TllE SUNDAY OREGOKIAV. PORTLAND, MAY 3. 1005.
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HO HARD TIMES
AT BAKER CITY
Eastern Oregon Metropolis
Never More Prosperous
Than at Present.
WORK FOR ALL COMERS
Ko Man Nd Bo Idle if lie BeSIly
Wants a Job, Says William
J. Patterson Tells of
Itaptd rrogress.
That Baker City, the center of one
of the richest agricultural, mining,
stockralsing and lumbering districts ot
the state, is on the threshold of the
most prosperous year In its history is
tbe firm belief of William J. Patterson,
who has lived In Baker for a quarter
of a century and who for years has
been one of the most loyal "boosters"
of his section. Though he himself is
extensively engaged in mining in the
Burnt River placer district, where nug
gets of gold as large as hens' eggs are
plentiful, Mr. Patterson does not em
phasize mining when he boosts for
Baker. The fact Is. he says, that the
timber and agricultural resources of
the country surrounding his city, which
are now overshadowed In the public
mind by the mining Industry, are des
tined to play a most Important part In
the upbuilding of the Eastern Oregon
metropolis.
As proof of his theory, Mr. Patterson,
who during the week was a visitor at
the headquarters of the Oregon Devel
opment League, at the Portland Com
mercial Club, cited the fact that dur
ing the year 1907 Baker City shipped
daily an average of 12 cars of finished
lumber to the Eastern markets, while
during the same season, on a farm two
miles north of Bakor, 200 acres of land
yielded 103 bushels of oats to the acre,
and another farm gave 100 bushels of
barley to the aero from 80 acres In the
same vicinity.
Ko Idle Men There.
Baker City doe not know the mean
ing of the phrase hard times. "There
Is not an idle man of any account In
Baker County," says Mr. Patterson.
"Any man who Is ablehodled and will
ing to work can get a job within 24
hours after he strikes town, and at
good living wages.
"Baker has passed through the panic
without a business rallure," Mr. Pat
terson continued. "'While business has
been quiet for the past three months,
the effect of the panic has not been as
marked In Baker City as it is In many
other Western towns. There Is no
room for complaint at this time. The
merchants had the faith of the future
to "stock up," anticipating a normal
Spring trade, and In this they have not
been disappointed. In fact, some of the
larirer RtnrM rpnnrt nntiifl hiislnpRg
greater for the first three months of
1908 than' for the same period of 1907.
"The three banks, with deposits of
about $3,000,000, stood up and met all
demands during the panic, and are in
splendid condition. The only knowl
edge we had of a panic was In reading
the newspapers, as not even a photo
graph of a clearing-house certificate
was in evidence in Baker City.
"There Is no boom, nor has there
been a boom since 1890, and we don't
want a boom, but we have had, espe
cially for the past three years, a
steady, substantial growth. For this
Spring and Summer there will be ex
pended in new enterprises over $1,
500,000. "Among the most Important improve
ments will be the building and comple
tion of the Eagle Valley Railroad, ex
tending 65 miles Into the rich agricul
tural, fruit and livestock region and
great copper and gold mining and tim
ber district lying northeast of Baker
City. Seven miles of the road bed la
now graded and a large force of men
will soon be set at work to complete
the line. Baker City is the hub of this
vast empire of diversified resources to
be opened up by the new Eagle Valley
Railroad, on the northeast, and by the
Sumpter Valley Railroad, extending 67
miles to the southwest.
"It was for Tom Richardson, man
ager of the Portland Commercial Club,
to come to Baker last week and tell
us some of the great possibilities of
our own country, and how Intelligently
to develop them. ' This he did on prac
tical lines, before the most enthusiastic
lot of people that ever came together
for the 'good of tbe order.'
"More than $100,000 has been Invest
ed In private Irrigation enterprises ad
jacent to Baker City, and over 10,000
acres of new sagebrush land was put
Into cultivation In 1907. A greater acre
age will be put under the plow this year.
"The Oxbow electric power plant,
now under construction, will develop
3000 horsepower. The United States
Postofnce and Federal building will
cost over $150,000 when, completed. The
St. Francis Hospital, now under con
struction, will cost $150,000. The Cath
olic Cathedral, just completed, cost
$50,000, and is the finest In the state.
The county Courthouse will cost over
$100,000 when completed, and work Is
well under way. A number of streets
will be paved this year, costing $50,000
to $',000. The Citizens' National Bank
building will cost over $30,000. and the
foundation Is now about completed. The
Carnegie Library contract will be let on
June 1. The building will cost $30,000. Sev
eral residences and business houses cost
ing $2500 to $10,000 will be completed this
year, some of which are now under
way.
