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- g TITE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY. JAXTAHY 1. 1016, Change of Attitude in Favor of Saving Forest Resources of Oregon Is Welcomed State That Has Timber Resources That Are Measured In Millions of Acres In Normal Times Affords Employment to 22,000 Men in Industries in Woods. f - -. . - .. ' -" t?-&& T: J X ""J y, vAtJ. . r- .ay.;. v.-- .,, , , J. iJLi- . . . J) L. i!' :-.i--i ifs w iiJi.r rii.i H t : a w ,te 'T, f. V 4 4 TIMIt l Urn r .. in rm cintaa f Ot( Ik or4 fratrr u 4 ml mimm t ..ftal.r krrotk . Ik r mtla ( nn.rtio f ir f" rrorr fTl rtfoi fr ararmrnl kklr. A f"r fcl rtakl vrl cUaim I IA Atttlad f ! ! tair Miufml rv TkM n k Ik futor trr ( Iksir tc l kt. s4 thai In i4 a, a Mf k:t la ir iKk'iH t;lottalloa sf U ( tlikr roo. ku-a twlrl f yp li ' Tr -'' lkl r-a atl f rt ro absV4 r:4 k wto . 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Iat"l T tiraial la in aa ltrk) aat la Ik alastaliaa f l'a- k ctia a laal ma iri raa" t"r lk t h . a i t ftxi a -T aii4ai la foraatry r alflt!4 I ik a fra aia a a c.airot. T-r lar - i frl lra aal aw t asaat Ibata ma(u i la lha fial-l Tk laa la ajacawv !. .ill ikair ppivatk.a I alaa.jtn ItaMI. I m4r ll lk mr a la aaria fa Ik llmkr anr. aa krt a kwt ' la a pv4 a' I I Mr, aaaaa Imlwl laal I a ,MI la is r-r ! ar'aai a aaafT aar ra aa4 torfahl t irvtf iH farm a R trf apt 1 rratar al'Ji smant. aa. prattkal tafy waoUa npr'Mi raajulra a-a t rm ml aapri"! Tk iaa ra-t.: iit(fariia la ia-k- j'l ( '"alu aaatkoria am :. t Ika r4ral rr arfc-a I a (teal kia(laaa TakC Itarvatiac tk iiiakar r'o ! '.l aw a fr-r rfn- rfr r"a Ikaa la fliti a aaar ilia, kar .mm ! k lalMral aa4 atntfn'-l prhtara Iata4 la U?,,l'C I fa.-ifi-- Nl"aal a-aa ra fha pmlmmmh-m mt l"C' llr No- kar araa la Ika aor l ik tlfar an forwr larca. Now!tr la la t (trf ri IT oarkafa aia fha ertia a attaaa Ila lla ti aa4 for asaa f ful;tr IraJalaa f.r IB la fk. Ika r.-ral rf- a-ra. !Sr"i( l rfi lamlw a-an a aiioa. Ika l a if c lin i"oa raaa. Iursa4 I-' Ik f-raatrr acb. f r a I la Iralnine l"(ll lln.ar T loa tfft-rti cnra f Ik a-taal af faraatrr at Corakil'a i ra aaa4 a r a rmralt. a' pra-llcal lo -(.ra c-tar:in vita Ika faraal a a -ml (i r f or . h-n, traaacrtalioa la alia! pro k am la ltln. Ik ruarrtla toar ra-aia latirxtian la Ik 8a(rctMa mt lfir ra' '.a.:a a4 In Ik tm:i laf f' li iia la mt krwi a aa a ..4 a knn r-4a. Tkar atatf trta-itl C ataa tntift aa4 Ika v pa af ans m4 an lctn ral im4i 4 la a' M n a4 far. a la taT f-nal IoIXibC an4 aaykia imU'nt a I a't tft 4t-aa aa 1 aJlP gnnA aaa-l a4 It nakaa if aria f.;.a iaaa4 Tk (4 i :ama for Ik avaa afco 4oa aal know la bar con4.uo. la a kroa4 araa- an4 ak 4oa knaar kaar to kkkdla IM1 naa.lT. Ik raa ar 4rlll4 la affl- rtaar-f antfc4a. Briaollfl maaa Btal. r alalalar on. nr ckooa IO aal kal actaac aMa daala arllb aa lal r.liii Ik kaac air n4 la tha akvrtaal oilll Um. Tk IPrlara ( Ik ral faar aar kaaa laucM '.ocrara Ikal t'l illakai rak-an4-ra4r avatar, af aTinaT aul laara. aiir kaaa ka pracica4 la Ik a' ill aal avail Ikara la ika rtarr la 4.ttrual aarrar at Ika raaL Wtra arfuiant aia4a, ratbr Ikaa biarkar aiarkat ara far to- aa4 larnnar. aaaal k pll4 apaa I aro4ac Ik liaakarasaa proril Lacia nl ara Ikarafor. ara tran4 la ! ol-kaasirc mathrxja a4 Ik a'fl -ciaac anaa4a aaaarafiv af tk moat atr-aafal ?ralor. Tkl I accca- aiiaa4 tr ir'a l l lrrnaT ramp aa4 T l-l r kr ria- I'll ladxalry. n4 kfe raOaa.4. na tua f rtllty ef Ika r"rat aVkaal all llt'aalral tk araatkral iMrartar af li aork aVnaa Kark "arlac tk aatlr ealfii. laairurlera aa4 uaaau aaiajral la Ika asodk Laat cxiaar Ikaa- aaet lata tk hant'ara National r raai n4 ranp4 en H'til Riaar. a Irlkatarr mt Ik aaa Haaa