THE OBfiGON DA1XY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TH URSDAT EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1 003.
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above sea level. Notwithstanding this
. teveat. lavitHnn tanffor veiretJLhlefl Much
as tomatoes, beans and watermelons
grow and are well matured. Excellent
apples, peaches and grapes are success
fully grown.
v The Timber Lands.
The greater amount of - the timber
lands have been appropriated by either
individuals or timber syndicates. The
remaining timber lands and a great
amount 01 iana xnai nas nui a buck ui
timber on It has been temporarily with
drawn by the government with a view
of forming forest .reserves, much to the
detriment of llnr progress and thrift of
the county.
- The estimated livestock belonging to
the county is 250,000 toead of sheep, 60,-
000 head of cattle and about SO, 000 head
of horses. A great - many horses have
been sold during the past year. Most
of the mutton sheep and quite a percent
' of the beef cattle are at 111 In the hands
tit the stock-raisers of the county.'
A good telephone I ine -stretches the
entire length of tha county, from the
town of Silver Lake' on the north, to
New Plfte creek on the California and
Oregon line. An excellent telegraph line
extends frost Lakevlew, the -county seat
of the county, to Reno, Nev. '
( ' Xailroad xreeded. '
j The one crying ne'ed of 'the' county
1 Is a railroad. Lakevlew Is situated
near tne neaa or uoose iaxe vauey, i
miles north of the. south line of the
titate, and 96 miles northwest of Made
line, the present terminus of the N. C.
O. Ry., a. narrow gauge road leaving the
main line of the Central Pacific at Reno.
A conservative estimate of the amount
of freight shipped into Lake county
over this road from San Francisco the
past season is 6,000,000 pounds. , Fully
,1,500,000 pounds of wool were shipped
'out of the county the same time, the
most of which passed over, this narrow
.gauge road. When one considers that
.the transportation charges : on ' every
pound of this freight are on an leverage
1 cent per pound, wagon freight to
i Madeline and the railroad freight front
there to San Francisco Is 12.20 per
Yitinlrf1 lift will ronllKA ttlA vunt anm rtf
$200,000 that is annually paid out by
. Lake county for this Item alone,' to say.
nothing of the 'shipments of livestock
(.rid passenger ' traffic. It has been
7 authoritatively given out that the
, Klamath, lake railroad would be ex
tended to Klamath Falls next -season,
v Klamath Falls Is 100 miles from Lake.
vi'w by the present traveled wagon
road. This distance could be diminished
' 20 or !6 mlks by constructing: a new
: road, which could be done at small ex
pense and would place the' road on
much better ground than that now used.
' By this means Lakevlew will be placed
wuintt ta or bu mues or a standard
1 vativa vetuA innfMil rf fiK mlloa Avar
t. mountain : ranges to a narrow -gauge
road. Then Lake county people can
' deal with. Portland instead of -San Fran-
M-Ispo,' tiling very, much '.desired, but
which lias boen Impossible In the past
on fleooui.t of the high, freight fates and
long and rough wagon haul. ' Once the
KlHitiHtjt railroad is extended- i
' Klamath Falls then Portland will .get
tit? bulk of Lake county's . growing
trtide.
IMjkV county bun a population of 3,000
and could enKy support 20,000 and fur-
iiish lucrative employment for them if
i her resources : were only partially de-
elitjiefi, which will probably never be
Tf.ilinTl until a railroad passes through
tw territory. ,
llarley and wtieat are now celling at
l'.i cents per pound, hay at 13 per ton.
cattle from $20 to ISO per, head, and
flour at 93.60 per 100. MartyTanchers
have quit raising so much grain and
are raising alfalfa hay Instead, which
is proving a much more profitable crop.
Let Lake county have' a railroad and
she will i rank with any county In the
state. -
WALLOWA COVXTY.
The Most Hortheaat County of tha State
Has Excellent fceport. -
Enterprise, Or., Dec. 17. -Development
of the resources of Wallowa
during the past year has been steady,
and this, county Is fast coming to the
front as one of the leading ones of the
state.
That portion of the county that Is
probably receiving more attention than
any other at the present time is the
Imnaha mining district.- The rich cop
per mines of that section are being de
veloped by the Eureka Mining &. Smelt
ing company, and that company has In
course of erection a smelter and - a re
finer., The work already done there con
sists ' of driving one tunnel entirely
through a mountain, , and the company
is now working on the second. Besides
this the company owns and operates an
electric plant for lighting Its mines and
.operating drills.
