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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1903)
'i M E7VRLX1 50,000 MORE PEOPLE THE SUNDAY "OREGOyiAy, -PORTLANDj APRIL 5, 1903. Commercial Club, In an Interview on this subjevt nays: "The Immigration into lane Conntr during the past year has been one of un precedented magnitude. The number of people settling in the county during this period will undoubtedly approximate 30, distributed as follows: In the towns - ....750 In the lumbering districts -WO In the mining camps .200 On o;rrl cultural lands "The majority of these people compose families, the single men numbering In the neighborhood of 200. Trie greater portion of these people possess more or less pieans and hare settled in the county per manently. Investing In farms, timber lands or city property. No doubt the very best Index to the financial character of the Immigrants is found in the statements of the banks which show an increase in business during the year of IMC of at least 0 per cent. To be sure & portion of this Increase can be attributed to the general prosperity of the community, all lines of business having done well, but the most of it is due to the influx of immigrants. "A ride over any of our country roads, as well as through the towns, cannot but impress even the most querulous with a eplrit of satisfaction: not only are new houses and barns visible on all hands throughout the country districts, but the older places are being repainted and a general appearance of prosperity shown. To show a newcomer all of the new build ings In Eugene would require the greater part of a day's riding. The Increase in the school census dur ing the year will approximate ISO in Eu gene with perhaps a 2 per cent increase In the country districts." LIXCOLX COUXTY. Steady String ot llonieseelters Into the Yaqalna Day Country. TOLEDO', Or.. April 3. While tJncoln Ccunty has had no boom yet, there has been a steady string of homescekers coming -Jnto the county, and over 203 homesteaders have cast their lot with -us during the past year, and about 100 other Immigrants who have bought lands. and many of this class ot homeaeekeny came irom uie juiaaio vt est, irom nansas, Minnesota and the Dakota and have suf ficient capital to buy improved lands, ilany acres of timber lands have been lo cated under the timber and stone, act, and, while the people who have taken this clans of land as a rule are not actual settlers, yet they have taken the land and paid the Government for it and it is placed on the tax rolls and thus helps in the general improvement. At a safe estimate Lincoln County wVl add to her assessment roll this year 100,030 acres of land, which will increase the val uation of her tax roll at least one-fourth. .New blood seems to have put llfo into all our citizens, and hundreds of acres of brush lands have been slashed and burned oft and seeded to grass? thus largely In creasing the acreage of pasture. Lincoln County Is fast becoming a stock and dairy country. The Lincoln County Board of Trade is getting out advertising matter to place with the Bureau ot Information of Portland. LIXX COUXTY. Diversified Knrmlnar, Lumbering and Mlnlnic Lnrcely on the Increase. TJLBANY, Or.. April X Linn County a during the last year and quarter has experienced a healthy growth along al most every line. There has been no mushroom growth, hut there has been steady progress of a nature that will re sult in' permanent good. In most in ' stances it is almost impossible to give exact figures as to Just what the increase and Improvement have been, but approxL. mate figures can be given In most in stances, and the important avenues ot manifest development can be cited. During the year 1902 a large number of desirable homeseekers located In Linn County. The exact number ot these Im migrants Is not known, but real estate men say that there was a steady move ment ot property during the year, which in the aggregate exceeded that ot any one year within the past decade. This In flow ot immigration has also been grad ually increasing, making the stream ot homesetkers during the three months of 1S0J of greater volume than that ot any quarter year in 1902. The number ot fam ilies located in Linn County during the past IS months Is variously estimated. Perhaps an approximate statement would place the number at Z50. Then, upon a basis ot five people to the family. 