Hiaar. liar Ikaa- rrotaaal aa4 1rp4 a Irarf f aaar !. arraa, cf I aorat krriht maa. la Iki kaaut.fal forat lakoratorT. la moun lata araaaty aa aarlaraaaja aa cat r4 la ika Waal. Ik faraaty key aaaaan4 far tara aalt, atlaT k l a rumrrOTa maaa aorkiaar lik Troaaa aaal alaaala OI Iba kvaoca of akalkaf ror tk faal4 work tk ara war l'4a4 mta partiaa of ft anr n n k Tk rrw fcoa dl Ika ma work, taklrg a.aaaiiaoa br anaana of aa anario4 b raaiaiar la a44itiva la Ui ooaa. Ihr wa tk ramraaarrikri. a-ko. kl4 kaaptac th tra lie, carnal Ik kaad an4 f Ik auraaaora rkaln. rt far c V- a ! n nv n. aha aal4a ra rry 1 n tk raar an4 af ika ckaia. Ij:i4 tk 41 amatar f Ik traa aa lhv wara caKa4 out kr Ik la alkar raaaktara of lb craw who war dltnt4 a a 1 1 anatora ar ca M pa r man. Th country a a ry rough knd waa anaarraTad. IJna cf Uval. rall4 primary coalrol llaaa. war run on tha ridcaa an4 alonar tk main atraama. Hatwaaa tha Una tha rruialna; partlaa ran thair Una. I chains apart, counl la all tk tr en a atrip out chain wida. TMi la tk familiar mathod mpoy4 by th old urn timbr crula ar. of -doubl runnlatr fortlaa." In othr warda. Iwa trip, on chain wld sad ln rhsloa apart wr rrulaad tbroash asch 4-a-r tracL In this way 14 par cant of th tolsl sra was cr4. aa amount aufflriant lo tria aa aalliMia of tr atandtna; tlmbar cloa vaoach for all prartlral purpoaaa. Th work wa doa durlotj lb last of April, and. a mlbt ba aipaclad. ton rainy waathar was ncountr4. la fact, soma of th craws, who war raaalac klab country, on two or tar ocraatona workao) for a day In snoar sad aiaat. Moat of too man. how. 0tmr. war prpr4 for such condi tio ka. Tkoa who wr not- Iarna4 lb aaluael laaon of prpardnaaa for rrsiaiaf Or a sua woods la lb rainy Maaoa. M who coacastion of lh matko4a f laspartiaaT a lollai ducatloa was slaatvad frotw rlaaal hails and from pa!-fac4. waak-arad. bsp-iarl4 profa. s;rb4 la frork coals and tTrat dicnity. would doubtlaaa ba aborkad If b war auddaniy pr-ipltat4 Into an aiac lactor al a forast school camp, tmaslna. If yea plana, a mlhty bon fir. built from tb fora.t dabrls by lb fraakmaa und-r tha auparvlalon of appar ctaaarnao. Imacioa th laclurar. riad la wood loan, conalat Ins of tin pan I a. croiaar shirt and apiksd boots, atsadinff oa a tmw aavaains aal fort lor to th Diotlay craw of woodamaa aal4 oa Iocs or on tha (round In tba star ef th fir. Tlctura mlskly noaarrha of tha forat. toworlrtr mora thaa ft aboae tbam. classic col umn a of lha foraatar'a lampla. Ksnry a mountain torrnt. rhaflns Its rock ribbad bank la a raln b-loar. mln t'.inj lis aubds.d roar with th aou sh ir a of tha winds throuch th lop of radar a and fir. Imnslna all I hi. sad yoa may (llmpae tha aptrit or tn aaw daratlon aa aiampllflrd by tha For aal evcbool of lb oragon btaia Col" ! both ef 8lm: Carmen Feathertoa. of Gaston, and F. A. Brack CompaM and tba Brown ad a Company, of Port' land, all of. whom rcallxad th Im portance of praparlng tha bast product poaaibl. and ha unbounded bop la th ucrs of their undertaking, but ss yat lltU attention has been paid to outsldo markets. However, tha two 8alm companies aach with a capacity or 109.0O4 gallons annually, are now nterlng th astern and foreign mar kets. Losanberry Jules Is superior to all kindred drinks, and has met with such splendid fsTor wherever distributed that It soon will ha a Nation-wide market, and well may the people of Oregon ball this new Industry, bacauaa It will attract hundreds of soil work art. The coat of planting. Including plants, poals and wire. Is about tl an acre. Independent of labor. Thar ara about t0 plants to tha acre. A halt crop can ba expected tha second year. Tha average yield of matured plaata Is three to four tons par acre, and