t 1
THE SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, ' PORTIiAXD, 3XTNE 30, 1912.
DUTCH PIONEERS DRAIN CONBOY LAKE;
SETTLERS PROSPER IN CAMAS PRAIRIE
Homesteaders of Northwest Corner of Klickitat County, Washington, Clamor A or Railroads Wild Hay Land
Turned Into Grain and Alfalfa Ground Farmers 'Bide in Automobiles.
it. - Sr Jf -v - "
v .V jrTS'
KEY TO PHOTOGRAPHS.
J Grade Far Kloroe Ainu Klickitat
Rlvrr. KUeklta't Dcwlapmrat Co.
. 8 M kerc Uun la Beias lonitrncied on
, Wklte Salmoa River. Aortkweatera
Electric Co.
' a H-mp MraterT.' Klickitat Derel-
opmeat Co. T
4 Taaael Work oa Daak Jforthweat.
era Electrle Co.
B Meaahoaae. Stoae Jt Wter
Camp.
WITH the drainage canals that now
traverse its almoe level sur
face and its residents passing
their Sunday afternoons on the little
artificial waterways, the fertile Camas
Prairie country In the northeast cor
ner of Klickitat County migrht well be
called a little Inland Holland. The
greater number of the citizens there
would not mind the appelation; for
their children, sons and grandsons of
sturdy pioneers, who homesteaded the
land, even now say their prayers in
Dutch. The camas valleys of the
Northwest are numerous. In their, rich
lands grew the nutritious bulb that
- formed in great part the staple food of
the Indian tribes of the regions. In
the camas plants still grow in abund
the Camas plants still grow In abund
ance. - , .
Almost a half century ago this re
gion in the southern part of Washing
ton appealed to a colony of hardy
Ihitchmen, who settled on the edge of
the prairie, building their homes In the'
timbered belt surrounding it.
Fertile Prairie Drained.
Until this year the bottom of the val
ley, a tract of 000 acres, has not yield
ed its real return to the owners. Until
late in the Summer months the waters
of Conboy Lake have' spread over the
entire area. This body of water was
formed by three streams pouring down
from the base ofMount Adams. For
' ages the streams have been fed by the
melting snows and glaciers. This ac
counts for the broad expanse or untlm- j
II o rlc life
1 r v 'rClir" "TAJ' SI
bered tract In the midst of a forest of
fir and pine. Jn the prairie proper
there are only-a few clumps of wil
lows, growlncc on the higher points.
Wild grass has grown in abundance
and every season farmers have har
vested this crop for their herds. Trees
have been cleared from surrounding
highlands where the harder and heav
ier feed is grown and the residents of
the community have been prosperous.
Cheese factories were operated until
about three years ago, when the ranch
ers found it to be more profitable to
ship their cream to Portland, and now
every day the cream wagon makes the
rounds of the community gathering up
the cans, which are taken by stage to
White Salmon and thence shipped to
Portland.
Realising the fertility of the soil
ad Its possibilities if properly tilled,
the settlers of Camas Prairie last year
formed a drainage district and voting
a bond issue began the work of con
structing a chain of canals to drain
Conboy Lake. The system Is partly
finished and, with the exception of a
small area in the very center of the
tract. he waters of the three creeks
are kept within the channels.
'' Alfalfa Replaces 1114 Hay.
Farmers are seeding the rich soil to
grain and hay.' Two big dredgers are
finishing the last divisions of the work
and by the end of Summer the project
will have been completed.' Instead of
the. one- harvest of wild hay, several
cuttings of alfalfa and crops of other
feedstuffs will be made.
Dairying is likely to continue one of
the chief industries, although- the.
great depiand for hay in the adjacent
fruit district of White Salmon "and.
Husum always will create a gratify
ing market for this product. Indeed,
since the development of the White Sal
mon fruit section much of its hay has
been secured from, the Camas district.
This fruit district, which is fast in
creasing, always will consume the sur
plus hay and demand more than can be
grown in the adjoining region.