1250 new people have made their homes In this county since January 1, 1902. The wonderful resources of the county have been demonstrated as they never were before. Linn County mines have been developed and established as one of the permanent, paying industries. Still greater progress has been made in the lumbering business. The Santtam River district is dotted with villages of lumber, men and loggers, each town being clus tered about a busy sawmill. Linn County lumber has during the past year been shipped to all parts of the world, and the industry is yet In its infancy. The tim ber resources of the county are almost unlimited, and the lumber Industry bids fair to- become of great magnitude in the sear future. The past year has' also seen the greater development of diversified farming in Linn County. The large farms, which In years gone by were devoted exclusively to wheat, have been cut up Into smaller farms, and the raising of wheat has been supplanted by dairying, fruitgrowing and stockraislng. Numerous large stock farms have been started In the foothills of the county. The inauguration ot di versified farming is considered the har binger ot an era of progress. Albany, the metropolis ot Linn County, has kept pace with the county. There is not an empty houee in Albany, and there Is demand for new houses. A number of people have been prevented from stopping here by the lack of houses to rent. And the industrial growth of the city has been good. The big chair factory of R. Veal & Sons, the largest on the North west Coast, was started during the past yeaV. About 100 men are employed at the factory and In the woods. During the same perlodtthe Albany Butter & Produce Company newly equipped a, creamery and built an ice factory and cold-storage plant. A sash and door factory was placed in operation by Stars & Living, stone. The Increase In the volume of business In Albany Is indicated by the tact that the receipts in the postoface here have Justified raising the grade of the office to thet second class and estab lishing free delivery. The free rural de livery embraces all the country surround ing Albany. Fred Dawson, one of Albany's leading business men and secretary of the com merce committee of the Olco Club, when asked what growth Linn County had made during the past 15 months, said: "Linn County has experienced a growth in population during the period mentioned, and this growth has been of a healthy, derlrable order. I would not attempt to estimate the number of Immigrants we have received, but I win say that tnore new people have been trading in our stores, and the commerce committee has received more requests for Information than tnany previous period of like dura tion. These people have mad and are making homes In Linn county, and have Inaugurated the ago of diversified farm lng which our county has seeded for so long. A pleasing feature ot these new people Is their thrift and progresslre ness. "Wherever they have located bains, fences and outhouses are repaired and the premises assume a general air ot pros perity. We are certainly getting a most deJlratJo class ot people. 'The Industrial progress has been I marked, especially the lumbering indus try. I would say that the outlook is very bright for Linn County to develop a large lumbering business, with Albany as the business center. The stock business has also become an Important factor, and the stockyards recently opened in Al bany presage the Interest we have de sired alone this line. When diversified farming, stockraislng, lumbering and min ing are thoroughly entered upon Linn County will experience her greatest pros-Pert- - . a "yes, l snouia say mo tic i iuiie... auu growth of Linn County during the past year and a quarter has been very gratify, lng." MALHEUR COUXTY. Substantial Increase Manifest 'In the Stoekrnlslna- Industry. VALE. April 3. Malheur County oc cupies a unique position on the map of Oregon, being situated as It is in the ex treme southeastern corner ot the state, with Idaho on the east and Nevada on the south, and Isolated from the greater part of the state by mountain ranges and magnificent distances. The railroad, except the Oregon Short Line, which skirts the eastern boundary of the county, passing through Ontario. Arcadia and Nyssa, is an unknown factor In Malheur, and freighting to the Interior is carried on by means of the "prairie schooner" and the trail wagon, the sup ply points being Huntington, Baker City, Ontario and Caldwell. Idaho. Since the first settlement of this county stockraislng has been and Is now the chief industry and the principal source ot her wealth. The number of livestock In the county, as shown by tbe County Asses sor's books for 1902, were "as follows: Sheep, 1 41,615: cattle. 2S.S70; horses. 10.1SS all of which Is a very conservative es timate of the actual number, and owing to the great quantity of alfalfa bay raised here, this number Is more likely to In crease than to decrease in the years to come. Gold mining has been no mean source ot wealth In this county, and today the mines of Malheur City and vicinity are opening up with renewed vigor. At this time the remarkable agricul tural resources of the county are attract ing marked attention. ' Cereals, especially wheat, yield abund antly; potatoes and garden vegetables do remarkably well in the lowlands, and no better apples, pears or plums can be grown anywhere. All small fruits do well. Honey also Is largely produced, the most ot It being taken from the alfalfa, which blossoms during the entire Sum mer season. One gentleman has over 100 colonies of bees, and says he has fre quently taken as much as "120 pqunds of surplus honey in one season from a single colony. But all this productiveness depends upon irrigation, and there Is always suf ficient water, when properly stored and used, to Irrigate a largo percentage of