on certain lands of silt or sedt roantary drpoalt Is often twic that amount. About liO acres ara now planted In the state. The average price paid to the grower Is three cants a pound. This will allow a handsome proit for labor and capital Invested, It must b understood thst It Is not hor-td tbst th market will vr be larg enough to justify the planting of tb antir valley and foothills." but It Is known that the establishment of a market for this product will eztead the canning - Industry until other natural products of our soil will find a fixed and definite market. Ureal wealth will coma to Oregon la tha development of her latent re sources, but nothing means so much to tba stale as the advancement of th berry-growing and canning Industries. Loganberry Juice la now Oregon's fa vorite drink. It will not be many years, with proper enterprise, until It Is the ponnlar drink of the Nation. BANNER CROPS MAKE YAMHILL PROSPEROUS Delrylaa; ladaatry gbaaaa Marked l.ala Saaall Trarte 1eaverted lata Ilvralrt4 rarxaa. Spread of Lumber Industry in Oregon Is Gradually Being Brought to Its Height Interior Holdings Are Being Tapped for Development by Construction of Railroads Work Began in Central Part of State Under Direction of Tom Shevlin. By O. . awralaaa. IKialry MrJflaaaiU Ca.arrlal t lab. rpilE year lli was on of unequaled ja prosperity an I amaui ivuni?. addition to a bountiful harvest varloua grains, our dairying Industry has shown a marked Improvement, while our orchard Industry has forged steadily shesd. Our clover seed crop haa exceeded expectations. But by fa: tha best and most valuable saaals wi csn boast of Is a crop of formers who know bow to produce results. Without the farmer this wonderful Wlllsmett Vslley would be a wilderness: there fore, it follows thst the more farmers we have the greater the harvest. Our never-falling rainfall, coupled with a soil as fertile as ths Valley of the Nile, will swell the bank account of any bomeeeeker who will stir th ground and sprinkle a few seeds. .r comers of the sub-tanttal type are more thaa welcome. We have room to spare. Great opportunities are In store for those who follow diverstned farming. for the time is here when the Income on a 40-ai.Te tract easily equals th returns on th l0-acr farm of a few years aso. Every year sees more and more of our larger trans cut up to ac commodate the Influx of practical tam ers. . In addition to our regulsr crops or wheat, os is. rye. clover, corn, etc. bsve Immense orchards of walnuts. cherries, apples, pears, pesches and va rious berries now In bearing. Tb M- Minnvllle Commercial Club takes pli ore In answering Inquiries concerntn our county. COUNTY ROAD WORK IS SUCCESS IN MARION a la btaalbe Caaaty Ball S3 file f w Maai at Ct ( SXrS.l la Batter Market Oklaiaee. By W. kU aa-Hlea. Pr-lOT f Bales t amaaerrlal f lab. rpHE year lilt record Marion -as th JL first county In the state to engage In a public system of road building. During the last 14 months the county bss spent I3J H t on this Item and accomplished the following results: mllas of gravel highway at a total cost of about lil eU 11; 14 mil of asphalt 4 at a cost of about (&I04 a mile. and expanded la th same period lll.