Building of the drainage canal has
awakened a spirit of progress among
the people. Settlements grown up
around the prosperous country, stores
have taken on -city airs and. at the
gatherings for the transaction of busi
ness , the trend of the conversation
turns toward improvement. Homestead
ers -are throwing off Indifference and
are clamoring to be in closer touch
with the' outside world.
Settlers Want Railroad.
"We want a railroad," they tell the
prospecting stranger, ''and we are go
lng to have one. We are going ahead
with our improvements until the man
agers of the transportation systems
will see that it is to their interest to
pierce our country with a line of steel
rails.
Wagon roads have been repaired.
New routes with better grades are
building. Indeed, general farmers, hejp
bank accounts having been increased by
the sale of hay, cream ana cattle, al
ready own automobiles, in which they
and their families drive to church and
store, i
- The men of the adjoining fruit sec
tions of White Salmon and from across
the Columbia at Hood River have dis
covered the good roads of Camas on
trips to fish for the Dolly Varden and
rainbow in the Klickitat, which flows
at the northern edge of the region. The
sporting trips and tours taken on va
cations have ied to investments by the
visitors, whose . suggestions ' have
tended to hasten the progress of the
improvements. ... ..
From 12,003 to 20,000 acres of land
Immediately surrounding the bed of
Conboy Lake will grow highly profita
ble crops with Irrigation. To reap the
harvests from this land, which must be
cleared, although this work for the
most part will be light, the property
owners are planning at an early date
to call an election for the purpose of
forming an Irrigation district. The
waters of Hell Roaring Creek, a stream
that derives its name from the roaring
cataracts of its headwaters, and
Cougar Creek have been filed on for
the irrigation system. By an assess
ment of $5 an acre it is estimated that
the main ditch and laterals of the sys
tem for irrigating the entire dictrict
may' be built. .
Canoes Ply Canals.
It Is Interesting to watch the canoes
plying on the canals, IS miles of which
interlace the land formerly the lake
bottom. .-The young men of the dis
trict may be keen on holidays and Sun
day afternoons boatriding with their
sweethearts.
Although the families of Dutch pio
neers dominate among the early set
tlers, they form by no means the en
tire society. -A number of sturdy Amer
icans have made their homes in the
district. Albert Bertchl Is among this
number. Mr. Bertchi in younger days
swam his horse across the Columbia at
the mouth of Hood River, leaving the
Oregon shore where the town of Hood
River, now stands. .
'It was an Indian settlement, Wau-
coma,'then," said Mr. Bertchi, "and lit
tle did I dream, on that morning, as I
took the plunge, that one day the-Hood
River valley would be famous for Its
apples.. It was trees and trees aud an
unbroken wilderness then. .Nor- was
White Salmon thought of."
Mr. Bertchi and his brother are now
among the most prosperous men of the
region. Both own automobiles, and
both are leading in the work of prog
ress for the upbuilding of the com
munity and the endeavors to secure
rail transportation. . Captain H. E.
Mitchell, whose health gave way in
the Army, has settled on the lake, and
is devoting his time to raising thor
oughbred livestock and the tilling ' of
his 00-acre ranch.,
Lord's Prayer Hidden in
Battlefield Verse
Beautiful Compoaltioa, Printed on
Heavy Satin July 4, 1823, Picked
Up by Soldier at Yorktown, Va.
THE following beautiful compost
tlon, says an exclfange, was cap
tured during the Civil War at York-
town, va. It was printed on very
heavy satin July 4, 1823. This copy
was taken from the original and was
picked up by a soldier in the Army of
the Potomao the morning the rebel
forces evacuated the town. May 5, 1862
Thou to the mercy seat our souls doth
ratner;
To do our duty unto. thee. . '
OUR FATHER. '
To whom all praises, all honor should be
given. y :,f
Por thou art the great God
WHO ART IN HEAVEN. 1
Thou, b? thy wisdom, rul'st the world's
wnole irame rf -
Forever, therefore,
HALLOWED BE THT NAME,
Let nevermore delays divide us from thy
glorious grace, but let
THY KINODOM COME,
Let thy commands opposed be by none.
But thy good pleasure and -
THY WILL BE DONE,
And let our promptness to obey be even
The very same
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN,
Then for our souls, O lord, we also pray.