"The payroll of Baker City will aver
age now about $65,000 a month, and
more improvements are now under way
than ever before.
Sot a Mining Camp.
"One of the main points I wish to
emphasize is the indisputable fact that
Baker City is mora than a mining
town, It is true that the mining In
dustry is a great factor and an Impor
tant industry In and near Baker City,
and is-now being carried on In an In
telligent manner. Over $30,000 a month
Is paid out In wages in the mining dis
trict tributary to Baker City, and this
industry creates a gr.eat part of the
splendid market for our farm produce,
but the timber, fruit and agricultural
industries and possibilities of Baker
City are not excelled In any county of
Oregon. Over 2,000,000 pounds of wool
was shipped from Baker City to Eastern
markets during 1907. .
"There is over $200,000 Invested In
lodge buildings, nearly the' same
amount in public school buildings, and
$100,000. in private school buildings.
The assessable value of property Is over
$25,000,000. ' The tax rate Is low, and
Baker County is out of debt and has
money on hand to pay current obliga
tions and to build the new $100,030
Courthouse.
"Baker City boasts the finest - water
supply in the West-rCedar River not ex
cepted. The system is owned by the elty
and the supply is taken from a snow
fed. Ice-cold mountain stream IS miles
from the town." -
BILL NOT OPPOSED
ACRE TRACTS;
People Must Vote on Division j
of Wasco County.
UNDER INITIATIVE LAW
AWAKES AFTER 85. DAYS
Mrs. Hawkins Ends Long Sleep and
Talks Rationally.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 2. After
an unbroken sleep which extended over
a period of 85 days, Mrs. Beulah Haw
kins, a patient at the County Hospital,
awakened early this morning and asked
for a drink of 'milk. Her return to con
sciousness was entirely unexpected.
A nurse, attracted by. the sound of
rapping, entered Mrs. Hawkins' room to
find the patient sitting up ' in bed with
her eyes open. Physicians were sum
moned and the woman talked rationally
with them for some time. It was found
that she was able to stand and had full
control of her faculties, although still
weak.
Mrs. Hawkins had previously slept for
a period of 40 days, and has once been
an inmate of an Insane asylum. Her
case Is diagnosed as. negative Insanity.
GIVES UP HIS RELIGION
Prince Ilelie to Become Protestant
' to Marry Mme. Gould.
ROME. May 2. One of the greatest dif
ficulties in the marriage between the
Prince de Sagan and Mme. Anna Gould
is the fact that the Catholic Church, not
recognizing divorce. -has refused to annul
Mme. Gould's first marriage. The Prince
is determined to marry Mme. Gould, and
to this end he has decided to become a
Protestant, as this will enable the couple
to be united by both a civil and religious
marriage ceremony. If the Prince re
mained a Catholic there could be no re
ligious ceremony, and consequently his
wife would not be accepted by society.
JAPANESE WERE AT FAULT
Punished for Assaulting Consulate
at Mukden.
MUKDEN, May 2. The assault episode
of April 6 at the American Consulate ha
been closed. The American staff has been
exonerated and three of the Japanese of
ficials have ben punished.
Hood River Residents Assert The
Dalles Is Xow Willing That
, Project Shall Be Car
ried Out.
Residents of the western part of
Wasco County report that their initia
tive bill for the creation of Hood River
County is not opposed. People residing
in The Dalles who had neretoiore !
fought county division not only signed j
the initiative petitions for a vote on
the question, but have assured their
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support the project by their vote
in the June election.
The people of Hood River complain
that they are too far removed from
their county seat and desire a county
government of their own. Under a
recent ruling of the Supreme Court It
was held that the State Legislature
does not have the power to create mu
nicipal corporations. The effect of
the ruling was to require the submis
sion of the question of the new county
by initiative bill to a vote of the etate
in June.
The territory embraced within the
proposed new county contains an area
of about 600 square miles, with an as
sessable valuation of $2,700,000, from
which, it is argued, adequate taxes
would be produced on a fair rate of
taxation for maintaining a county
government. The district contains a
population of about 7500. After Hood
River County ha been created there
will remain in Wasco County an area '
of 1646 square miles, a population of
11,500 and a property valuation of
$5,457,720.
Not a Local Question.
