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V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4. 1003. 1 1 1 i '..j.u.jija. - i m i um L.JUU. ll-ujl'jju-uj ukl j.ii.jii..u wl j . x-.jjs)ssg" DOUGLAS COUNTY; WHERBmEmiiMER' 'COMES INTO WS'-OWN " vrmw .'. . - '. ? . . ;' III '-if;-a . j' .'lii W mrf if 1 - rj r JACiWON at- K055 BURG ItPpVA RIVER HKPf th ttrlr niliitr of i- oounty laid down bia pick and hovel for tha lMt Um it was not bis intention to turn from the hills and etrsams which ba knew and loved. And whether ba opened aaioon or started bank ba poaaeaaad advantage in knowing tba country and 1U people. For tnany yaara Doug- la oounty ha baan building up In spots. Tba railroad baa eonnaotad tbaaa apota wita iron track. Trmda Ilka all othr moving foroee foUowa tba Una of laet rastfartanoe. A naw day la dawning in tnla eouaty, tha fruit Industry "haa baan prominent from tba atari Tba county now laada all other in tba atat In tha production of prune and aa a matter ox oourse we people are prone to boast of tbia Industrial achievement. Noth ing eould be more legitimate. To ba of tmportano In tba world ta aa muoh a matter ox prid to oountlea aa siro Uar honor would ba to private Indi vidual. Tba welfare and fame of tha oonnty la vary oloaely , aaaoolated with tbaproapertty and pride of Roseburg. with tba progressiva record of tha city, tba development of tba adjacent and contributory territory will keep pao. Jt la indeed tha adjacent devel opment whioh city progress bespeaks; and It la that upon which city progress depend. The building up of the sur rounding oountry la tba moat important and gratifying fact of all. In thla sin gle Item of the produetlon and ship ment of prunaa for a aingle year, one dealer alone haa e hipped mora than 100 carloads of prunaa from Douglaa coun ty. Thla aervea In a great degree aa the reglater of civilized conquest In Douglaa oounty. It la not alone tha produotlon of prunes, but the creation i of thrifty and prosperous communities whioh thla prune exportation record In dicates, that oount And It la not alone what they hava done, but tha promise or wnat tney shall do. Tha progressive farmer Is now turning his attention to the apple ' Industry. An acrsv of i appJ orchard - In full ' bearlni wlir command' the price f about 160 per acre; " While an acre of prunes in full bearing will bring but $260 per acre, xnese trees are set zo reet apart, no that a prune orchard contains 108 trees to the acre. These trees, at 7 years bid, In full bearing, will produce nbout six tons of fresh prunes to the acre, or two tons of dried prunes. The present price for the average dried prune, is 3 cents. The cost of drying prunes is about 6 cents a hundred. The prunes are sorted in eight different srades, the larger onea containing but 30 dried prunes to tha pound, and tha smaller ones 80. They are paoked In 25 and EO-pound boxes. Leadershln in this denotes the nronh- ry of leadership in other things, as Tinie shall pass and tha ODDortunlties , ii ml advantages they have shall attract 1 W-i ft aT sV ' " "... Ill .. - i " ... A the attention of others. Tha farms whd bomea and villages and. cities and fac tories and commerce of the future1 are all tho later fruit of the same- forces which have made Douglas county s leader In tha distribution of thla great food staple. Every family brought into this ter ritory, every farm improved, and every institution established, whether It be a Creamery or a sawmill, the raising of hopa or bogs adds just that much to the ousmesa resources oi tne county, uno Rrosperou family on a new fruit farm i worth more to Roseburg or the rail road, than, a train-load of tourists trav eling through the county. And the factory or fruit drier employing - 85 men and using the raw material of the vicinity Is a growing asset, a continu ous revenue producer. Labor la one of the prime factors In all' tha develop ments, and the community that can supply Intelligent and contented labor, has an asset, of treat Value. The bus iness pt a new oounty is to increase its' population., a land witnout people is a wilderness. What Douglaa ; county needs, how ever, mora, muoh more than, exploiting or booming, la good wagon roads and i more railroads. Tha traveler through 1 ill 1 I , V " " 4, r 11 ' 'T-lliAoA LA . - -5 ifj. " it? Uti f A. this county, on the' Southern . Pacific railroad, may look from his car window, and aee evidences of the frontier but in the next balf hour his train rushes Into a town with all modern Improve ments possessing ' a refined and pro gressive peoplb. , There . are acres of waste land in the west as there are acres of useless land In the east A visit to the fertile farms of this coun ty makes -a lasting Impression. Most with. farm-house on every. 10 or 40 acres. - Most ' of these farmers . make money. Their "residences are comfort able: a few art even pretentious. The publlo schools are good, life is simple. There are few rich men and no really fioor ones. There is little hardship of arm life or .country life at the least. The labor is light. - Skill and good man agement are required rather tqgn shear toll. There ta no Isolation: your next of the fruit farms are small, of course, door neighbor Is within speaking- dis tance. Ton live In a town In fact, and hava a town fife, at the same time It is your orchard and garden that main tains you. This part of Oregon should be seen through a variety of temperaments, looked at through the experience of years 'from long personal contact with It at many points of view. Otherwise much that is written about it and much that la justly said of it will seem to the casual visitor, mere exaggeration. llOTEL We are to look at It chiefly as the land of the farmer and fruit grower and we are to see how diversified are the industries connected with the soil, how remunerative Is the Xvork and how nearly ideal the