The Sunday Oregonian., September 26, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Page 9, Image 43

TIIE SUNDAY OREGOX1AN. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 26, 1909.
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LAKEVIEW. Or., Sept. 26- (Special
Correspondence.) Gone are the
days when the man who could
make two blades or grass grow1 where
one irrew before Is considered a con
structive factor In the evolution of
society. Holy Script exalted such a man
and held him up as an example for
all to follow, but In later days the
people of the United States have looked
further and have found the man who
not only multiplied the grass blades
but planted people on the ground to
tend the grass.
It was written that the ground cried
for rain, and no doubt It cried for
seed, too. Over In Southern Oregon
they had rain and seed, and for cen
turies nobody seemed to care, with half
a. million acres of land a drug on the
market, and none to cultivate the soil.
But all things come to the land that
waits. And so. In due course of time,
the Oregon Valley Land Company found
Southern Oregon, and Southern Oregon
found Its opportunity.
The hard, ceaseless and almost hope
less struggle in the East has sickened
the ambition and the enterprise of the
buoyant young men of the present gen
eration and has led them to a vigor-
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ous search for more promising oppor
. tunlties. They have found and are
finding them in the magnificent em
pire of undeveloped Oregon.
General William Booth, the founder
and father of the Salvation Army, pro
pounded the greatest axiom of social
economy when he evolved the theory
of the "Landless Man and the Manless
Land," some years ago. His philosophy
did not limit itself to finding the man
who would double the productiveness of
the soli, but he held that it was essen
tial that the man who owned noth
ing should come In contact with the
land that nobody had. His theory was
to multiply producers, not the product.
Social economy is based upon no great
er tenet than tnis.
The appealing story of today is not
that of- a voice crying in a "wilder
ness." but of a voice crying for a wil
derness. The East, thronged to over
crowding, has nothing more to offer to
the thrifty and enterprising citizen who
desires above all else to become a
productive factor in the community. He
must look elsewhere; he must look
where there are opportunities for bet
tering s own condition, where there
are opportunities for making him a
bigger and a belter part of civiliza
tion. In the East he might be able to
make two blades of grass. grow where
one grew before, but that is no longer
regarded as evidence of human prog
ress or development. His goal Is to
populate a wilderness where nothing
and nobody were.
So if he. the "Landless Man." can
find the "Manless Land." he can do and
be much more, and great, grand, glori
ous and undeveloped Oregon solves this
problem.. It is at last being compre
hended by the public that one of the
most remarkable colonization invasions
ever known in the Western Hemisphere
has Just been consummated, with
Southern Oregon as its goal. In a sin
gle sentence the situation may be
summed up. Where. Tor nearly half a
century, a single corportion controlled
' one of the greatest virgin empires in
the West, there are now nearly 15.000
prospective homebuilders and citizens
in possession -of 500.000 acres of as fine
a country as ever the sun shone on.
It Is not necessary to say anything
about the past of this great realm. Its
past has been a blank, for Its corpor
ate owners could not turn a hand to
reclaim it from the desert silence
which held it enthralled in ages past.
But now the shackles have fallen
away under the boldest scheme of colo
nization that has ever been conceived
In the history of American growth and
conquest. The Oregon Valley Land
Company has completed its land and
lot distribution at Lakeview, under per
haps the most remarkable and success
ful auspices ever witnessed in this
country. The auction began September
t, and continued about.two weeks.
A Strictly Buslnes Convention. .
Promptly on the hour for proceeding
with the business of organization, Fres-
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Ident R. J. Martin, of the land corn
suggested that the proper beginning
would be the election of a permanent
chairman and a full set of convention
officers. This was done, and practi
cally three sets of officers were chosen
a little later on. as the convention re
solved to remain In continual session
from 7 o'clock in the morning until 11
o'clock af night every day until the
lands were all disposed of. It thus be
came necessary to work the auctioneers
and officials in relays.
G. W. Argabreit, of Georgetown, Ky,
and Milo B. Randall, of Chicago, were
nominated. 'A ballot was taken and
Mr. Argabreit was declared elected.