"The question of the creation of
Hood River County is not a local mat
ter,'.' said A. A. Jayne, president of the
Hood River Commercial Club, yester
day. "The State Supreme Court has
held that the Legislature cannot cre
ate a municipal corporation. This in
cludes counties, and we are obliged to
submit the question to a vote of the
electors of the state. Bills for the
creation of Hood River County were
presented In. the State Legislature at
the 1905 and 1907 sesisons, and, al
though It was conceded that the people
of Hood River were . entitled to a
county of their own, the measure was
oel'eated at both sessions through the
complications that arose.
. . "The friends of the proposed new
county have no hesitancy in submit
ting the question to the voters of the
etate, feeling confident that they are
justified in asking for county division
at this time. -
"There, is practically no opposition in
Wasco County to the creation of this
county. Most - of the ' people in The
Dalles, who were decidedly active in
opposing the creation of the county by
the State Legislature, have signed the in
itiative petitions in the Interest of the , bill
and have assured us that they will vote
for the measure in the June election. In
fact, so general is the support of the
bill that In the recent primary election
when county officers were nominated the
subject of county division was not made
an issue.
Revenue In Plenty.
"There is no question that with taxes
from an assessed property valuation of
nearly $3,000,000, sufficient revenue would
be produced for meeting all necessary ex
penses of the county government.. We
are simply asking the people of the state
to ratify by their votes In June what
practically has been agreed to by the
people of Wasco County, who are the
most directly Interested."
"The growth of the Hood River dis
trict has been remarkable In the last
eight years," said Leslie Butler, presi
dent of the Butler Banking Company,
of Hood River, who was in Portland yes
terday with Mr. Jayne. "In 1900 I went
to Hood River and' opened a bank, my
books at the close of the first year show
ing total deposits aggregating only $36.
000. In the next four years
these' deposits increased to $160,000.
The First National Bank was then
established. This was followed by the
Hood River Banking & Trust Company
and two smaller banks at White Salmon,
which serve the same territory reached
by our banks at Hood River. From a
Residence property with a future, in value and exclusiveness, must not
be located within sound of the hum and whir of machinery, locomotives and
whistles; the desirable and valuable lot must be far removed from the smoke
stack, cattle-yard and busy hum of industries. n
Every advertisement in this paper is an appeal to you, the reader. Each
advertiser may believe the property he offers is the best, he invites your at
tention, presents his proposition and if possible prevails on you o buy.
That 's his business, to sell. lie is expected to use all fair means and argu
ments to convince you that he offers the proper thing. Some properties re
quire more means and arguments to consummate a sale than others. Did you
ever notice that? Did you ever notice that the most desirable properties are
the least advertised?
. When you find a property that sells unadvertised, you will find something
that appeals to people of judgment, true home-builder and judicious investor;
something well-located, something of merit. -
One hundred and twenty-four lots in Lenox have been sold without adver
tising; one hundred more have been given us to dispose of. They range in
price from $350 to $650, with improvements. A special inducement is the
terms, a high-class property on terms of the ordinary; only $10 cash and $10
per month.
Lenox was formerly the H. B. Oatman estate, located in Southeast Port
land on Woodstock carline at Holgate street station. Many of the lots com
mand an unobstructed view of Portland and always will. They are choice, good
values, good investment. Take Woodstock car to Holgate-street Station today.
Agent on the ground all day.
CHURCHILL-MATTHEWS CO.
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
HO SECOND STREET
I can sell you an acre
close in for less than a lot
farther out will cost you
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look for a "joker" in my offer, but you won't find any, because there is no
"ioker." Mv DroDOsition is clean-cut iust as I sav it and even better than
it sounds.
U I am talking about Madison Villa on the Salem Electric, eighteen min
utes from the center of town, and although the transient carfare is ten
cents, the fare for people living in the district is the regulation five cents. I am
not selling Madison Villa in lots but in acre tracts at from $550 to $800,
according to choice, in a district where platted lot property is selling to as high
as $1500 the acre.
9 Frankly, Madison Villa would be selling in lots instead of acres had I my
way, but there are other parties interested who insist upon having the property
sold out at once, hence this opportunity.
Q The absolutely staggering fact is this, that within 20 minutes or a compar
ative distance from the business center you cannot buy a lot for what 1 can
sell you an acre of A No. 1 soil in Madison Villa. An acre which you can di
vide into lots yourself if you like, or grow on it anything that you want to grow.
These Facts Will Set You Thinking
In Irvington, 23 minutes out, a single 50 -foot lot will cost you $1000 to $2000 and up.