Thou would'st be pleased to
GIVE US THIS DAY " r
The food of life, wherewith our souls are
fed;
Sufficient raiment and . ' '-
OCR DAILY BREAD.
With every jieedful thing do thou relieve as.
And of thy mercy, pity
AND FORGIVE US
AH our misdeeds foe him who thou did'st
please
To make an offering for
OUR TRESPASSES,
And for as much, O lord, as we believe
That thou will pardon ua ....
AS WE FORGIVE,
Let that love teach. Wherewith thou dost
- acquaint us
To pardon all
THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
And though sometimes thou flnd'st we have
forgot . .
This love for thee, yet help
AND LEAD US NOT
Through soul or body wants to desperation.
Nor let earth's gain drive us
' , . . INTO TEMPTATION,
Let .not the soul of any true believer
Fall In the time of toll, ,
BUT DELIVER
Yea, civs them from the malice of the
devil; '
And both la life and death. Jceep
', US FROM EVIL.
Thus pray we. Lord, for that of thee, from
whom . .
This may be had . -
- FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM.
This work Is of thy work; Its wondrous story
To thae belongs, ,
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
And all .thy wondrous works have ended
- never, N -
But will remain forever and
- . ' FOREVER,
Thus we poor creatures would confess again.
And thus would say eternally,
. ... . AMEN. - '
, V " Anchor and Shield.
Her Little Hint.
Boston Evening Transcript.
He Does a woman when she's mar
ried expect her husband to tell her his
business affairs?
She I don't know, but a woman ex
pects a man to talk business when
he's courting ter. -' v. . - ,
PRIVATE FORESTS IN 3 COUNTIES
ALONE WILL LAST PORTLAND 100 YEARS
Inexhaustible Resources in Oregon's Pine Reserves Shown hy Tact That Two Decades of Logging Has Tailed
. to Make a Dent in Vast Timber Areas Products Are Superior to Southern Woods.
,1
n . " ....
F all the yellow pine and sugar pine
lumber used in Portland buildings
were cut Irom the privately owned
forests of -Lake, Crook and Klamatn
counties., it would reaulre 100 years to
. . ,.. a t, - the timber
owned by individuals. and corporations
in these counties is uudi. -
will be as much more left standing in
the government forest- reserves, ine
pine in these counties would build a
strintr of "six-room- bungalows from
Portland to San Francisco and tne
same species of timber m w newer.
Grant and North Harney counties would
build another line oi cub "
Portland to the boundary line of Mon
tana. - - '
Small mills have been pecKing a.w
at the forests of Central Oregon tor
more than 20 years, ut they haven t
made a dent. "It's like trying to un
dermine the pyramids by using a pen
knife," said one Portland lumberman
who has Interests in North Lake Coun
ty. "The great-grandchildren of our
grandchildren will make boxes from
Lake County pine and then there will
be timber, left"
Great Forests Resemble Parks.
It isn't the dense, tangled thicket
found on the Pacific Slope that is seen
In a ride through the timber of Crook,
Lake and Klamath counties. There is
no impenetrable tangle of underbrush,
no clumps or thickly-grown trees or
poles between which a team cannot be
driven. Instead there is a vast na
tural park, where giant pines, straight
as- an arrow, tower in the thin at
mosphere until they seem to almost
I!
mm
P. a sr " II i
IS i -. - ,
CROCKER'WHITMAN WEDDING TO BE
PERPETUATED IN MOVING PICTURES
Films Showing TasUonaole Affair Wfll Be Only for Eyes of Members of Family Presents for Couple Are Com-
menrang to Pour In Fr Afl Parts of World.
SAN FRANCISCO, CalV Juno 29.
(Special.) The realm i of moving
a- pictures is Deooming iuui o
,.t,,j Tha latast in the line
of news is a story from San Mateo
Codnty to the effect that the wedding
ceremony which will unite Miss Jennie
A. Crocker and Malcolm u. naiuu.u,
will be perpetuated by the use of mov
ing piciuie ina-.iu.i-... - .
r- i i nmnanli rind fl CPU 1 3
several mm
In San Mateo this last week to arrange
to get pictures oi tne anatr wmuu
be held in tne wnurcn wi w --
T..l 1 O Thdl npnvfi which Will at
tend will be the smartest social gath
ering that has been nrougni raseui-i
on the peninsula for years and it will
tors and leaves the picturesque church.