Mr. Randall was then chosen assist
ant chairman. The Iowa delegation put
up Fred L. Hoag, of Iowa, for secre
tary, and he was chosen without oppo
sition. Frank Bean, Kansas; C. L. Hed
land, Nebraska, and George McRae,
Rochester. Minn., were nominated for
the positions of assistant secretaries by
their respective state delegations. All
were elected without opposition.
'Dr. Richards, a robust dentist from
Kansas, "was chosen sergeant-at-arms.
Dr. Richards, knowing the difficult Job
he had on his hands, chose two able as
sistants Jn the persons of L. B. Green,
chief officer in the stockyards at Kan
sas City, Mo., and Joseph C. Bliss, one
pany, appeared on the platform and
of the foremen In the S. & S. packing
plant at Kansas City.
These officials chosen, the delegates
settled down to the eleotlon of trus
tees, whose duty It is to deal with the
O. V. L. Co. fpr the contract-holders.
These trustees in fact practically as
sume control of the company's land
pending the -final disposition to the
contract-holders. "
Real politics characterized the elec
tion of these trustees. It was a game
to see which sections of the country
should be represented upon the board
of trustees, and every wire within reach
was pulled.
Early in the session it waa seen that
Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas con
trolled the situation. Nebraska nomi
nated R. M. Rankin, an implement deal
er of York, Neb. Missouri nominated
George H. Wyatt. City Treasurer of St.
Joseph; Illinois nominated W. L. Bllnn;
Chicago nominated Milo B. Randall;
Kansas put up Charles A. Miller, of
Harper. Kan., while W. T. Withers, of
Lakeview, was named as Western can
didate. ,
When the ballots were counted It was
found that Mr. Rankin ran first with
872 votes; Mr. Wyatt second, with 344
votes; and Mr. Withers third, with (12
votes.
The chief auctioneer, A. D. Powers,
of Chicago, had two assistants, W. L.
Blinn, of Illinois, and Dr. D. S. Smith
hlsler, of Lakeview. An expert book
keeper, Joseph Thompson, of Chicago,
whose familiarity with every detail of
the land auction method made his serv
ices well-nigh indispensable, directed
the work of the secretaries,- and had
general supervision of the records.
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Mr. Powers, during one of his hours
off duty, said to your correspondent:
"I have acted in 43 land and lot dis
tributions of this kind, for private and
Government lands. The Oregon open
ing is the largest private land opening
in the history of the United States. The
next largest land opening was that by
the same company, last year, in the San
Luis Valley, Colorado."
Had the 1500 contract-holders' rep
resentatives in attendance been given
their way, they would have converted
the auctidn into a drawing. . But the
company's contract with each purchaser
specifically stipulated --that the free
auction feature should be 'preserved,
and to make this doubly sure, Inspector
Leonard, of the Postoffice Department
of the Government, was there to check
the first attempt to convert the con
vention into a lottery. The elaborate
machinery of this land auction has
probably never been equaled on any
platform. The system is believed to be
perfect In its adaptation to the purpose
of a land distribution. While there
was about it a ponderous air, owing
to the large size of the books of rec
ord, the number of auctioneers, secre
taries and other necessary officials to
serve the convention's needs, the actual
formula of auctioning the lands and
lota waa so simple that every one un
derstood the business within a few
minutes after it was started. The
chairman of the trustees took his seat
by the auctioneer, and called out the
number and acreage of each tract. The
auctioneer repeated it, and the reading
secretary announced in a loud voice the
description of the land, giving section,
township and range. The number and
location of the town lot was also an
nounced at.the same time. In the audi
ence that tilled the big tent sat the
club captains, each holding a, list of
names of 20 contract-holders, and it
was his duty to bid in a tract for each
man, beginning with the first man on
his list, and continuing down the list
until all had been cared for.
After the description of the land and
lot had been announced, the auctioneer
called the number of the club captain
who was expected to start the bidding.
This saved time, and had the effect of
accelerating the proceedings. The club
captain, hearing his number called,
arose promptly and bid $200.