the tillable land at small cost to the farmer. There are three banks In the county, with a capital stock of JUS.CttX Two of these banks, one a First National, are In Ontario, the other In Vale. Loans and deposits in these banks during tbe past year have Increased 23 per cent. Tbe fact that three banks are doing a profitable business In a county of only 2500 Inhab itants is deserving of more than a pass ing notice, as It is indicative of the phe nomenal prosperity of the people. -There are no really poor people in Malheur Count). Notwithstanding the fact that in this county the area of land upon which filings wcro made, together with that for which patent Issued within the past year, amounts to over 17,000 acres. . Malheur County has not been getting her share of Immigration, but there has .been an evident Increase during the past year, and especially within the. past three months. Chicago is reaching out for the trade ot this, portion of the state. San Francisco expects to get the lion's share of it after tho proposed railroad connecting the Ore gon1 Short Line with that city is com pleted. Under present conditions short orders are more promptly filled from Salt Lake City than from Portland, and if Oregon's metropolis does not look sharp she will some day lose a rich field. " MAIUOX COUXTY. Immigration Has Stiffened the Price of All Agricultural Lands. SALEM. Or., April 3. About 100 families, numbering some 1200 persons, have come to Marion County to make their bomein the past year. Most of these have arrived in the last six months, for the tide of immigration Is just setting In. During the next 12 months there will be a still heavier Immigration, and it Is ex pected that the consequent demand for farm and city property will send real estate values up very rapidly. There is now scarcely a vacant residence in Salem. Rents have advanced about 20 per cent In the last two years, and there has been a very appreciable advance In the market value of all kinds of real estate. It can scarcely be said that prices have materi ally advanced as yet. for those who have land for sale are offering It as pretty much the same prices they asked a year or two ago. The difference in conditions Is that a year ago buyers would not meet the prices asked, while now the demand for farm or city property Is so strong that sales are taking place every day at from 20 to 30 per cent more than could have been secured at this time last year. Prices asked for land in this county are still low, bill It is evident from the way property is now changing hands that selling figures are going up. One has not far to seek for the reason why there is an Increased demand for land in this county. In the last two or three years the farmers have been making money. Many prunegrowers and hopgrow ers sold tnclr crops last Fall for enough money to pay for the land upon which the crops grew. There has been a market at fair or high prices for everything the farmer produced. Under these circum. stances, and in view of the pleasant cli matic conditions in the Willamette Val ley, it Is not to be wondered at that there ehould be a very active realty market this year. As newcomers are paying some 20 to 30 per cent more for land this year than, they were willing to pay last year, and as it Is certain that hundreds of Eastern people will come- to the Willam ette Valley In the next 12 months, real estate dealers do not hesitate to ex press the opinion that nojet April buyers will be offering at least 20 per cent mora for land than they do today. No Government land suitable for agri culture remains in Marlon County, but there are thousands of acres of new unim proved land owned by private parties which may be bought for from tlO to 123 an acre. Improved land sells for from CO to J100 an acre. Most ot the sales now being made are of Improved land, and to men who are able to make payment in full. It has been many times remarked by those whose business it Is to observe the class of people who come to the state that those who are now coming are all men with capital to Invest. This, together with the vigorous advertising campaign being carried on by the Greater Salem Commercial Club through the llarrtcian Immigration Bureau, is the foundation for the development this section of the state will undergo during the coming year.' WHAT STATE LAXD SALES SHOW. In 10O2. Xearly 170,000 Acres More Wrr Sold Thaa In 1901. SALEM. Or., April 1 No departmsnt of the state government feels the tide ot Immigration more than the State Land Department, which comes lata direct con tact with a large number ot the people who arrive here from the East In search of homes or land. While large numbers of sales of land have been made to the newcomers, many of them prefer to pur chase Improved farms rather than new land or to take homesteads from the Government domain. Many sales are also made to residents of this state, who ap preciate the excellent opportunity that Is now offered for the profitable Investment of money in cheap land. The record of sales shows, however, the rapid increase in the transfer of land from public to private ownership. The number of acres sold in each biennial term for the last 12 years is as follows: Tears. Acres. 