile by farmers for draining the wet lands is a noteworthy feature and one that Is beginning to exercise a substantial stimulating effect upon the clayworlr ing business. This is particularly true in those sections of the Wlllamete Val ley and other parts of the state where large tracts of rich but undrained farm lands exist. The demand for pressed brick, face brick and ornamental brick nas likewise sagged with the scarcity of building operations. The output of vitrified clay products, such as sewer pipe, paving brick and stoneware, will probably be found to have decreased but slightly, if any, in 1915. from that of the preceding year. Oregon pro duced clay products in 1914 to the total value of 2594.166. The 1915 production will likely be a little leas than this. In the same field with stone and clay products are the building brick and blocks, pipe and drain tile made of cement concrete. These are made in various parts of the state, usually where suitable clays or stone are not available. The value of concrete prod ucts made and marketed in the past year has suffered in common with that of other materials of construction. No statistics of production are available. Though the mining of coal in Oregon has never been considered one of the important industries of the state, nevertheless in the last six years alone 340,728 tons have" been mined, having a total value of $946,903. The statistics of the coal production for 1915 are not as yet available, but in 1914 there were 51.558 short tons mined, with a value of $143,556. This is a slight increase over the production in 1913, which was 46,063 tons, valued at $116,724. Coal Deposits Extensive. All the coal mined in Oregon comes from the Coos Bay coal field,' so named from the fact that it entirely surrunds that body of water. This field occu pies a total area of about 230 square miles. The two largest producing mines are those operated by the Beaver Hill Coal Company and the Coos Bay Coal and Fuel Company. In 1914 the average number of workmen at the Beaver Hill was 77. and at the Coos Bay Coal and Fuel Company's mine 62. - Other coal fields have been pros pected in different parts of the state. Among them are the Upper Nehalem field in Columbia County, the Lower Nehalem, In Clatsop and Tillamook Counties; the Yaquina field, in Lincoln County; the Eckley and Shasta Costa fields, in Curry County; the Eden field, in Coos County, and the Rogue River field, in Jackson County. . The sand and gravel production for 1914 wss $390,177. The lime, limestone and trvo-um produced in 1914 amounted lo $7,257. There will probably be Ut ile cuana - these -ifiurea tor 1815.