TTIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. AUGUST 29, 1909.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO STATES
Notes of Progress in Various Lines of Endeavor in Ore
gon and Washington.
. .. . ' I f - : ;
I f '-v..- l , . Z?... "m. -- '- . 5i f iiiiS I
)0
i4 JC -i-..
- - v.irr
j, . , ... ,
t . A V "V L- .i . L . . .-.V r ... . . . : .1"" 1
. I.:- ij !v.?-r:,-y;..:;-.:5.: :.,::;!... ;; ? ... . J P , ... J.V. . ... ' - . . . X., .. ... P!" -ZJ
JYOKKW& Arf .Jiioj,Ifzz.&.
iVratrTrnyrri
V. - ?
mi
FOLLOWING are more evidences of
Industrial progress In Oregon and
Washington as furnished by corres
pondents of The Oregonlan:
BEGINNING OF GREAT THINGS
tevelopnient of Skamania County
in Fruit and Lumber Industry.
STEVENSON. Wash., Aug. 25. (Spe-clal-
It Is not the hen that cackles the
loudest that lays the most eggs. Wealth
lies cunningly concealed all over the
world, and sometimes it Is discovered by
the tenderfoot prospector, as well as by
the experienced and expert miner. The
world is pretty well Informed as to the
glories and abundance of North Yakima,
Hood River and Rogue River, but there
Is a section of the great Northwest. Just
as rich. Just as promlsmg, which has es
caped attention because, while the eggs
are being laid, our cackle has not been
loud enough.
In common with much of the disinter
ested volcanic soil mixed with the forest
droppings of thousands of years, the
earth of Skamania County. Wash., is pe
culiarly adapted' fo the production of
rruit fruit of the finest quality, of the
most enticing appearanee. Apples, plums,
pears and cherries grow well, and small
fruits are a source of prosperity (o their
cultivators. Within the numerous little
basins, alone the fertile hillsides, upon
the ridges, fruit crowns with fulfillment
the preparations of Mother Nature. The
country Is rich In timber. Billions of feet
of standing timber are waiting for the
woodman's ax. conveniently situated near
this thriving town and with transporta
tion facilities by rail and water close at
hand.
Stevenson is the county seat of this
rich, but undeveloped subdivision of the
state. Stevenson Is a thriving little city,
old in years, but new In development and
growth. Five sawmills operate here, and
ship from Stevenson seven to nine car
loads of lumber each wek.
The transportation facilities of Steven
son are hard to surpass. The greatest
river of the West flows past her wharves
and docks, and shipping by water is con
venient and easy. The North Bank road,
one of the most perfectly constructed
roads In the entire country, runs through
the city, and rail transportation could not
be better than It is today.
With a soil unequaied In productivity,
with timber resources of great extent
still untouched, with the markets close
at hand and with every facility for ship
ping, it does not require the prophetic
vision of the seer to recognize In Steven
son, the center of these advantages, a fu
ture city of considerable dimensions and
prosperity.
Nor have the inhabitants been lax In
endeavoring to develop the possibilities
of the plnce, and. of late, the energy and
persistence of a few men have brought
Stevenson Into a greater dfgree of prom
inence than ever before.
Since the town was incorporated, two
years ago. the two main streets have
been graded and macadamised; the City
Council at their last meeting let con
tracts for grading and Improving three
mora streets, and other improvements are
under contemplation. Good schools,
churches and other public institutions
serve to bring the comforts of civilization
to the citizens. Mercantile establishments
of all kinds flourish here.