"I am bid 200, 1200, $200; for 20 good
acres; are yoir all done? Sold. Who is
the buyer?" This was the general form
followed, and if there was no competi
tive bidding the tract and lot went
quickly. Sometimes there was lively
competitive bidding on some tract that
was supposed to be especially desirable.
Will Rapidly Increase Population.
Think what it means to add in a
few short months a proprietorship of
16,000 landowners in a region where a
single hand was sovereign for decades
theretofore. Its significance is that in
a few years to come this territory now
given over to creative and productive
ownership, with all the keenness of
commercialism developed out of a for
lorn struggle against barren and un
fruitful soil in the impoverished East
will be transformed into a wealthy and
flourishing community where homes by
the thousands, where churches, schools,
public Institutions and great Industries
will arise like the phantoms of Allad
ln's lamp.
The adding of 15.000 propertyowners
and taxpayers to Oregon's present list
means, according to all official ratios,
a total Increase of prospective popula
tion of five times that number, or
75,000, as soon as the land purchased
is taken possession of. An average in
crease through the natural channels of
development which the state is now un
dergoing means fully 15 per cent more
citizens of Oregon each year. In other
words the enterprise of the Oregon Val
ley Land Company, whose work has
been done within the brief Bpace of
two shoft years, means that there will
be added to Oregon's population more
than 1,000.000 inhabitants within the
next 10 years, in an empire which will
easily maintain such an acoretlon, and
many times that number. It has been
shown that the possibilities of produc
tivity and development of this empire
are very great
These statements are no vainglorious
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dreamings, but can be substantiated in
the most convincing manner by a cur
sory glimpse at the present tide of im
migration. The great transcontinental
railroads terminating in the Pacific
Northwest brought to Oregon and
Washington a total of 60,000 new set
tlers during the two-months' colonist
season last Spring. The Fall season
with its low home-seekers' rate is now
on, and the through trains from the
East are" swamped dally with the
hordes of newcomers who are clamor
ing for a few acres of land in the only
country on God's footstool where prices
are reasonable, opportunities unlimited
and climatic and other conditions ab- r
solutely ideal.
As Governor Hughes of New York re
cently declared in a public speech, "the
only thing you can depend on in this
country is the Judgment of the people,"
the advancement of the great territory
opened up for settlement by the Ore
gon Valley Land Company is a matter
of public choice. The voice of 14,420
people who have secured tracts ranging
from 10 acres to 1000 acres In this mag
nificent, silent and isolated treasure
house is best proof that it represents
the choice of the people. -One may ask
why Southern Oregon so far from rail
roads, so remote from great marts of
barter and trade, has sent forth such
a strident call that has received such
a quick and responsive answer. The
reason is not far to seek.
Lake County Farmers Responded. s
A few weeks ago the little town of
Lakeview, right In the heart of this
tremendously pregnant district, held an
Industrial exposition. The call was
sent forth to all the settlers within an
easy radius to display the fruits of
their labor, and here' are some of the
figures:
The farmers brought from far and
near:
Turnips weighing pounds, 2 feet 1
lnohes in circumference;
Radishes weighing 6 and 7 pounds. 18
inches in length;
Yellow Diamond onions weighing 1V4
pounds.
Beets weighing 8tt pounds, 18 inches
in length;
Apples, prunes, squash, beans and
corn that would olass with anything
the county or state fairs of Oregon can
produoe;
Rye 6 feet 7 Inches tall, Spring and
Fall wheat in similar class,- Winter
wheat of extra hard kernel, white rye
extra fine, rutabagas weighing up to 4
pounds each;
White Russian oats with heads 8
Inches long, with 46 grains to the head;
Sugar beets weighing 2H pounds
each:
Alfalfa 4 feet 4 Inches high, cheat
grass 5 feet high;
Turkey red wheat, 5-lnch heads, 4
feet straw, second crop volunteer rye
4 feet high, 6-lnch heads. . . .