- 04 on macadam roads. Uutslde or Mult nomah Marion haa accomplished more road building than any other county tn the state. During the year through (tat aid thl county produced 4 tons of flax straw, wblch will o hackled and relied under state supervision. Next year's crop will exceed 104 tuna. The produc. tlon of this raw malarial is making possible the building up of great tax til Industries in th valley. Kor tha development of agriculture great drains- systeoig have been de vised during the year. An example of what Is being done la Illustrated by th French Iralrl drainage scheme. This work Is under the aospices of ths United titatea Government and when completed will place about 14.004 acre ef unused land In readiness for culti vation. Market for produce have been n laraad greatly during 114. The Oregon prune Is meeting with more and mors fsvor every year and today Marlon County la able to plac thl product aaon the table of practically ovary civilised country Id the world. Proba bly tha moat notable advance la ths creation af saw markets has been BO- tted tn th losaabarry. Why Logan Is King of Berries Is Explained by Its Delicacy KarvlfTk Market New Ara Being Sourht far Fruit That la Cross Between Real Raspberry. Orrsea Wild Blackberry a ad Dewberry. rrfliE Ortgea loganberry, a I I virtually new la tha world -L kaowa la this state oaty la By Baaeg a, "tsssaaae. rait and la the past fsw i ears, may wall be railed the king of a'l bvenes, or th aristocrat f tb berry family, bax-aua It thriv an:y la the moat mud and oqasbl eil nats and la the most frrtli sail. Heaea H Is lb ihotce-t of alt. bad to long almost sxciBlvly to Oregon. It Is nut ay time larger thaa th culti vated raspberry, aad U a dark, rich rod ta color and has th dll(ktul tart lat of th wl d mounts: blacbbarry. II e:y rail for ;imiied cu.liaaeion. and r-r-1'M-e la all Us psrfertloa with sat fertilisation aad Irrigation. It a vromm hatwaea ta rd rasp berry, tb Oragoa wild mountala black berry aal tha dewberry. The hybrid waa Ika rult f axteneav eaoer. mea ls Uoa aa the paxt ef Jadg frank Lo gan at Santa Crux, Cat, about SO years age. It bad Hill or no commercial valus. because of xciv heat, uatll II years latsr, whea It was Introduced Into the Willamette V allay by Mr.- La folletta. To Brit AsnlnwalL of Brooks, belong th credit for first realising Ita commercial Importance. At the ua geatloa of hi mother, h was tba first ta dry ths bar r lea la the sun and offer them t local markets, and not until about three year a ago was that de lightful nctr discovered, when C J. Pvcb, of Fails City. Improvteed a crude press and prepared for market th first drink f th now famous Ora goa loganberry lure. Starting with limltrd rapltaj and carefully feeling hi way. k has produced, after muck experimenting and great pains, an ex cel, ent product. Immediately following csm the Ore- PORT IMPROVEMENT IS BIG AID TO LINCOLN Hew laaaetas C.lve ea aklpplac aad .aaakr 1 n we-p f'kaap ! Available t ewa-a are. By C. B. THK most important dsvslopmaot la Lincoln County for HIS waa the opening of the Taqulna channel to To ledo through the co-operation of the Port o' Toledo and tha Government. Th port xnndd S.00 and the Govern meat 3t to, tha cnring a safe chan nel for tha large sea-going essla Its Influent- Is tall on tha lumbar trada Wa have nearly I0440.404 teat of line timber tributary to Taqulna Bay. which la nearly all owned by private persons sivd Is fully matures. vtm navs a saw mill of a dally capacity of S4.444 feet, now running on full time. A logging railroad xteod to this fin tlmbr. Th Katabrook steamers FineM. Ban don and Fpeedwell ara on the regular run between Toledo and California, car rains 0.404 feet each trip, with the demand for lumbar getting better, thus giving employment to many maa m mill aad camp. Lincoln County Is a natural dairying district, with many creameries and rherse fsctorles. Th Farmers Co operative Creamery has plants at To ledn and Kashvlll. Each paid out over U. 00 for butter fat during th year and yt large quantltlea bf cream are hipped outside. Our mild, moist cli mate Is Ideal for grass, forags and root plants, making Lincoln County ths bom ef the cow. as well a4 tha Angora goal. Our assessment rolls show 17 goats, which ar money-makers as wsll as land clesnrrs for our farmers. In addition to thess sdvantagea there are n bincoia v..uu u 1 7 i a, a - oi logd-off and unimproved lands thst raa be purchased for 1 an acre and l,as There are splendid opportuni ties In this county ior ine numeseeasr Northwest Fruit ProdtacL Company. 