TJie Tenderfoot Mining , & Milling
company Is doing extensive development
work on Us property, which Is situated
about 24 miles southeast of this city.
A. 20-tamp mill for the reduction of ore
is now being installed. ;
.' rralt Culture. ' ' "'
' Wallowa county fruit is second to
none in the Northwest, . - The leading
varieties raised are apples, pears, plums,
peaches and apricots, and numerous med
als have , been received from fairs, not
only in this state, but all over the West
. Great. .attention Is now being paid to
irrigation, Land that four of five years
ago would not have brought $2 per acre
on the market cannot be bought now for
less than $25 or. 130. v This Increase In
valuation is a direct result of Irrigation,
as land that would produce almost noth
ing now produces from six to seven tons
of alfalfa per acre during the season.
Wallowa county leads the state in the
production of hogs, and each year large
numbers are hauled or driven to Elgin,
the nearest railroad point, and t from
there shipped to various markets' ' Cattle-raising
is on the decrease and sheep
raising is on the Increase owing to the
Increase In population, as sheep can be
ranged In the mountains, while cattle
cannot.
The people generally are in a prosper
oua condition, although" at preAtftir money
is very scarce and indications point to a
strained condition before spring.. -The
Oreat Drawback. .
, The greatest drawback to the coun
try is the lack of transportation. Every
thing must be hauled by waeenn for EO
miles, and freight rates are high owing
to these conditions. ' The people had
hopes that the.,establlshment of a boat
line rrom Lewlston, Ida., to Eureka, Or.,
would force the O, R. ft N. Coto biill
into thireouirtry to Hiold 'the trade; but
the recent wrecking of the iteamer Im-
nana naa masted such hopes:
Wallowa county has four towns, situ
va buoui equal . distance from each
other throughout the valley, and each
one Is enjoying a good trauf. Building
throughout the; valley Js quite general
nu niius are aept dubv sUDnlvlne- tmlld
lng material. Enterprise has probably
more brick and atone buUdlna. In rom.
parlson to its else, than any other town
In the state, a large three-story hoteC
one of the finest In. . Eastern Oregon,
being one of the latest additions.
The year 1903 has been one of Import
tance to Wallowa county, buc the people
predict that 1904 will far excel It.
WASXXXaTOfe COTOTY.
Small la Area bat mien la natural Xe-
sources. .
Hillsboro, Or., Dec. 17 The extreme,
reach of . Washington' county east and
west Is 36 miles and from north to south
10 miles, but these dimensions are the
farthest points, for the boundaries are
Irregular, so that, excepting the sections
Jutting singly into mountain glens.
the county is something like five miles
less In extent... The assessor ' listed in
1903 87,941 acres of land tilled and 340.
96s acres that has not yet felt the dis
turbing plow point.
The county Is an old lake bed-filled
with washings from the hills that com
pletely surround it except at the south
east, where Its drainage river, the Tual
atin, breaks through and flows into the
Willamette above Oregon City. The
depth of' this silt filling is unknown.
At Hillsboro a well has been bored 260
feet deep without striking gravel, boul
der or bedrock and at Beaverton a depth
of 400 was reached with like results.
Down went the drill, 100, 200 ; yes 300
feet below the present level of ..the sea,
but naught was found aave'sand and
clay and water, . Such a geological for
mation, and the temperature of the state
at large, with 45 inches of water, not
snow, each 12 months, and what a para
dise for the farmer! Wheat and barley
and rye and oats and corn, potatoes,
onions, beets, i flax, with apples, pears,
peaches, plums, prunes,, and grapes,
grow and reward the husbandman.
But nature has done, more for man.
This garden spot la near a distributing
point to the nations Portland. The far
mer can, from most parts of the countyr
start in the morning with his. loaded
wagon, go to market, sell his produce
and return home for supper. ,tt he finds
that he has work at home for his team
he can ship Ms crop on the rail cars that
pass his door, or at most a few miles to
one side, and the ..very -fact that he can,
in his own wagon, with his own good
Percheron or Clyde draft horses, trans
port his own freight keeps the railroad
freight tariffs at a minimum.