Fine stands of macaroni and club
wheat, barley, oats, rye, rhubarb;
Seven-pound turnips, peas, potatoes
weighing 1 pounds each, cabbage 10
and 12 pounds, cauliflower 7 pounds,
timothv S feet high, red clover 4 feet
A CORKER IS LAKEVIEW'S
high. Golden West corn 9 feet inches
high, pumpkins weighing 57 H pounds,
yellow squash weighing 44 pounds, and
the following other products showing
the great adaptability of the soil: Red
Westerfield onions, sweet corn, crooked-neck
squash, peaches, plums, apri
cots, English walnuts, almonds, filberts,
raspberries, blackberries, dewberries,
watermelons, . catawbas, tomatoes,
grapes, nectarines.
All of this was produced in the fer
tile empire which is soon to become the
home of thousands of new and vigor
ous homeseekers. This great territory,
which is the last of the. vast areas of
cheap lands to be thrown open for Im
migration and settlement on American
soil, extends from tire Klamath Indian
Reservation on . the west close to the
boundary of Idaho on the east. It con
tains tracts that will lend themselves
to every form of diversified develbp
ment. known to the modern science of
agriculture. The small tracts of 10
acres each, which some of the many
thousands of the new population have
seoured, will yield them a competence
In a few years in orchards; the tracts
ranging from 20, 40. 80 and on up to
160 and 640 acres, will provide their
owners with grain-producing areas not
excelled anywhere in the West,' not
even In the Palouse or the Camas Val
ley Plains. The greater tracts will fur
nish ranges we.ll-nigh inexhaustible for
cattle and sheep. . .
Is there any region yet unconquered
of civilization on the Western Hemisphere-that
affords more multiplied op
portunities for exploitation and greater
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chance for the demonstration of the
real spirit of American enterprise?
' Martin, -Borders and Shimp.
The tale of how this expansive' em
pire has been released from the thrall
dom of isolation is one of the fairy
stories of the progress of -American
civilization. Had it -not been for- the
far-sighted vision of one man this great
treasure-trove might for decades to
come continue to be the same trackless
waste it has been for centuries past.
But two years ago R. .J. Martin, presi
dent and field manager of the Oregon
Valley Land Company, heard of this
"Promised Laad." He came out from
Kansas City and spent several weeks
looking it over.. He found that the
Oregon Central Military Road Grant
Company had bottled up the richest em
pire in the Far West, that the great
timbered belt on the western slope of
the' Cascades had been segregated by
the Booth-Kelly Company, and the bal
ance was held by the Hunter Land
Company. He saw It all and he liked
it. He realized that here was an oppor
tunity for colonization the like of
which American enterprise had never
achieved before. He returned to Kan
sas City and recommended it to his as
sociates, J. H. Borders, secretary, and
H. C. Shimp, treasurer, and the vast
tract of 500,000 acres was acquired.
It was not put upon the market like
other extensive tracts have, to be sold
piece-meal, from plats. The great ex
tent of the tract, and the time and ex
pense of overland travel, made that
method impossible. A better plan had
to be devised. This preliminary task
was all done by Mr. Martin and his as
sociates, who surveyed, platted, ap
praised and subdivided the entire em
pire bigger in fact than the state of
Rhode Island in such a manner that
the settler took no chances when he
closed his contract. He knew that when
he got 20 acres of fruit land he was
getting 20 acres of ground that was
adapted for horticulture. The man who
wanted to go into the cattle or sheep
raising business knew when he pro-
MARVELOUS CROP EXHIBIT,
cured a thousand-acre tract that he was
getting grazing land as fine as there
was to be had in the West, and if he
wasn't satisfied he could get his money
back.
A Monster Sales Organization.
When Martin and his associates had
closed up this gigantic deal they began
to let' the world know about it. The
sale was Inaugurated in the Spring of
1908, and was conducted In 26 states
of the Union. So great was the demand
for parcels of various sizes that in
December of last yeaf the company
was forced to stop the sale because
every acre had been taken up. The lit
tle group of empire-builders found that
they had 15,000 contracts on their hands.