1S81-92 wm 1SSJ-S4 127.701 1E6-S6 ; 82.339 1S37-SS 217.4M lEj-oo sn.ru 1301-B 431,123 The rate of increase will be even greater during the first half of 1903, but as the price of school land will be doubled on May 21. the siles may be expected to drop oft somewhat after that time. The only records at the state capital which show the rate of Increase In the sales of Government land are the receipts to the-United States 5 per cent land sales fund. In 1903 the state received, as S per cent of the receipts on the sales of land in 1902. the sum of J3.I63.S0. In the year preceding the state received tls, 113.55. It therefore appears that there has fceen an Increase of practically SO per cent In the amount ot sales. In the year 1901 5 per cent of the receipts of sales ot the year 1900 amounted to fll.70.45. while in the preceding year the amount was K3S7.90. Besides the school land referred to above the state has had for sale a large number of Improved farms which were taken by the state during the hard times, upon the foreclosure of mortgages given to se cure loans from the school funds. So great has the demand been for Improved land, that the state has been able to dis pose of the greater part of Its farms at a considerable margin above the cost. The. records of the department of educa tion show the number of school children in the state at the time of taking the census in each of the last 'three years as follows: 1900 133.ia 1901 , , 133.813 1902 J....7. 13S,6 POLK COUXTY. Lumbering; Industry In tie Moun tains Has Taken Great Strides. DALLAS, Or., April 3. During the past year a large number of immigrants have settled in polk County, and at this time the influx Is steadily lrcreaslng. The several towns throughout the county have only of late realized that to attract the attention of Eastern homeseekers the many advantages of the county must be advertised. So far no systematic effort In this line has been attempted, and those people who have lately settled in this part of the state say that which roost at tracted their attention to Folk County was personal letters of local real estate men and inducements offered by the railroad companies. But those who first arrived here about one year ago have done a great deal towards promoting immigration to this county. On arriving here they realized the many advantages offered the homeieeker, and have Induced many of their former Eastern neighbors to come out and settle in the county. There are no means available to enable one to give the exact figures on immigration Into the county, and about the only way of get ting anywhere near it is to take the esti mates of Individuals Interested In real estate. These men state that at no time within the history of the county has there been as great a number of homeseekers as within the past year and a half. It is sate to say that no less than (00 people have settled In Polk County during the past year. The hotels are crowded at all times with people looking for homes, and men who have come from the East with the in tention of taking up Umber lands. Hardly a day passes but that there Is a party ot Eastern people sets out from this city for the Coast Range to the west, intending to locate on timber claims. The most important enterprise now un der way in Polk County is the railroad in course of construction between Falls City and Dallas. This road is nine miles in length, and will be pushed forward into one of the finest bodies of fir timber on the Coast. The company building this road has secured enough timber to last them many years. The roadbed is rapidly n earing completion, and trains will be running between Dallas and Falls City by May 15. There are at present three large sawmills, which lume their timber into Falls City, where their planing mills and dry-kilns are located. As soon, as the railroad is completed a sawmill of 100,000 feet capacity per day, and employing 100 men, will be built In Dallas. Tbe timber resources ot Polk County are at last claiming the attention which their excel lence deserves. Over 3500,000 has been paid Into the hands of settlers for timber lands In the last year by various men and cor porations who are abundantly able and will In tho near future begin active opera tions by building additional railroads and mills. This is a long stride In the right direction, as the lumber supply of this county can be handled only by large cap ital. Nor will the usefulness of these lands cease when the timber Is cleared away, for. the soli will produce an abund ance of pasturage without Irrigation, and in a few years here will be found dairy and stock ranches unexcelled by those of no other part of Oregon. UXIOX COUXTY. Larsest Immigration Year In History of Grand Ronde Valley. UNION. April 3. Union County during the year 1902 and the first quarter of 1903 received a much larger Immigra tion than ever before during the same length of time. The newcomers are com posed Jargely of farmers and lumbermen, coming here from the Northern Middle States and from Utah and Colorado. It la