Sunnyside, 15 to 20 minutes out; 30 minutes on the Rose City Park, Mt. Tabor or Penin
sula lines will not take you out of the high-priced lot district.
Now. Compare Madison Villa Acre Tracts
Eighteen minutes out on the Salem Electric Line, the best-equipped K. R. in Portland. Prices
$550 to $800 per Acre and Easy Terms of Payment
OTHER FEATURES
SF Every acre in Madison Villa is cleared and in cultivation. There is no rock nor gravel the
ground is rich and will produce anything that will grow in the state.
9 In this and every large city distance is measured by the time required to make it. Such, in
fact, governs the market. Appraise Madison Villa, then, from a standpoint of actual distance
distance measured by minutes, price or possibilities and you absolutely must admit that it's
the most wonderful opportunity on the Pacific Slope today. As I said before, it is not my
pleasure to sell, but majority rules, so take your choice at these prices.
9 Take the car from Front and Jefferson, and come and see Madison Villa today. Don't mis
understand me the transient fare is 10 cents, but the fare to Madison Villa residents 5c, and
only 18 minutes' ride. Get off at Alder Springs. Agent at the tract (Sunday), or for further
information see
Have just been put on the market. This is the first announcement. There are just 80 acre
tracts in the property. Madison Villa is so situated as not to have been seen by everyone; being
in district just opened by the Salem Electric line. The cars, which are the finest in the West,
are now in operation, and you don't have to cross any drawbridges.
9 This new line will make a tremendous change in values in this section, but remember,
you've got to own something in order to participate in the profits. Your investment in Madison
Villa will multiply over and over again in the next five years, or ,the opinion of the shrewdest
men in Portland means nothing.
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total of $36,000 In 1900. deposits In the
Hood River banks have increased to
$800,000.
"I mention these statistics merely to
show the growth of our section of "Wasco
County as a basis for our claims for a
separate county. Not only have our
bank deposits grown amazingly, but the
assessable value of the property In the
district proposed to be Included In the
new county has Increased from $908,000
in 1903 to $2,700,000 for 1907."
Blue Print Company Wins.
Judgment for $410 against T. A. Tyroll
was given the Portalnd Blue Print Com
pany, in the Circuit Court, yesterday fore
noon. Suit was brought to collect on a
large quantity of prints furnished and
the court held the blue-print company
was entitled to tbe full amount of Its
claim. '
DOLLARS OR SCHOLARS
Standard on Which. Choice of Ameri
can Ambassadors Is Based.
New Tork Evening1 Post.
International jealousies and demands
of a social kind abroad are at the ex
pense of the American diplomatic serv
ice. We hear of no questions of ability
to entertain gorgeously raised in con
nection wih the envoys from any other
nation. Must we change the old defini
tion, and make it read that an Ameri
can Ambassador is a man sent abroad
to spend $100,000 a year for his coun
try? The contrast with an earlier day
seems painful. When George Bancroft
was Minister to Germany no one asked
what was his yearly outlay on cut
flowers and champagne. No American
diplomatist ever stood higher than George
P. Marsh, for so many years our repre
sentative in Italy; but he was merely a
scholar of international reputation, and
a delightful gentleman, who lived on his
salary. Lowell's great success in Eng
land was won on the contents rather of
his head than his pocket. Mr. Bayard
was held in high esteem in London,
though he was compelled to live mod
estly. Are such examples no longer pos
sible? . ,
We must. ,in fairness, admit that the
scale of things has inevitably changed
during the past 30 years. All must see
that social intercourse counts more in
diplomacy than it used to; snd the stand
ards of hospitality have become more
expensive. It is hard to think ill of an
ambassador's talk if his wines and his
entrements are always good. This aside,
it is clear that a diplomat cannot pick up
more valuable information, and arrive at
a better knowledge of public opinion in
clubs and social gatherings than when
shut up In an office. But all these con
siderations only show how inapt our Con
gress has been in raising so many testa
tions to the rank of embassies, without
appropriating money enough to enable
our Ambassadors to live as they should.
We have tried to run our diplomacy on
the cheap. The result has been to shut
up the choice of Ambassadors almost ex
clusively to rich men. But this is unhap
pily to narrow the range of selection, and
to appear to put up the Ambassadorships
as prizes for large campaign contributions.
The whole system is bad. The shortest
and most business-like way out would be
for Congress to pass one of the pending
bills to purchase embassy buildings in
the leading capitals, as other nations do,
and then to give our Ambassadors a sal
ary adequate to their official needs.