Miss Crocker nas eipiaimu,
that these picture films are not for gen-
, n-h. Aaar niihllf. Will nOt ttSVe
emi unc A---. -. ,
an opportunity of looking at the nota
bles at nve cents a ioo.. . rr
films are to be for the use of the
ii MfMtallv one set
will be taken East by the Whitmans
to ba shown to their inenas.
Presents Are Expensive. .
-nrfr,- nresients are commending to
pour In on Miss Crocker. Those for-
a. ' n. i.avA rtAATl Shown
lunate Tmuufiu -
these gifts after Miss Crocker's return
from New York say that some of them
have come from London from Am
bassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Held, Mr.
j Tifin Ward and the Count
and Countess of Grannard. Mrs. Reid
is Miss Crocker's aunt anu L"Z
t.. of Grannard and Mrs. John Ward
are her cousins. ; ' .
The Crockers clan is giving tne
young heiress and bride-to-be a lot of
her costly presents. In this clan are
her brother, Templeton Crocker, the
William H. Crockers and the Charles
B. Alexanders of New York.
mm w -tf Tt-wIt- anrl- manv
sa.tr. uu - - , vr-
of the Burlingame set headed -by the
Walter S. Martins, Mr. ana jars, neuu
m . . ,nj- th. l-.nnnii- T CAroIans
X . OI- Li ll iuu " ' -"
also are among the gift makers. .
Costly platinum Jewelry, especially
platinum aa a setting for diamonds, are
among the gifts. Platinum jewelry is
comparatively new these days and Is
j m, ijr -'si - 1
"-'4TrWi--'
-1 a i'-..' J VliJiKJ-.Jl'.
sweep the blue dome. They appear
to have been scattered for a great park.
At Intervals rugged lava beds Jut from
the earth and tower almost to the tree
tops and in places there are congealed
lava flows stretching for ten miles
through, the woods.
"Yellow pine of Central Oregon,"
says C. W. Embody," will cut a big
figure in the markets of this Coast as
soon as that region is better supplied
with-transportation facilities."
Mr. Embody, with his brother John,
is interested in large timber holdings
in North Lake County. His mill, a few
miles northwest of Silver Lake, sup
plied the lumber to build towns and
farm dwellings , of - homesteaders
throughout the rapidly settling Christ
mas Lake and Silver Lake valleys.
Pine Is Free From ,PItch.
"Oregon's yellow pine thrives in the
high altitudes and rare atmospheres
and is at its best at from 4000 to 4800
feet above sea level," continued Mr.
Embody. "It is light, almost as light
as the Michigan white pine, and is free
from pitch. Our pine should not be
confused with the Southern pine, as
the Dixie product is pitchy and heavy
and closely resembles Norway pine in
appearance and heft.
"Box lumber, and by that T mean
yellow pine, spruce and hemlock, is
growing in demand each year. Fir does
not stand the nailing and pine may be
used in a dosen places where the flr
would be virtually worthless. It is the
box trade of the Coast that we expect
to reach as soon as railroads tap our
timber. One, the Oregon-Eastern,
the fasionable thing. A Jeweler . of
note in San Francisco says the price
of this metal is $46 an ounce as com
pared with ?23 an ounce for gold and
he figures that .it costs five times as
much as for 14-carat gold.
Wlnaileld Is Hesitant, r -
There is no more unique record than
that of George Wlngtleld, of .Nevada
Last 1 week you were told how this
multi-millionaire was offered the United
States Senatorshlp of Nevada by the
Governor. This week there comes the
news that Wlngfield wants to think the
matter over.
If there was ever a previous case
of a man having a card of member
ship in the "most exclusive club in the
world" handed to mm on a goiaen
platter and asking for time to think
over the matter, that case has es
caped attention.