One of the finest sanatoriums In the
West is established in the city. The
building Is a handsome structure SOxlOO
feet, three stories and a basement, occu
pying a commanding and beautiful site on
the hill back of town. It contains 38
wards, ample dining-rooms, surgery, consulting-rooms,
etc., all equipped with the
most modern appliances of the surgical
science. Sam Samson, who Is the prin
cipal stockholder in the sanatorium, has
Invested heavily in this region. Mr. Sam
son went to Nome on the George W. El
der. In 1M0, and in company with others,
struck the Third Beach mine. Later he
sold his share and came to the Columbia
River, seeking a good location for Invest
ment. After looking carefully alonr the
river, he selected Skamania County as
the best, and purchased 1800 acres of land
between Butler and Stevenson. Some of
this he had set out in apple trees under
his direction. After his purchase of the
sanatorium stock, he secured a franchise
from the City Council and established an
electric lighting plant. Finally he secured
a long-time lease on the hot mineral
springs, located Just north of town, and
has the water piped through the streets
into the sanatorium, which will be in the
new bathrooms lately added to the estab
lishment. Boise, Idaho, and Stevenson,
Wash., are the only cities In the t'nlted
States which are luxurious enough to
hive hot mineral water piped through
their streets. This water has remarkable
medicinal properties and is grateful to the
taste, as well. It flows from a public
fountain in the center of the town, and Is
free to the public. Mr. Samson contem
plates the erection of a hotel soon, which
will cost about 150.000.
The sanatorium is under the direction
and management of Dr. Frank S. Pratt. I
who has proved an exceptionally skilled
physician, as well as a thoroughly com
petent and successful director, and the
Institution Is gaining a reputation com
bined of natural advantages, healing min
eral water, and all the skill and care and
improved appliances known to medical
science today.
Skamania County offers singularly good
opportunities for general farming and
dairying, but even more for the small
fruitgrower. Strawberries grow to per
fection here, the climatic conditions are
exceptionally good, with ripening earlier
on account of the southern exposure. Gov
ernment irrigation projects will never be
needed here, for springs of the finest
water in the world are plentiful, and
amply sufficient to furnish an abundance
of water for every farm.
Water-power will be a source of -wealth
for the county in the future. Two mag
nificent falls are close at hand, and the
opportunities for factory sites are not to
be excelled. Tlie Stevenson Board of
Trade Is offering Inducements to manu-,.
factories, two of which will be installed
in the near future.
At Cascades, within a few miles of
Stevenson, down the river, George and
Morden Stevenson are preparing to sub
divide an Immense tract of some 2200
acres into 6. 10 and 20-acre tracts suited
to fruit raising. Porter Brothers have a
similar tract, Joining; Stevenson s on the
west, and on this they expect to estab
lish a Summer and health resort.
Situated as we are, but 66 miles to Port
land, the New York of the Pacific Coast,
where a market awaits all our product,
nothing should prevent the name of
Stevenson. Skamania County, from being
emblazoned on the atlas of the world.
TO CARRY STATE FAIR TRAFFIC
Salem, Fall9 City and Westem'Rail-
. way Hurrying to Completion.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 25. ( Special.)
President Louis Gerllnger, of the Salem,
Falls City & Western Railway, made the
statement today that the road will be
completed in time to handle the business
during the State Fair, to be held in this
city September 13 to 18. If the McKeen
gasoline motor does not arrive in time
for the fair traffic, regular passenger
cars will be run with some of the com
pany's steam locomotives.
The grading crew Is now working on
the Chester Murphy farm, Just at the
outskirts of West Salem. Another crew
Is at work laying the steel on the last
mile at this end of the line. A large
part of the ballasting of that portion of
the line already completed has been done.
The road will open for business in less
than a month, in better condition at the
outset than the great majority of new
roads.
Launches will be run from the Waters
Brothers' dock at West Salem to the foot
of State street, Salem, thus doing away
with the long walk over the high bridge.
The railway will bring a vast quantity
of logs from Polk County to the Charles
K. Spaulding Logging Company's mill in
this city. To facilitate the handling of
these logs, there Is being bull, near West
Salem an Immense log chute, approxi
mately 1200 feet In length. An entire
train-load of logs may be switched from
the main lice onto this chute and dumped
into booms in the river. The chute is
being built on piling, so that the high
water of the Winter will not interfere
with its use.
New Bridge) Across Rogue River.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.) A new steel bridge over Rogue
River was recently completed, at a cost
of about J30.000. This structure is built
of the best material available, and con
sists of three sections, supported by solid
concrete foundations. Across this bridge
there passes dally from 90 to 75 teams
hauling lumber to this city. In a few
days the Takllma smelter will blow In.
and then there will be an addition of
20 heavy freighters carrying matte. The
teams from the smelter carry a heavy
tonnage, usually one wagon and two
trailers, and from six to eight mules to
pull the load. The new bridge was built
strong enough to carry a train of cars.