estimated that between 300 and 400 fami lies have settled here during said period. Many of these people had means and pur. chased fruit and agricultural lands, at fair prices, while others took up public lands. There have probably been 200 Wings on Government lands in Union County during that time. While many of these filings were on timber lands for the Umber it self, yet there are many others taken Un der the homestead laws for the purpose of making homes. These locations are made in the more remote parts of the county, the valleys proper having been located some Ume ago. yet much valuable lands are still to be found that will make pros perous homes. The rush for timber lands during the past year was unprecedented, most of the locations being made in the Catherine Creek section east of Union, and in the northern part of the county near Elgin. The result ot the locations is the rapid development of the lumber ing Industry here. Many new sawmills have already been established, and others will soon be put In. affording an excellent market for the farming community and giving employment to many people. The census of the county shows a rap idly Increasing school population. Tho people here take a commendable pride in maintaining a high standard for the pub. lie schools. Two years ago the state established In this county, near the city of Union, the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station, which did excellent work the past year la producing new grasses and In develop ing the sugar beet- At the session of the Legislature Just closed tho state made a 320.000 appropriation tor this Institution, which will be used In furthering the work ot the staUon. Tbe development of thor oughbred stock will have the attention of the station this year, which it- Is be lieved will have a beneflclll effect on the stock interests of this part ot Oregon. The sugar Industry is permanently es tablished here. The factory last year pro duced more sugar than ever before, and contracts are being made now for a large ly Increased acreage ot sugar beets for this year. Union County now has five flourmllfs, and another one is being erected and two more planned to be erected this year. When 'these mills are aU in operation it is believed that they will be able to grind all the wheat produced In Grand Ronde VaUey. The fruit Industry Is attaining to large proportions In this county. Union now has a large prune dryer and a number of fruit packlng-hou-s have been estab lished In the county the past year. Many carloads of V'nlon County apples have been shipped East the past few weeks. The capacity of the Union Woolen Milts was doubled the past year and now gives employment to about 40 hands. This fac tory is gaining the reputation of making the finest pure white blanket in the world. The new blood that is coming into this county through the Immigration from tho Eastern States is eivinjr new life tD this section. And that Is Just what Is needed here. Union County, with its healthful climate, rich soli, pure water and natural resources, affords the newcomer the fin est opportunities for the successful estab lishment of homes and new enterprises. LA GRANDE, April X In the 15 months from January 1, 1902, to March SL 1903, at the United States Land Office in this city, 16S9 homesteads were taken up. em bracing 259.099 acre In addition to these entries, there were. In the third quarter of 1902, 330 settle ment on the Umatilla Indian -reservation, comprising about 55,000 acres; in the fourth quarter. 121 entries on J7.S63 acres, and in January, 1903, five entries on 594 acres. There are also about 150 Umber and stone entries under suspension, await ing InvcsUgatlonJjy special agents. UMATILLA COUXTY. Desirable Immla-catlon Added About lOOO to the Population. . PENDLETON, Or.. April i-The Immi gration to Umatilla County since Jan uary 1, 1902. may be safely set down as between SCO and 1000 persons. This coun ty's resources have been" very little ad vertised, and the largest part of the home seekers have passed through to terminal points. Notwithstanding this, a good many have drifted back seeking good lo cations, and the class of newcomers we have Is much superior to the old tramp immigrant that drifted back and forth In wagons. Most of them have money, and are either purchasing farms or engaging in agricultural pursuits on rented land until they are better satisfied with the country. A large part of the newcomers had friends or relatives here who encouraged them to come and helped them to get started, A percentage of this class Is from Germany and Sweden, who readily adapt themselves to wheat raiding. Some of the immigrants are me chanics and laborers who find work In tbe towns. It Is noticeable that the newcom ers are well pleased with their tjenturo westward. When one goes back. East after a year here he Invariably returns. This county, on the whole, is well satis fled with Its class of immigration, but, it has room for more qt tbe same kind, and will endeavor to advertise Itself more In tbq future. WALLOWA COUXTY. Immigration. Added SOO to the Popu lation the Past Year. ENTERPRISE, April 