George Wingfleld is unique. He stands
alone. The honor for which some men
have spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars tempted him so slightly that he
was able to say to Governor uoaie:
"Give me time to ponder over this.
I'm not quite sure I want it"
Nevada, politics has ever been a
wonderful thing; but a wonder such
as this was never before known in the
Sagebrush or any other state.
Wingfleld is making money so fast
that he has a hard time keeping track
of It. For the month of. May, Gold
field Consolidated, which he controls,
showed net earnings of $392,000. This
is Wlngfield's pet mine and he is al
ways willing to buy In any of the stock.
Only a short time ago- he bought
in 63.000 shares from A. C. Eisen at 10
cents above the market price. .
Warfleld Is Rich Blan.
former San Franciscan, has been visit
ing here for several weeks. When War-
atrical usher. Now he . is rich. . He
probably averages $1000 a performance.
In addition to that, he invested his
money in tne moving picture Business
when It was voung and he has derived
a fortune from this side line.
In the way or palatial nomes in ins
haw Can V-afkMw-A t 1 TT-AnslOna in
process of erection for Adolph B.
7v
will cross Christmas Lake Valley with
in 18 months; another railroad will
pass through Silver Lake Valley be
fore the end of four years."
Mr. Embody anticipates no cut in the
price of lumber after the yellow pine
region is well tapped by railroads. In
fact, he believes the better grades will
advance, as the opening of the Panama
Canal will furnish a demand to tax the
capacity of Oregon mills from the
coast to the interior. It is possible
that common lumber will take a slight
tumble after the canal opens, but the
high grades will rise proportionately.
Stone Quarries No Handicap.
"Developing of stone quarries found
within the forest reserves of Central
Oregon," says Mr. Embody, "will not
affect the yellow pine industry. The
more stone and cement used in build
ing the more lumper is necessary."
At present logging in the yellow pine
belt of Oregon is similar to the meth
ods In vogue 20 years ago in the for
ests of Michigan. Donkey engines used
on the Pacific Slope are not now and
probably never will be a success in the
yellow pine timber. The' pine trees
are too scattering, averaging approxi
mately 1,900,000 feet to the quarter
section.' The pld-fashioned Michigan
sled Is the logging vehicle of Winter, as
snow in this high altitude furnishes
good sledding for from two to four
months each year.
The Embody mill in North Lake
County was freighted by team 176 miles
from Shaniko to its present site., Shan
lko at that time was the closest rail
road point.
Spreckels on Washington street, at Oc
tavla and for James L. Flood on Broad
way, mark a distinct and noteworthy
advance for luxury and attractive arch
itecture. Spreckels and Flood are two of the
30 richest men in California and they
are spending some of their money for
building and furnishing their new city
homes.
Flood bought the site of the old home
of the late Dr. Charles Brlgham, paying
$2000 a front foot for 100 feet, which .
Is the highest price ever paid here
for residence realty. His mansion is
to cost $1,000,000 and another like
amount will be spent on the furnish
ings, including some fine paintings by
American and European artists.
It Is said the Spreckels noma fill
represent an outlay of $700,000 with
another $1,000,000 to furnish it. Mr.
and Mrs. Spreckels are going to Europe
this Summer, principally to Italy,
France and England, to buy . some
things for their mansion. In some re
spects, the architectural style of the
Flood home is said to resemble that of
the $1,000,000 home of Secretarr of the
Treasury MacVeagh.
FRESENS IS FREE OF GRAFT
Holder of All Offices Draws Salary
of Six Dollars a Year.
GENEVA, June 29. (Special.) The
little village of Fresens. in the Can
ton of Neuchatel, having a population
of 200, still wears an atmosphere of
the Middle Ages, and its customs and
local government have not changed for
centuries.
Placed, as it is. In a remote valley.
most of the inhabitants, who are peas
ants, have never seen a railway train.
No roads connect the village with other
villages and towns, the place is not
lighted up at night, and there la no
cafe or any public building. There is
no policeman, tor the president of the
commune acts as judge, lawyer, solic
itor and gendarme, receiving for those
offices the modest remuneration of t
a year. .