1 and person of small means. t - I A. - - ' - t " - 1 a 1 ? ,r J'i ' iur.r'-? m , j. m ... -te-w - w A - ' ' I .- . w -- - -. .-. -.. ' .-TT. . . i I ' ' " - " I -"-''- '; . . ? rv--' ;- -. ' i r ; -: : v ",. ' V-A f Czjiejnal ' p 1 ,', ' 1 ' "JLpZZZy- I of tSnzWin FJeLrtt. i . -...,. - 5 "A f- ' J .l-T ' ' -"( r.f5 -Sv. " r - Jm&vlr'-i a--f-raM'i - ! 1 rr:-r -rr" " 1 rl r t- .--t s . ',r?zi-- j vs-'- - A y.ZkfjjL.Ji?ZiJ J Cy1 WlSl w-S-en- , -. ext. . ycj t . . By Robert W. sawyer. rriO Oregon, with Its billions or reet of Umber, and It sawmills scat tered around the edge of the state, from Klamath County to Coo County, to Portland and to La Grande, the de velopment of lumbar manufactures in vat another section may seem but a drop In th bucket; and rU alnce it Is development, and In th particular case, of such a substantial sort. It may ba pointed to as one more evidence or the prominence of the ststs In the tim ber Industry, and hailed in the state Iteelf as another asset, bound to create still othrs tn th fields 01 Business, end vrlruHnrS The chief development In the Ore goa lumber business hitherto hss been In those olaces wher transportation was available, either by rail or water, to continental and world markets. Cen tral Oreson hss been looked upon as a section producing only such crops as could get to market on their own ft. Lacking other muni or irnnsporiauon thl. viaw of tha Interior, so far as cash crops have been concerned, has been correct, but lor. every yr w.i the sheep went to ine sneering i gnaniko. and for each of many years before, a new ring of growth has bsen added to a crop that haa Just begun ta ha harvested In earnest, and that nrtxtuca cash far In xc-ss of all that has come from the Interior tn the P"- . .u. Undoubtedly, tn mtnairutuon at. - rallroada to Band In llll was m urai imnortant stn toward the develop. ant of tha Central Oregon timber manufacture. Before that time the en lands had been selected, the timoer laltna had been taken up, me spec-u- .ton had had their dsy and the tim ber companies had begun the acquisi tion of their holding. Here and there. Band and aisswnere. vtra imau mills where lumbar was sswsa ior local use. -local" being anywhere in a (mile radius, but tha big mills were yet to come, and the new railroads brought them Immeasursbly nearer. It was not only by assuring trans portation to tha product or ine oiaj mills, when they should be built, thst the new railroads aided In tha timber avslopment. They aia mat, oi couree, but they also furnlsned a means or settles to the market the product of the existing small mills. The flnel step before ine actual time "when the big- mills are built." has been the "blocking" of the timber holdings of the different companies, largely effected in 1914. By this block ing, scsttered claims have been exr changed, and trades have been made, to the end that each company might have Its timber. In a compact block instead of a claim here and a claim there, with claim owned by half a dozen -others In between. This work done, the tim ber companies finally were In position to proceed with their milling and it was only the outbreak of the European war that prevented construction at Bend a year and a half ago. Shevlin Starts Developxeeat, In February, however, there came, or reappeared, upon tha Central Ore gon timber horiion, Thomas L. Shev lin. of Minneapolis, former Tale