3. Increase of I Immigration last.year was 600 or more; Land taken up, many thousand acres. Many miles -of irrigation ditches have been built and new land put In cultivation. Sub stantial Improvements have been made In all the towns and much work has been done to put the public roads in better con dition. Stock has come through the Win ter in fine condition and the percentage ot loss is very small. Merchants In all lines are enlarging their business In anticipa tion of a prosperous year. 1 WASCO COUXTY. Manufacturing and Fruit .Culture Attrnctln-c Permanent Settlers. "THE DALLES, April 3. Judged from I the figures ot the Land Office offi cials, together with those ot the County Clerk, the Ude of Western Immigration has affected Wasco County to a greater degree during the past IS months than most other counties in Eastern Oregon. In the year 1903 more homesteads were taken up in Wasco than In any other county In The Dalles land district; the county leading by a broad margin in en tries ot that character. Notwithstanding the fact that the rush for Umber lands has affected the county little, the continued claim from homesteaders has been suffi cient to cover many thousands of acres ot public lands, leaving comparaUvely a small amount "of unentered land within Its boundaries. The southern portion ot the county has been the field for the largest number ot setUera to enter on. The Hood River Valley has probably seen a larger Increase in population within the Ume named than any other section ot Wasco, the new homes established being a matter of transfer of property rather than, entry of public lands, little of which remains untaken in that vicinity, although there is much vacant land left In the Hosier neighborhood. Value of property In the Hood River Valley has increased. 40 per cent within a year. In' the annual report ot the register of Xbe Dalles Land Office, Issued last June. 3S0.870 acres ot public land, unappropriated and unreserved, were reported In Wasco County, a telling per centage ot which has been entered. At tendance in the county schools .gener ally has been Increasing, as is evi denced by the setting aside of addi tional school districts and the necessary division of others to accommodate the fast setUtng neighborhoods. Several new schoolhouses have been built, where the old accommodaUons would no longer serve the Increased attendance. About 6C0 pu pils are now enrolled la the schools of the county. Speaking ot the rapid setUement of the county and the class of Immigration there in. Mr. H. J. Maler. president of the Com mercial Club, said today: "It is very gratifying to note the class of newcomers constantly arriving in and about The Dalles looking out locations for their homes In the surrounding country, or Investing In enterprises in and near the town. Few homeseekers come here now who are not men of some means, ready to secure for themselves and their families homes In which to reside permanently. .with no thought of the old-time squatter act. They are generally a class ot busi ness men Interested la finding new fields for their trades, or a place In which to invest their savings where they can be best enjoyed and made remuneraUve. This has been particularly noUceable in this city, where property has changed hands rapidly within the last year, in the majority or cases for tee better and more permanent settlement of the town. Fruit culture has attracted some; market gar dening others; school faclUUes and Invest ment sUU another set of newcomers. While Tbe Dalles has enjoyed no boom. Its growth has been steady and healthy and on permanent lines, a fact made plain by tno increased Du-me-s in mo city post' (t) OwLOO Our Work Our Ability to Cure Is Unquestioned. It Is That SUCCESS . Which Brings Our Large and Increasing Practice. WITH US "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" HUNDREDS of men who have placed themselves in incompetent hands, receiving treatment worse than none at all, have reached the stage where the condition has naturally become chronic. The ill effects of this treatment show so plainly that they have lost faith in being cured. It is just such men whose trouble has be come complicated that demand skill, knowledge and experience. These we have to offer them and we gladly welcome this class of cases. So thorough and exhaustive has been our experience that we have no trouble in bringing these cases to a favorable termination. - Thousands of times" have we had men say to us: "If we had only come to you at first." Indeed, had they but come to us, much suffering and trouble would have been avoided, but it is no wonder that men-are deceived. Allow us to call your attention to a few facts. When, a man calls at our office for consultation and examination, he meets only either Dr. W. Norton Davis or one of his associates, who are all regular grad uated physicians of large experience. There is no publicity whatever. Proofs of our ability is evidenced by diplomas earned and Obtained from the leading medical colleges and hospitals of the world. Remember that we absolutely and permanently cure VARICOCELE, HYDROCELE. PILES, BLOOD