Fully half of them represented people
of the Mississippi and Missouri River
valleys, where the struggle for exist
ence had been waged for many years
with apparently rfo satisfactory results
to the residents therein. The books
showed that 'there were more than 7000
purchasers must be supplied with 10
acre tracts, 4000 with 20-acre selections,
and nearly 4000 with 40, 80, 160, 640 and
1000-acre pieces. The company had to
go out and buy more land and Jots. It
responded to this demand by acquiring
and throwing over to the contract hold
ers the great Herfford ranch of 40,000
acres, comprising choice lands in the
Goose Lake Valley. While the bulk of
the lands were sold in the Middle West,
the-Pacific .Coast was not blind to its
opportunity; C: M. Hyskell and R. F.
Fike, Pacific Coast agents of the Ore
gon Valley. Land Company, in the few
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Extraordinary Sale-A Big
months the land was on the market,
closed up 'contracts for nearly 1000
tracts. They had been over the ground,
through seven rich, productive valleys,
embraced in . the tract White Horse,
Wild Horse, Catlow, Warner, Goose
Lake, Drews and Sprague River. They
tramped on foot over many sections
contained within the limits of Klamath.
Lake and Harney Counties, which are
Included In the grant- lands. What ap
pealed to them as It did to the fore
runners of this vast Immigration and
colonization movement, - was the fact
that Southern Oregon is the poor man's
opportunity, that It gives the humblest
purchaser a chance to make a profitable
investment at easy terms with sure
promise of safe returns. The country,
is one located In the heart of a'rich in-,
land empire, with soil of great' richness,
with the best of climatic conditions,
with the world's markets almost at its
doors, where fruit and vegetables grow,
where much of the land yields good
crops of grain, where the water and the
air are pure, where cyclones, hurri
canes and destructive storms are un
known, where even now in the first
"flush of its potential development there
are hundreds of beautiful and cosy
homes surrounded by fruit and shade
trees, ornamental shrubs and flowerg
and occupied and happy, progressive
and. prosperous people.- i
Railroads Must Now Come.
The question of transportation, which
has been a vital one for years past.
Is soon to be solved. Oregon needs
no longer to sit in sorrow supinely
waiting for any railroad system to open
up this vast and fertile realm, for with
in the past few months the world has
been informed of the aggressive opera
tions of James J. Hill in Central and
Southern Oregon. This great Empire
Builder now has his engineering forces
making theln-surveys and doing prelim
inary work in the very heart of this
region. Reconnaissance work has been
pushed forward south from Bend to
ward Lakeview. where, by the way,
eVery purchaser under the Oregon Val
ley Land Company's plan, gets a town
lot free. Crews are now located in the
vicinity of the unexplored wastes along
Goose Lake, where nature only awaits
a means of commerce to world, markets
before she will unlock the. possibilities
hidden within the depths of her fruc
tiferous soil; '
Same Company Has Big Florida Sale
. "This year we are selling 180,000
acres of the reclaimed Everglades, on
the east coast of Florida, on the same
plan used by the company in tha Ore
gon sale last year," said C. M. Hyskell,
whose office Is at 427 new Lumbermen's
building. "These muck lands are being
reclaimed by the state of Florida, They
are said to be the richest producing
lands In the world." .
ANCIENT GRUDGE RANKLES
Bad Blood Lasts Century Between
Italian Communities.
ROME. Sept. 25. (Special.) There
are strange revivals still in Italy, and
Siena has some of the most Interesting
of these. It is told that, in 1860. the
Florentines invited the Sienese to take
part in celebrating the unity of Tus
cany with the kingdom of Italy, but
these were afraid that the defeat of
the Florentines at Monte Aperto, 600
years before, might still be rankling In
the minds of the people of Florence! It
is from that date that the peculiar
horse race known s,s the Palio derives
its origin.
The latest of these races was run
some days'ago, and as soon as the win
ning Jockey reached the post he was
surrounded by a group of carabineers to
protect him from the fury of the peo
ple whose horses were defeated. He
received a blow between the Bhoulders
in spite of his protectors. At other
times the carabineers ran the success
ful jockey into prison in order to save
him from the hands of his enemies.
