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vines, Including the cost of plants,
but a bog, once set in proper shape,
will ljuit indefinitely. The first cost,
though quite large, cuts but little fig
ure in the long run. There Is money
In the cranberry business, and the
many bors In Tillamook County are
waiting for men with means and
energy to develop them.
TILLAMOOK CRANBERRY CULTURE IS SUCCESS
HIGHLY PROFITABLE INDUSTRY SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE RICH BOGS OP THAT SECTION
WATER - POWER CHARGES
Uw Should Deal Alike With New
Companies and Old Rivals.
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I There Is a large crop of cran-
berries in Tillamook County this
-ar. and picking is In full blast. The
berries are somewhat larger than
usual, and the vines have a much larger
crop than last year. The berries are
celling here at 13 per bushel, and there
Is a good demand and ready sale for
them, as there are not sufficient cran
berries raised here to supply the de
mand. Berg ft Atkinson, of Sand Lake,
are using a fanning machine to clean
their berries, and It Is working well.
Wild cranberries are also plentiful in
the Kand Lake district, and quite a
quantity have been placed upon the
market here.
As Tillamook stands out as the lead
ing county In Oregon fitted In every
possible way to become famous for
cranberry raising, quite a number of
persons are now preparing new ground
at Band Lake and other parts of the
county where there Is a quantity of
bog land suitable for cranherry rais
ing. Alost of the cranberries are raised
In the Sand Lake ilptrlct, where the
first bogs were prepared, and since
then the demand for Tillamook cran
berries has become so great that the
crop every year la bought up at good
figures. N
The raising of cranberries Is one of
Tillamook County's great undeveloped
resources, which will grow in magni
tude now that the county is to be
opened up with railroad connections
with Portland.
To those who are looking for In
vestments and industrial opportunities
ir. the Western States, that of cran
berry raising should not be overlooked,
for It is one of the most profitable oc
cupations now presen. ig itself to per
sons who are looking for new oppor
tunities and new localities. A cran
berry bog in Tillamook County is as
good as a gold mine. Atmospheric
conditions, plenty of moisture In the
soil, such as exists In the Summer
months in this county, are all favor
able to raising cranberries.
The cranberry Industry In Tilla
mook." although having passed Its ex
perimental stages. Is but in its Infancy,
and has a great future, and it has been
fur years a demonstrated fact that
Tillamook can raise as fine-flavored
cranberries as can be raised any
where In the United States. Not only
so, but those who have been engaged
in the business have found it a most
profitable investment and occupation,
for the bogs have turned out a great
success. It is not generally known, but
if is a fact nevertheless, that fresh
cranberries can be obtained all the
year round by a simple and inexpensive
method of preserving. All that Is
necessary Is to place the berries in a
fruit ar. fill it up with cold water
and seal it up. They Increase in
flavor by this method, and keep with
out the least deterioration for several
years.
Cranberries grow vigorously in
Tillamook, and. where the bogs are
properly prepared, they are enormously
productive, producing as much as 1000
bushels to the acre in many instances.
NThe cranberries grown here are of a
darker color -than those grown in the
East, and they are much superior in
flavor and also weigh more to , the
bushel. In tne East the vines are
often Infested with insect pests, but
-whenever they have been brought here
on new plants they soon disappear;
they cannot thrive in this .climate.
Of those who are preparing land for
cranberry raising. N. J. Myers has the
largest patch under way at Sand Lake.
He has a small railroad track to carry
on the work and to build the dykes.
The sod is removed to a depth of
eight to twelve inches on the bog
land, which has a depth of from six to
ten feet. The sod Is ued to dyke the
patch, when the bog is covered with
sand to the dopth of six or more
Inches. It costs about $400 per acre
to prepare the ground and plant the
PORTLAND, Oct. 9. (To the Editor.)
The opinion seems to be general that
it la Dractlcable to develop unlimited
water power in the Pacific Northwest.