foot ball player and hammer thrower, and since the death of bis father, the head of an association of timber Interests stretching from Ontario to the Coast, which. In the Fremont Land Company, owned thousands of acres of Central Oregon timber lands. In that month It was Announced that the Shevlin company had taken' over th Johnnon timber Interests, lying a - few milex south of Bend, and that, war or no war, a modern mill would be built for the manufacture of this and the other Shevlin timber. Still later the an nouncement came that the Shevllns had also taken over the Hogers hold ings, even nearer to Bend, and that tna mill would bo built at Bend. Later yet it was announced that the Brooks timber would be milled at Bend and that the mill would be built a once. The sawmills and connected plants for these two companies, the Shevlln Hlxon Company and the Brooks-Scan-lon Lumber Company, are now nearing completion, and the last steps In Cen tral Oregon's lumber development are being taken. Other mills may be built hereafter, but they will affect the de velopment only in quantity. situated directly opposite each other on tha banks of the Deschutes River, the mills are within half a mile of the businesa center of Bend on sites se lected for sawmills seversl years ago. Almost Identical In sixe. the two will cut the same amount of lumber. 250,- 09 feet each per. day. the great qii ference In the two plants appearing io the departments following the saw. Both the Brooka and the Shevlin nlanta wlil have box factories in con nection, and the latter a sash and door factory, which, with the box plant, will manufacture three-fourths of the out put of the mill. In sixe. the sash and door factory already has become one of the sights of Central Oregon, being 210 by 270 feet end covering nearly an acre and a quarter of ground. Plants Are Modem. Another building: of considerable siza In the Shevlin plant is the dry shed, 100x632 feet- The planing mill is S6 112 feet and the box factory 210x150 feet. A record-breaker for the West is the battery of dry kilns. 20 in all. of the Grand Rapids type, more than In any other place west of the Mississippi River. The Brooks plant has four dry kilns, with space left for more when needed. For power the Shevlin plant will use electricity developed by three turbines, one of 750 horsepower, one bf 500 and one of 280. The steam for these will be produced by 11 boilers burn ing a mixture of sawdust and planer shavings. Waste will bo consumed in a burner 120 feet high and 34 feet in diameter and water-jacketed, tha water running from the burifcr to tlie log pond, thereby keeping the logs front freezing and making a 12-montli run possible. ' Six boilers will supply steam power for the operation of the Brooks mill snd heat for tha dry kilns, while the planing, mill, box factory, stacker and unstacker will be operated by electric ity Dimensions of some of the Brooks bui'ldings are: Planing mill. 100x100 feef burner. SO feet diameter and S feet high, and two. dry bbeds 100x240 and 100x176 feet. '. According to present plans the Shev lin mill will start cutting on February 15 and the Brooks mill in Slarch. Until they are in actual operation it is dif ficult to say how many men they will emplay, but careful estimates set the figure at well over 1000 and the month ly payroll at close to 160,000. Botir companies will bring their logs in from the woods on logging railroads which are already built out Into the timber.' These re the first of the "big" mills for which Central Oregon has waited so long, and mark the longest step towards its timber development. Others which are still in the future but as confidently expected as thoBe which' Bend now has are looked for