It will be .a great benefit to the lum
ber industry of this portion of the county
owing to the introduction of steam trac
tion engines and heavy trucks that will
carry from 10.000 to 12,000 feet of lumber
on each truck.
Just eight miles above this bridge
Josephine, and Jackson Counties are
erecting another one across Rogue River.
The county court will probably take the
old bridge, and use certain parts to con
struct a new bridge across Rogue River
at Gallce, which leads to the mining districts.
Rhubarb, $200 an Acre.
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
From one acre of rhubarb in his big gar
den Just across the Willamette River
from this city, William Peacock has
averaged $200 a year profit. He has had
one acre devoted to rhubarb for several
years, and last year devoted another acre
to cultivation of this plant. This being
the first year of its production, the yield
on this second acre is comparatively
light, but after the second year It will
yield enough to produce 200 annually.
This year was not as good as usual for
rhubarb, because of the unusually dry
weather. and yet Mr. Peacock has a
fairly good yield. 1 Mr. Peacock supplies
several Albany stores with rhubarb, and
ships the surplus of his annual yield to
Portland, where good prices are obtained.
He raises all kinds of vegetables and
small fruits, and he and several other
gardeners on the rich bottom land in
North Albany are making from $150 to
$200 per acre annually from their gardens.
Civic Improvements at Rainier.
RAINIER, Or.. Aug. It. (Special.)
Rainier Is still after more improve
ments.' A $33,500 Job for 26 blocks of
graded and macadamized streets is now
half completed. The $15,000 contract
for complete sewer system in districts
Nos. z and 3 is also partly finished.
Bids are to be opened on August 23 for
three contracts of street work which
will amount to $15,000. The plans for
the new Rainier firehouse are almost
ready for bids. The building will cost
about $2000. City Engineer Orin Bac
chus is now drawing up plans for a
sewer system in districts Nos. 1 and
4, and plans for street improvements id
Alder and Union streets, which win
amount to nearly $12,000. This will
give Rainier, which four years ago had
620 Inhabitants ana now nas zuuu,
about $80,000 worth of public improve
ments for the year 1903.
is a lawyer, but he believes greater
progress will be made within the law
than without. It he hasn't law and
money to push Irrigation work, he be
lieves in getting both law and money
legally. Twenty-nine million dollars is
needed at once to complete the present
projects. Eleven million dollnrs is
available. Some Secretaries would lay
down and quit; not so Balllnger. He is
going at it to get money by law. He is
getting in touch with every reclama
tion project. He is an enthusiast for
the reclamation law. His courage and
enthusiasm are Inspiring the friends of
irrigation. I shall be surprised if, with
the assistance of the Senators and Con
gressmen from the irrigated states,
Secretary Balllnger does not secure the
funds necessary to complete the present
reclamation projects, so that the funds
can be started tack to the Treasury.
It would seem that anything so business-like,
economical and beneficial to
all would command support.
"It Is a rare honor for a citizen of
our state to have one of the most im
portant positions in the President's
Cabinet. For one, I am persuaded Bal
llnger will reflect great credit upon our
state. It is due the Secretary, however,
that the home state people understand
his motives and support him rather
than lend strength to those who criti
cise without understanding. If Secre
tary Balllnger ever had an Idea of be
ing a stickler and an over-technical
lawyer, the big work on hand has ban
ished it. Balllnger, as he gets in touch
with the sagebrush and the free air of
the plains and mountains, hears the call
of the desert for water, the call of
Americans everywhere for homes."
Poultry Show Date Set.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 28. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the Calapoola
Poultry Association here last night, offi
cers were elected as follows: F. H. Ros
enburg. president; W. C. Connor, Secre
tary; C. F. Walker, superintendent; H.
H. Collier, of Tacoma, Judge. The sec
ond week in January is the date set for
the show. Indications point to a much
larger display than lust year. Exhibits
from California and Washington will be
In evidence, as well as a more extensive
exhibit from different points in Oregon.