Take any old stream, build a dam across
it anywhere, pay the state an annual tax
of from 50 cents to 12 s horsepower year
and become a water-power plutocrat,
with money to burn such seems to be
the ideas of some recent writers. Un
fortunately, the market and cost of pro
duction have always been the controlling
elements, and If one will Investigate the
subject carefully it will become apparent
that there are comparatively few sites
worth developing. The fact that a cer
tain stream has a Jail and carries a large
quantity of water Is no criterion as to
Its value for water power. Its bed and
banks may be. of such character aa to
make It extremely hazardous to construct
a dam or other works: or, like the Co
lumbia and Willamette rivers, the floods
may be so great as to destroy its value
as a water power for a portion of the
year, necessitating a steam plant . as an
auxiliary power, which is always expen
sive to maintain.
Again, many of our small mountain
streams freeze up In the Winter, or go
dry In Summer, and aside from a few
Isolated grist and pulp mills, it does not
pay to operate only a portion of the
year. The available power of any stream
la not its high water power, or even, as
a . rule, its average stage power. The
economic power . that can be developed
at any site la limited by the low water
flow, storage capacity and high water
fall. The writer has examined the ma
jority of the feasible power sites In Ore
gon and Washington, and takes decided
exception to some recent articles in The
Oregonian showing nearly half a mil
lion developed horsepower, and 26.000.0'X)
feasible of development in the Pacific
Northwest.
September 8, under the title, "Mighty
Water Powers of the Pacific Northwest,"
statements were made which are er
roneous, and If this Is a fair sample of
the Information the United States - Geo
logical Survey (which is quoted as the
authority) dispenses, then the United
States Geological Survey should call In
the expert who allowed his Imgainatlve
brain to lead him away on such wild
flights of fancy while doring In Mb lux
urious office at "Washington, D. C. The
writer is "from Missouri" and will have
to be shown that there is 92.531 horse
power developed on the w lllamette Rtver.
S0.S32 on the Deschutes, 22,083 on the John
Day. or 84,270 In the Puget Sound district
I would defy the United States Geological
Survey to find 5000 horsepower developed
on the Descnutes or jonn uay rivers, or
more than 50,000 on the Willamette. The
estimate of the Puget Sound district Is
a little nearer the truth. Here there Is
developed about 70,000 horsepower west
of the Cascades.
The article referred to further states
that the power possibilities of the Pa
cific Northwest are from 12.979,700 to 24.-
rfll,000 horsepower. Why the adding on
of several million horsepower for the
waves and tides along the Pacific Coast
was overlooked was not stated. This is
surely water power, and just as feasible
of development, if not more so, as it is
to get 6,250,000 on the Columbia River, or
1.670.000 horsepower on the Willamette
River. In the same Issued is an article
by S. B. Huston, which Is correct and
quite to the point. No sane man Is go
ing to spend any great amount of money
for a hydro-electric plant and tay the
state a tax of from 60 cents to J2 a horse
power year and compete with the com
panies already in business who are ex
empt from this tax.
The gross Injustice of this law is the
limit, and cannot fall to have, dia
metrically, the opposite effect to what
was intended. No company or Individual
can possibly pay this tax and compete
with the companies already operating,
who control the market or even a por
tion of the market. Yet these established
companies can develop more power, pay
this tax on the increased development,
and by raising the price of power all
around, pay good dividends at the ex-
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ORAIX, FRCTTS AYD VEGETABLES SH OWX AT THE KECEXT OOPXTT FAIR.
Som. idea of th. agricultural rr.urc of Waahhurton County, Oron. may bo had from this photograph of tho exhibit at tho rseent county fair. It includes Ave va
rieties of potatoes three of onion 12 of apples, six of stock and ugar corn, four of beets, five of pumpkins, four of equseh. fwo of turnips, four of kale, ten of prunes
-mJ plums, four of wheat and oat., three of e.bhase, three of mm two of kohl rabl. buckwheat, leaf tobacco, alfalfa, red clover, banana melon, cantaloupes, watermelons.
Summer iqiuuh, poaches. English walnut, black walnut, hickory nuts, chestnuts, butternuts, carrots, millet, cheat, flax, hops, beans, all kinds of seeds and peanut
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pense of the consumer, who indirectly
will pay this tax.