DISORDERS, CONTRACTED DISORDERS, LOST VITALITY, ETC. We cordially invite all ailing men to call and have a plain talk with us. Consultation and examination free. Stricture Our treatment for stricture is entirely independent of sur gery. A complete cure is accomplished without cutting or 'dilating. All growths and obstructions in the urinary passage are dissolved, the membranes cleansed and all irritation or congestion removed throughout the or gans involved. DRVV; NORTON DA-VIS Syphilis Our treatment for syphilis neutralizes an'd eliminates tne very last taint of virus from the sys tem, and all this is 'accomplished with out the use of dan gerous minerals. We afford you a com plete and permanent cure. WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL CURE IS EFFECTED Contracted Disorders In no other ail ment peculiar to men is a prompt and thorough cure so essential. Con tracted disorders tend to work backward until the most vital nerve centers be come involved in the inflammation. Then follows a chronic, stage that stubbornly resists all ordinary treatment. Safety demands that every vestige of infection be eradicated at the earliest possible moment. Our treatment is thorough. The remedies employed have a more positive action than has ever before been attained, and so perfect is our.method of application that even chronic cases yield completely. Varicocele lr, most preva- all diseases of men is also the most neglected, either through dread of the harsh methods of treatment com monly employed, or through ignorance of the grave dangers that aocompany the disease. As varicocele interferes di rectly with the circulation and the pro cess of waste and repair throughout the generative organs, the necessity of a prompt and thorough cure cannot be too forcibly emphasized.. We cure varico cele by an absolutely painless process. Our cures are thorough and absolutely permanent, . are accomplished' without the use of the knife, ligature or caustic. vt 1 These functional disorders, commonly termed "we iV P 5 rTTlfXX We whcn tr"11 upon scienUfio principles and with II V'CtiXiJLWkjIO their cause. In an experience of 21 years, during wblc "weakness." are readily cur- a full understanding as to Which we have treated thou sands of cases, this ailment has yielded to our treatment promptly and completely. The truth is that "weakness" Is not a nervous disorder, nor is it due to any Impoverished condition or lack ot vitality, excepting, of course, cases of general debility, where the entire system Is broken down. Practically every patient who comes to us to be treated for his disorder la strong and robust, which is evidence ot the correctness of the statement Just made and. proves conclusively the folly of resorting to stimulants, tonics and electro-medical combinations, etc. which can only excite the functions temporarily, to the positive detriment ot the real- ailment. Tho prostate gland being the vital center of the sexual system, and very sensitive to abnor mal Influences, becomes chronically swollen and inflamed as a result of early dissipation. Improperly treated contracted diseases, strain. Injury or, other cause, and the condition Is manifested by disordered sexual turic Uons. Therefore, the "weakness" is only symptom of prostatic .trouble, and is not the condition demanding treat ment. Our method of curing "weakness" Is to restore the tender and swollen prostate to Its normal state. We employ mainly local remedies, and the results we obtain are prompt, completo and permanent. Like re sults can bo had from no other treatment, because no other can bo in accordance with scientific: requirements. Our illustrated book describing the male anatomy, which wo send free in plain cover, should be in the hands of every man. Wo can treat most cases successfully at home. CopsultaUon and advice is tree, both at office or.by matt. HOURS-0 TO 5 A.ND 7 TO 8j SUSDAYS, 10 TO 12 DR. W. NORTON DAVIS & COMPANY SIXTH STREET. COR. ALDER, PORTLAND, OREQON office and the newly ordered free delivery of malls In the city limits. In business a steady Increase of trade has been felt for a year past, the demand for supplies coming from a permanent class of settlers who have tbe money to pay for their wants and not from the padding of Itin erant trade. In my opinion, the new roller mills, with their electric power, much of which Is being absorbed by the business houses of the city, together with the newly established ice plant, have add ed to the business populaUon of the town materially, the first Mmed enterprise car rying a large pay roll and bringing skilled laborers here, the latter requiring less op eraUves. but, like the first, carrying on a business which, extends throughout the county and Into Sherman and Gilliam also. The club is frequenUy receiving commu nlcaUons from elsewhere regarding loca tions or posstblliUea of Investment from persons looking toward Wasco County as a field for settlement." WASHI5GTOX COUXTY. 