near Sis ters, back of Prfneville, and in the neighborhood of Crescent and La Pine. PROGRESS IS MADE IN MALHEUR COUNTY LleeettM-k ladaatry l Ttealtky Cw 4ltlaa Cora 1 lei 4 ' rt. ash Be4a re Be Dvlpe4. Br John Ricky. Vale remmerrlal Club. H CAUlEliH WIST) na auuereti jYJ if than many other sections of a-- n-aat from depressed times. Tne ool add sheep Industry hss never been more satisfactory and prospects are excellent for a good season. Cattle been high and the range nrst class, resulting In large and increased shipments and bringing casn into us county. v.a have the Dsnxs oeen in as ex cellent condition ss far as deposits are concerned. ini- av..- 04 on deposit now uiau m-r In tl btatory of the oounty. The re serves are higher than usual. Tha greatest advancement mad In the past year has been a further and complete demonstration that splendid Mrl can b raised in commercial quaa tula. The average for the 6000 acres ,(,Mded av ouaiian - -wa i . i j the 1AA-K.,.h-1 several yi"e . "with alfalfa, wheat and corn th hoc Industry will forge to the front end money will flow to us rather than from us- ' The local umi - double the business of last year through th enlarged homestead act. Many farmers are preparing to dry farm the higher plateaus and there will be a large Increase in grain produotton. . It has been proved that potassium and sodium compounds exist In com mercial quantities in several actions of Malheur County. At one point two men can load a wagon in a few hours with Epsom salts. 8 per cent pur. Several persons ar exploiting and test ing the potash and sodium fields and the coming season wlU be one of great activity in opening up these prospects. Drainage ana irrigation projm-va being outlined. The Nyssa-Areadla drainage system will offer Its bonds for sale in January. The Warm Springs reservoir will be constructed in the near future, adding about 0,000 acres to the producing possibilities of th county. GILLIAM COUNTY IS MAKING BIG STRIDES barge Crope aad High JPrlcea Bring I'reaaerlty to Farmers Home stead Lands Attract Settlers. a. K. A, Hartahenf, of Condon Basin 07 Men'e Association. THE past year has been an espe cially good one for Gilliam County and the progress made along various lines has been, perhaps, greater than in any other one year. Financially speaking, the Individual residents of the county and the county as a whole have made great advance. While this is due in part to the big wheat crop and the good price received by the farmers for their wheat, there sre other reasons of the prosperity which is being enjoyed here. .The farmers are in better financial condition today than they tave been for yoars and al though this makes progress for a county, this Is the least in progress made by Gilliam during 1915. The greatest gain for the county i the number of new people who are Leettllng here. Some are taking home steads, otners aia uujuis oiu. u s " and all come here with the idea of making a borne. This has alway been the great need of Gilliam County, mora people and more horn builders, and ki addition to this there is a tendency among all th farmers to do better farming. More attention is being given to handling the soil with the result that better crops are being grown. Then, too, the big ranches are be ing cut into smaller tracts. Teopl4 are getting away from the Idea of coming Into Gilliam to stay for a few years to make a stake ana men move to some other locality to make their home. Tbey are finding that there ia no more desirable plaoe to live than in Gilliam County and are becoming content to remain here, improving their Homes, bulidng schools, churches,' good roads and in other ways plan ning those things that make for pros perity and progress.