In The Oregonian Is a letter by Mr.
Warren, in which he endeavors to show
that a plant costing J20 a horsepower
could stand a tax of 38. Possibly, if the
investors cared nothing about getting any
Drofit out of it. But unfortunately hydro
electric plants are not built now for even
double J20 a horsepower. Complete, they
will average much nearer 1100 per horse
Dower, and any site costing over J200
should be let severely alone unless the
market is exceptionally good.
It is quite easy to show, theoretically,
that a new plant could pay the tax, even
of ti provided the owners have an ex
clusive franchise and no competition
from a comDany already in business. But
In most cases, where there is a market,
there Is a company already doing busi
ness, and that was in operation before
this law went into effect, and is exempt.
If a new company comes to compete, the
old company would simply reduce prices
to within 60 cents or 2 of what the actual
cost was. and run the new company out
of business, purchase their plant for a
nominal figure, and Immediately raise the
price of power to a figure that would
make the new plant profitable under the
present law.
In the writer's opinion water power Is
Just as much an appurtenance of the land
as a bed of coal. Both represent power
undeveloped and should be recognized and
paid for as such. It would be no more
unjust for the state to tax every ton of
coal mined than this tax on developed
water power. In the ease of the power
sites on Federal lands, it would seem
proper for the Government to have the
right to fix the rates at which power
should be sold instead of taxing the de
velopment and thereby Increasing the
cost to the consumer.
J. H. CUNNINGHAM.
Says Japan Wants Open Ioor.
PORTLAND, Oct. S. (To the Editor.)
Although it may seem rather an aimless
task to try to explain that the two
treaties, recently concluded between
China and Japan, do not run counter to
the open-door policy, still it might be use
ful for those who have not carerully fol
lowed Oriental affairs to point out some
of the facts which led to the agreements.
The negotiation on the matter, between
China and Japan, have been continually
carried on since the year before last, al
though occasionally interrupted either by
unexpected events, such as the death of
the Emperor and Kmpress jjowager or
China, or through China s distrust as to
Japan's sincerity. It is, therefore, not to
be wondered at, that the protracted nego
tiations have been brought to a termina
tion satisfactory to both parties, now
that Japan's honesty of purpose has been
acknowledged by China.
A "special" dispatch from Washington
of yesterday's date, which appeared in
The Oregonian this morning, reported
that the treaty "was signed early in July
over the protest of China." The full text
of these two treaties was published In
the official gasette of both China and
Japan exactly a month ago, I. a. on Sep
tember 8. and has been much commented
upon by English, German, Japanese and
Chinese newspapers published in the
Orient, and therefore the text and mean
ing of the treaties may safely be regarded
as a common property of the Intelligent
world. The treaties were signed on Sep
tember 4. instead of "early In July."
Moreover, the treaties were signed not
"over China's protest," nor wrested from
China. The negotiations were resumed
by China's initiation and the treaties
were amicably concluded by mutual
, agreement.
As to the mining concessions granted
to Joint enterprises of Chinese and Jap
anese interests, I may say that this is
nothing more nor less than those other
concessions, which had hitherto been
granted to American and European In
terests. I may also add that Germany
has similar mining concessions on both
sides of Shan-tung Railway, which is a
German enterprise. If the line of argu
ment that is expressed in the "special"
dispatch is to be pursued, every foreign
enterprise In China might be criticised
as a violation of the "open door." Tho
open door policy does not certainly mean
that one particular country, say Japan,
should abstain from all profitable enter
prises' and do nothing in favor of some
other countries, but does mean that equal
opportunities shall be given to all the
countries of the world.
I heartily and sincerely agree with the
editorial of The Oregonian of October 7,
on the Oriental problem that "the open
door In China must be kept open, even
If it requires the presence of half the
fleets of the world to keep It from clos
ing," and I do not doubt that Japan ts
one of the staunchest and most earnest
supporters of the cause. Y. N.
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