3fot less Than 2000 Population Add ed la the Past Year. HILL3BORO. April 1 The year com ing to an end March Jl has been one of the most progressive ever enjoyed in Washington County. It ia estimated that fully SOCO new people have taken up their residence in this county within tbe last 12 months. This' Is counting five to a family, making 400 families. The -vast majority of the newcomers arrived with all tho way from JK00 to 110.00). and hun dreds of farms have changed hands as a consequence. In the foothills hundreds of acres of newly cleared land last year raised their first crop. The ore hard Is ts have grown better fruits owing to spray ing, and several new evaporators have been Installed, notably at Hills boro and Forest Grove. The lumber business has gradually in creased from a cut of 12,000,000 the last year, unUl It has reached' the unprece dented figures for this secUon of 10.000, CCO. Many small mills are today compet ing with Columbia and Willamette River mills, and selling their product In the Portland market. The Philippine trade 'has made a market tor the thmisarali of tons of Umothy hay raised here each year, and each season sees a greater acreage. . The Insulation of two evaporated cream factories has been the biggest innovaV tion in Washington County's Industrial history. One. the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company's plant, was Installed at Forest Grove, with a capacity of caring for .the product of 5000 cows, while the Oregon Condensed Milk Company, with Its plant in Hillsboro, can take the product of 2300 cows. This plant was the first to turn out evaporated cream ot Oregon manufacture, and its capacity is to be enlarged In the very near future. The creamery business so far has not been Jeopardized by these institutions, as not one creamery has yet been closed, owing to the advent of the plants. It is conceded that the west end of the county Is supplying more milk tor Port land's consumption, than ever, and the dairies along the western approaches to the city are more firmly established than ever. With closer communication be tween this Interior and Portland, our commercial supremacy as a farming and manufacturing county will be established. WHEELER. COUXTY. One Section That Has Not Felt the Tide of Immigration. POSSIL. April 2. Chiefly owing to its long distance from the railroad. Wheeler County has so far not derived any benefit from the great homeseekers movement that is fast filling up the state. Mr. LyUe has been over- this ground sev eral times during the past two years, and is anxious to get an arm ot the Columbia Southern out this way to tap the rich ter ritory of Southern Gilliam and Northern Wheeler,- but lack of funds has prevented this projected extension, which would make possible the profitable culUvaUon of large areas now too- far from railroad transportaUon to allow a margin ot profit for-the farmer. Eastern lmmlgraUon to this county dur ing the past year has not exceeded 60 peo ple, mosUy single men seeking employ ment on stock ranches, which they readily found. Tbe number of school children has Increased about 10 per cent. The number of homestead filings In the county since April 1 of last year" Is. about ISO, probably SO per cent of which have been made by home people, mosUy by children coming of age. and the great bulk of the land filed upon is being uUllxed for pasture for sheep and cattle. YA3IHILI, COUXTY. Steady Advance AU Along: the I4ne the Lost Twelvemonth. McMINNVILLE, April t The prog ress In this county during the past year Is quite marked. There has been an Increase of more than tU,00Q In taxable property throughout the county. The schools have ihcreased in attendance about 5 per cent. Several new school buildings have beerr erected. There has been a large and steady flow ot lmmlgra Uon during this Spring. Most of these Immigrants have pur chased or rented farms. Very few if any have taken up homesteads, as there is pracUcally no free, land in this county. The mutual telephone line has been ex tended through the county and is caw in operation. The rural free delivery system has also been Increased by many miles. The general merchandise and hardware stores have increased their stocks during tho past year. There hai been a creamery and fruit-packing estab lishment put lnrb acUve operation. Tbe last will be greatly increased In capacity this Summer.' Several new buildings will be constructed, A new water and light system are under consideration. One plan is to dig a ditch from the Wlliamlna bringing tbe water across the cbunty sev eral miles letUng it fall into Cozine Creek. This will give about 0 feet fall for mechanical purposes and give the town pure mountain water. It is estimate ed that light and water can be had for al most the present cost of fuel, besides the Increase of mechanical power. Business men generally favor this. A North Yam hill company are anxious to put in an electric plant and furnish this and other towns aear here with light and power. Real estate Is increasing In value. Gcoc. farm land has ready market. Real ea. tate dealers are making ready to care for the Spring influx ot Immigrants. The North Yamhill Coal Company is still working, and claims that there is every" reason for success. As the out put is larger and better than ever.