The Palio is not run In an open field,
but rather In the restricted space of the
public square In front or the grand old
Communal Palaco, on the hard paving
stones covered with pounded earth for
the occasion and on a steeply-sloping
surface, with sharp turns. There are
17 wards or contrade In the city, and 10
of these contrade run a horse every
year, the' seven excluded oontrade hav
ing a horse in the following year's
Palio. It is a race which is preceded by
a pageant, in which companies repre
senting the several wards and clad in
historic costumes file past to the sound
of music and waving banners. It is a
sight which only Italy can .show, and Is
purely medieval.
SMUGGLERS REAP HARVEST
Customs Officials Unable to Keep
Opium Out of Australia.
MELBOURNE. Sept. 25. (Special.)
The oommonwealth customs officials are
still experiencing considerable trouble in
regard to the introduction of opium Into
Australia, which has been strictly for
bidden for some considerable time past.
In fact Australia gave up J3O0.00O a year
revenue when forbidding the introduction
of this product into this country. How
ever, It appears that the Chinese, or
some of them, are determined to have it,
and resort is made to all kinds of de
vices, to secure Its introduction. A re
cent case was that of a Chinaman who
has a corpulent pigtail like a sausage,
which contained opium inside. . Fines
were" inflicted. The value of seizures was
considerable. ' ,
The Chinese, many of whom are
wealthy, pay high prices for opium, and
some Europeans are now known to be
concerned in the trade. In fact a regular
svstem has been established, and, al
though seizures are frequent, yet the
profits are so enormous that the incen
tive to engage in the Illicit traffic is very
great. The vice of the opium habit
never had any hold worth speaking of on
whites, and the loss of revenue seems
not to have been, effectual. With Aus
tralia's great coastline of 10,000 mllea, the
difficulty of adequately preventing Ille
gal landing Is great.
RACE SUICIDE THREATENS
Xew South Wales Faces Alarming
Situation Infanticide Common.
- MELBOURNE. Sept. 25. (Special.) In
New South Wales the situation arising
from a low birth rate is aggravated by
the' large proportion of deaths among In
fants. According to the Sydney Coroner,
Stephen Murphy, a grave feature of this
problem is the "enormous annual loss of
life by criminal means. Within the past
few months he has- held inquests on the
bodies of ten newly-born Infants found
dead In public places in his district. Six
were clearly proved to be cases of mur
der. During the same period tne bodies
of nine stillborn children were found.
Mr. Murphy is convinced, not only that
these 19 bodies constitute a mere per
centage of those unlawfully disposed of,
but that expert baby farmers are plying
their -grewsome calling in Sydney. He
suggests that in the populous centers of
New South Wales institutions should be
established, wherein, "without question,"
mothers might receive the attention they
require and their children be enabled to
obtain a proper hold on life.
ORCHARD IS PLAN
Three Thousand Acres to Be
Set to Fruit.
TO BE LARGEST IN STATE
Options Have Been Secured on Suit
able Acreage, and Entire Or
chnrd Will Lie in One
Contiguous Tract.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 25. (Special.)
A company with a capital stock of
J300.000, formed to plant and operate
an immense orchard in Linn County,
was organized in Albany today. The
orchard as now planned -will contain
from 3000 to 4000 acres and will be
by far the largest orchard In the state.
The Linnhaven Orchard .Company was
the name adopted by the corporation,
which wlIKattempt the biggest orchard
proposition ever handled in. Oregon.
Considerable Albany capital Is inter
ested In the immense project, and It is
said that the company will also be
backed by Eastern capital. The men
known to be interested In the company
are Dr. W. H. Davis. ex-Mayor of
Albany; Professor E. R. Lake, of Cor- ,
vallis, one of the leading Instructors
in the Oregon Agricultural College and
one of Oregon's foremost fruit authori
ties; E. H- Horn, a capitalist of Mt.
Airy, Md., who Is said to be the heaviest
individual stockholder in the enter
prise; Worth Huston, ex-Sheriff
of Linn County; Owen Beam and F. J.
Fletcher, of the Beam-Fletcher Gro
cery Company, of this city, and C. W.
Tebault, a local real estate man. ,
Other Business Men Interested.
It Is stated from reliable sources
that some of Albany's most prominent
capitalists are also in the venture, but
their names are not yet public. It is
also said that other Eastern men be
sides Horn are back of the project.