The business men of Cottage Grove
have responded in a generous manner
by offering valuable and useful premi
ums. At the small admission fee of 10
cents, the expenses were all paid last
year, and $S0 left in the treasury.
No Vacant Houses in Junction.
JfNCTION CITY. Or.. Aug. 28. (Spe
cial.) One month ago there were 10 va
cant houses in Junction City. Today
every house is rented and several fami
lies are looking for houses. Twenty-two
new dwellings are proposed of which six
are already nearing completion.
Miss Hilda Mnrtindale ha been made
senior Inspector of factories for Ireland.
I
BALLINGER IS NO QUITTER
Friend of Secretary Expects to See
Big Projects Completed.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 28.
(Sneclal.) In a letter sent the Yaktma
Renublic. H. M. Gilbert, of Toppenish.
president of the Gilbert Fruit Com
Danv. tells of his experiences during
several days he recently spent with Sec
retary Ballinger, Inspecting the Yakima
Valley projects. Aside from a vivid de
scription of the strenuous nie.uamnger
led, Gilbert praises his methods and
says in part:
"I am satisfied after a day's talk with
Mr. Ballinger that the Secretary has
been unduly criticised for being a slave
to legal technicalities. Mr. Balllnger
A 25c Box . Absolutely Free
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
To the Thousands of Bladder and So-called ''Kidney-Trouble" Sufferers Who Have Never Taken GOLD
MEDAL HAARLEM OIL CAPSULES We Make This Liberal FREE OFFER. Fill in the Coupon Below and
Mail It to Us at Once.
It is a Positive Fact That in Not One Out of a Thousand of Supposed Kidney Cases Does the Trouble
Keally Lie With the Kidneys.
If there was really as much "Kidney Disease" as there
Is commonly thought to be, there would be a bad condi
tion of affairs indeed, for once the Kidneys become dis
eased there Is really little, if any, chance of a permanent
cure. Practically all the so-called Kidney trouble Is In
reality Bladder Trouble. Although sometimes intensely
painful, and always annoying, it can be easily and
quickly cured If the Bladder is treated properly and the
Kidneys left alone to do their work as nature intended.
The remarkable effect of GOLD MEDAL HAARLEM
OIL CAPSVI.KS in Bladder troubles has been known
for two hundred years.
There are many other troubles, arising in organs
connected with the Bladder, which are quickly relieved
by the use Of GOLD MEDAL HAARLEM OIL CAP
SILES, but extended references to these would be out
of place in a newspaper advertisement. Full Informa
tion is given in the printed matter inclosed in ench
box Of GOLD MEDAL HtARLMM OIL CAPSULES.
The Bladder is the receptacle for the discharge from
the Kidneys. Under normal conditions nature disposes
of the contents of this reservoir (the Bladder) prompt
ly and without pain. Once Inflammation sets In, how
ever, the contents may be retained for an unusual
length of time, thus producing much pain and dis
comfort, or may be expelled with abnormal frequency
and be the cause of much Inconvenience and trouble.
Pains in the hack, "lumbago" and all kinds of so
called "Kidney Symptoms" are generally produced by
a disordered Bladder. The most serious of Bladder
diseases is the formation of "Gall Stones" from the
accretion of mineral matter taken into the system
through drinking water or the solidifying of Uric Acid.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil (the only genuine) is sold by
most druggists. Capsules. 25c and 50c; bottles, 15c.
If Your Dealer Does Not Supply You, Write Us Direct
SEND FOR THE
FREE FULL SIZE 25c BOX
If you are suffering from any kind of Bladder
Trouble, this is an exceptional chance to get the means
of a quick and positive cure.
Fill out and mail coupon NOW this offer may
not appear aain.
HOLLAND MEDICINE CO., SOLE IMPORTERS,
SCRANTON, PA.
Holland Medicine Co., Scranton, Pa.
Please send me at oupe, FREE, full sine 2.1c box
GOLD MEDAL HAARLEM OIL CAPSULES.
Ktiue
Street
Town
State
Write Plainly.