' From the foregoing the Industries of
the county- are apparent. Agriculture
and Its attendant occupations gives em
ployment to a thrifty population. The
chief Industry of a few years ago was
grain growing, but now hay and forage
plants lead. ' There are a few factories
such as gre demanded by a farming com
munity,. In profitable operation. These
are sawmills and flour mills. The lum
ber industry might be exploited almost
Indefinitely, and will be when branch
tranaportation ' lines : are constructed.
Here timber is found, the best the moun
tain sides grow.
The leading Industry Is dairying. - Its
continued profits are assured by the two
milk condensing plants that are in- oper
ation In the cofltrty. ' The oldest' concern
In that of the 'Oregon Condensed Milk
Co., at Hillsboro, with a capacity for
handling 300.000 pounds of milk per day,
and the second is that of the Paoltlrf
Coast Condensed Milk Co., at Forest
Grove, with a daily capacity of 50,000
pounds, with arrangements completed
for doubling this amount. To tax these
factories to their maximum will require
the product of from 8.000 to 10,000 cows.
The price paid for milk during the past
year -ha not fallen below $1.20 per 100
pounds. Comparing this with the price
paid for milk by the butter creameries.
1 eaU per 100 pounds, and tha profits
of the Washington county dairyman can
be reckoned.
The industry is not overdone, for the
assessor last March found but 11,354
head of cattle, all classes, .In the entire
county. At"-the same time he enumer
ated 14.4JJ8 head of sheep and goats,
4,642 horses and 2,420 hogs.
Fruit growing and hop raising are
profitable occupations. Our own people
were astonished last fall when neighbors
appeared at the railroad station with
wagons not overloaded for a team -of
two ordinary horses ' with hops which
they said were selling for from 3550 to
$600. Others who were marketing dried
prunes were receiving $60 to 480 per
wagon-load, while those who sold hay
received $1 to $25 per load. One far
mer, who Is a methodical bookkeeper,
shows this balance sheet: :
800 tons hay sold. ...... ......,,$ 3,100
.. 5,000
1,000
700
800
200
100
150
100
100
2,200
.......a,
2,600 sacks onions. . . , .'.
Stock raised and sold
700 sacks potatoes...............
Timothy seed sold ,
22 head hogs sold......
Cabbage sold......
Wheat sold .....................
Clover seed .sold..
Beans sold...,,,....,.'. ........
Oats sold., .......... . . , . .......
. Total $12,950
Tljls was the product of a 400
, acre farm and was rafsed and
. marketed at an expense of.... $ 6,000
Leaving a net income of...... $ 7.950
This example is quoted to show how
profitable are .farming operations And
what crops are grown.
"Farming lands in the county cost from
$30 to $60 per acre, though it must be
stated that ' prices have been stiffened
since the condensed milk factories have
been Installed,, and will advance during
the next 13 months. , 1 "
Faclfio university, one of the best col
leges in the state Is located at Forept
Grove. A high school 4s maintained at
Hillsboro with a course of study equal
to that of the ordinary academy, and the
Catholic churclusupports an academy at
Cedar Mills 'and another near Beaverton.
There are over 100 districts in the coun
ty where the common Hchool is main
tained for about eight months In each
year. Our common ' schools are graded
Into eight grades so that the county has
quite as good School privileges as the
cities and larger towns. The county is
grldlroned with telephone lines and ru
ral free delivery mall routes, t
Immigrants are Invited to come and
see, - s , , . 1
clatsov coroner.
County at the Mouth of .tha Columbia
Gives Good Aeoonnt.
Astoria, Dec. 17. Clatsop county Is
fast becoming known as one of the best
coast counties from the California line
to the Straits of Juan de Fucca. A steady
advancement ha been made during the
past year both In. population and new in
dustries. New . sawmills . have been
added to the list,' new,' dairy farms
started, numerous , loggings camps
opened, several new canneries built, cold
storage plants, sash and door factory
and numerous minor industries have
marked the progress of' this western
pnrtlon of ihe state. The assesed valua
tion of taxable land has Increased this
year over $1.250.000. .
Nowhere on the Pacific coast can a
better Idea be. had of the. logging and
lumbering industry than in Clatsop
county and on the lower Columbia river
district. More than. 83 logging camps
are now prepared to furnish the- raw
material for t1ia; sawmills, which afford
employment for nearly 2,600 -teen.