The formation of this company has
been promoted by C. W. Tebault and
Owen Beam, and the work has been In
progress seven weeks, plans being in
ducted secretly. The organization was
consummated last night and articles of
incorporation are in process of prepara
tion in a local law office today. The
articles will be filed next Monday in
the office of the Secretary of State and :
the County Clerk of Linn County. W.
H- Davis, E. R. Lake and F. J. Fletcher
will appear as incorporators.
"We Intend to set out an orchard of
between 3000 and 4000 acres," said C.
W. Tebault, one of the promoters and
stockholders, today. "Yes, I said thou
sands, not hundreds," he said In answer
to a question. "I realize those are big
figures in speaking of orchards In the
Willamette Valley, butwe actually In
tend to utilize at least 3000 acres, and
probably 4000. The entire orchard will
lie in a contiguous tract."
Land Options Are Seoured.
Where this' immense orchard will be
located Is as yet unknown. It is said
that options have been secured on lands
In-two or three different places and
that the site will not be selected until
after the election of the board of di
rectors next week. The choice will then
rest with the men chosen on the di
rectorate. Efforts to get a list of pos
sible Bites today were unavailing, as
the promoters are endeavoring to kef
negotiations regarding the purchase of
property seeret until all deals are con
summated. The main office of the cor
poration will be In Albany, however.
In the articles of incorporation being
prepared today the company assumes
power to handle many different enter
prises and lines of business, and it is
said that the company will undertake
all lines of business necessary in con
nection with the growing and market
ing of fruit. The building of an elec
tric line to furnish transportation fa
cilities for the orchard Is one step
planned for the future.
It appears from the articles of In
corporation that the $300,000 capital
stock is to be divided into 3000 shares
of S100 each. Of this amount $100,000
will be preferred stock and $200,000
common.
It is the present intention of the
company to set out apples, pears,
peaches and walnuts. Some other fruits
may be grown later, but these four
will he the staples of the Immense
orchard.
EASTERNER ADMIRES CITY
Campbell Hardy, of New York, Com-
nients on Portland's Solidity.
Campbell Hardy, special correspondent
of the New York Commercial, is a visitor
In the city. In conversation with Tlie
Oregonian representative he said:
"This is" my first visit to Portland and
the country where rolls the Oregon.
What I have witnessed has been a revela
tion. Portland in New York and tha
East has th reputation of being the
solid, substantial, conservative, yet pro
gressive city of the Pacllic Coast coun
try and a personal investigation of Us
merits and advantages more than sus
tains this reputation. The stranger within
the gates cannot help but be favorably
impressed with the solidity of the busi
ness interests, the up-to-date business
blocks, with many others building sky
ward, the public buildings, paved streets
and beautiful residence sections all com
bining to create a favorable impression
The hospitality lot Its citizenpliip and ttio
pride they evidence in Portland, its
present and future Is jnost commnndahle.
"The spirit of Portland Is seen in the
work of your commercial bodies notice
ably the Commercial Club, the most
unique and broadly successful organiza
tion of its kind in the United States,
which I am imformed has a membership
of loOO. at the head of whom as manager
Is Tom Richardson, who Is famed as a
consistent booster from ' the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from Duluth to the Gulf.
The fact that Portland is not a boom,
town is one of the. strongest recom
mendations. It does not save to dis
tribute 'hot air' in order to attract. Its
foundation is solid, it has the goods to
deliver and whether hailing from Mis
souri or New York the people. are here tot
'show yo.i."
PHONE COMPMir BLAMED
Faulty Wire Construction Electro
cutes Itoseburg Employe.
ROSEBURG. Or., Sept. 25. (Special.)
James Easton, a young lineman in
employ of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company In this crty, was
electrocuted this morning when he ac
cidentally came In contact' with an
electric light wire carrying 5000 volts.
Easton was 20 years old and resided
In this city, where he was well known.
The Coroner's jury returned a verdict
finding the telephone company-at fault
in the construction of Its wires leading
from the pole on which young Eastoa
was killed. v