Nearly every logging camp on the lower
Columbia river is equipped with a good
standard gauge railroad. Clatsop county
also has in active operation one of the
finest sawmills on the Coast if not in
the world, with two more under con
struction and expected to be ready for
operation early In the spring.
From a dairy point of view Clatsop
county has no superior, If equal, In the
state. Cattle graze in the meadows and
hills the year round on pure, whole
some grass which makes the finest kind
of butter fat for the creameries. Fruit
and vegetable raising Is extensively en
gaged tn, while many farmers of the fa
mous Lewis and Clark district and the
Nehalem valley pay more attention to
cattle, and hog raising than , anything
elae. ' -
Farming land differs much lh Clatsop
county to that of the inland portion of;
the state in that It ia of a mountainous
character heavily . covered with timber
and underbrush, although many fine and
valuable upland farms can be seen,
while the tide-land farmers set back and
smile at the big crops raised each year.
From three to four crops, of hay ear
Is no uncommon thing on many' of the
tide-land farms. -
The present county court, which has
charge of all road ( Improvements, is
making a record for constructing public
highways. , Clatsop county now has
three good ' roads leading from the re
spective farming districts to a' place of
market. New steel bridges span the
numerous streams to connect the high
ways, modern methods are employed in
constructing roads, a portable sawmill
and two rock crushers are constantly at
work on raw material and with' the
present activity In road building Clatsop
county ; within another two years will
haVe. the best public thoroughfares In
the state." That It pays to build roads
the authorities already-realise, for dur
ing the past year the remote Mictions
where once - civilization was unknown
now flourish with well-developed farms,
all of which Is directly attributed to
good, roads. -.
KOW ABOUT YOTJH BSSBOOM.
. Bedrooms ' ought to be . bedrooms and
nothing else, says Caroline Hunt In The
House Beautiful. . She advocates sleep
ing in garret rooms if there is no other
Place in the house where one can fit up a
bedroom and a dressingroom separately.
The floor of the bedroom should be of
hard wood or at least painted, so that
it can be wiped tfp with a damp cloth
and so that there need be no dust to get
Into the bedding when it is aired every
day in the sun. as it should be.. Beds
which are light enough to be moved
easily and cleaned easily are naturally
the best beds, for they may be, moved
from one position Into another and al
ways be where they get the most sun
in the daytime and the best air at night.
If the headboard Is no higher than the
footboard, as in the Iron single beds,
the position of the bed In the room Is
very much easier to-determine, since it
may even be pushed against me wan
sideways without appearing awkward.
Washstands- and , dressing, taDics
should not be solid to within 1 a few
inches of the floor, but open so that the
floor may be easily cleaned. And bed
rooms should never be used for dressing
rooma at an afternoon or evening gath
ering. TO throw outside wraps upon
the bed is to make a nest lor tne mi
crobes of - the atroet which are ever
ready to devour.
A' Poor Plumber. - -
"Phat's the matter wld ye7" asked
Caaey of McGookln.
"'Tls a bad nose bleed OI hov, re
plied McGookln, the plumber, ."an ,01
can't Stop it."
'"Huh! 'tis not much lv a plumber ye
are, if ye can't stop a leak in yer own
face." ',
I " III l: I. I I 1 " I I I 1 " I' I 1 I II ll w inwiiiji J...piu L-UL.UIg.imn
The Kind Ton Hare Always Bought, and trbich has been
in use for over SO yean, has home the slgnatnre of
and has been made under his per
rrvV;' sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
' All Counterfeits, Imitations and 'tJust-as-ffood' are but
- Experiments that trifle "with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiments
What is QASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Fare '
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant, . It'
. contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Itl age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms ' :
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation '
and Flatulency. It assimilates' the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleeps
The Children's Fanaceo-The Mother's Friend.
CErjUINE CASTORIA ALWAYO
Bears the Signature of
The 11 Have Always Bought
' In Use For Over 30 Years.
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DRINK THE OLD AND RENOWNED
GAHUS LAGER BEER
" SEND ORDERS 'FOR BOTTLED BEER
, TO OFFICE, 7$3 WASHINGTON ST.
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