conditions of this coun try life in southern Oregon. This is a day of changing conditions of the farming region. The period of Sreat land holding is passing away; the ays of speculation in wheat farming are gone, l ne mistaites or rruu plant ing are out-grown and they are beyond the cost of experiment. It is the time of development. The foundations of great industrial community are being laid, and the young and vigorous civil ization is being firmly established. But much of thts land Is still thinly popu lated. It Is so vast that it can only be occupied by degrees. Land -Is low In frlce for tne quality of soli and large racts are not desirable. The markets of the world are now available. Com mercially, too. It Is a newday in the west. Douglas county has acquired un looked for Importance. The county has 4,860 square miles of territory and over 16.000 population. The- eastern section Is heavily timbered and rich in both fir and pine. The western nart of the county reaches to the coast, where the lumber Industry and the dairy Industry are assuming large proportion. The fruit . lnduatry,' represents some of tha best business talent of the county. Sheridan -and Agee have 166 acrea set to prune andr apples. W. C. Winston baa 80 acres) ' 1 of prunes, cherries and pea rs ell in' good condition, while E. E. LaBrle de-, votes himself entirely to prune Indus try; he has 30 acres from which he derives a good Income. C. Gazley is; both a grower and shipper of fruit, be -haa a 40-cre apple -orohard and '18 acres of prunes and ships from 70 to 100 carloads of dried prunes out of the, county each year. J. B. Riddle has 49 acres of prune orchard all In bearing. J. L. Clough haa 25 acres of prunes.: Abner Riddle 40 acres of prunes, Purdy Wilson 80 acres of prunes; all of these orchard's are in good shape and under good cultivation. - , Roseburg is the county seat of Doug las county: baa a population of 8,000, and was founded in 1856. It was , named after Aaron Rose, an , early , pioneer, and the city was built on his , donation claim. It lies in a cosy val- 1 ley surrounded on every side by hills., resembling mountains. The affairs of the nltv are beina well administered un- der the balancing hand of Dr. E. V. Hoover, who la serving his third term as mayor. Ha is a native of Douglas county and not lacking in faith as to the speedy development of southern v Oregon. FIRE CHIEFS DANGERS TOLD OF FILM SHOWS Fire Chief Campbell read tba follow ing paper to tha convention of north west fire chiefs held last week in Vic toria, b. C. The head of the Portland fire department waa one of tha few hon ored by. tha association In being, asked to contribute a paper. Tba subject dealt with by Mr. Campbell waa tha danger of fire In moving piotura theatres and nlekelodions, and la one with whioh ha Is thoroughly familiar, having a good opportunity to atudy it In Portland, which haa. more of these shows than any other city In tha United Statea of any where near tba same aiaa: Chief Campbell said In part: .Aa moving piotura tbfeatrea, niokelo dlona. eta are becoming 'numerous throughout the oountry. It might not be untimely to consider the question of causa of. fires and panics from such places. Two principal reaaona may ba given for the necessity of special precaution In plaoes of this kind: First, the moving picture ouini presents an especially hazardous feature for producing a stub born and vicious fir. Second, the audi ence being in the dark with their backs to the danger, and in many caaee the exits or mean a of escape in case of Tire. In all larg cities these, are taken care of by underwriters or ordinances, which are cartiedxout by city officials making frequent inspections: but moat moving picture theatre exhibitions given throughout the small oountry towna ar by touring exhibitor, the patron ar almost wnoiiy at in mercy or me operator ana oxnioiwr. The moving picture film la competed principally of celluloid, and that when not in motion- before tha light required to project the piotura upon tba screen will Ignite from the heat of the light It naif ta a period of about three avcenda Thar are other way In which tba fllma may become Ignited from tha machine, hut thla I on to be guarded against principally. On of tb moat Important preeautiana to be taken ia that tne picture machine should be enclosed tn a thoroughly fire proof and a near aa poaslbl smk proof operating room, especially la reg ular theatres or playhouses, where la rranv oases the apparatus t set up la gallery and surrounded wl(k seats on the floor of ths heus. On of tb next most Important feat ure la to have ample and properly lv eated mean of rxlt. This might be considered the most Important fetre, . It I a safeguard to life Instead ft the property, but If tb machine booth or bone t properly, constructed there will probablv seldom be necessity for' saor than tb regulation exits. All wiring should b of apprevod in sulation ard wltrho. and fuses care fully Installed that th operator baa absolute control of tb wtarhloo, the lighting vtesa snd tb o It signa - It saa so readllr seen that where Uts.asa- WARDROBE CLOTHING CABINET SYSTEM INSTALLED BY ROSENBLATT & CO, chine Is enclosed in a booth and the switch controlling auditorium lights is in this booth, in the case of a fire in the booth or explosion of a film, this switch Is In an undesirable and possibly unapproachable placeA the audience therefore being left In the dark and sub ject to panic.. All lights should be connected to the service wires, entirely Independent of the general or main switch. The use of gag tanks of various kinds for furnish ing light used In the picture machine should not be allowed. In Portland movlns- picture shows are handled exclusively' by myself, and the denutv fire marshal, and there are no moving picture shows of any kind in frame bulldinga . By no means should a moving picture machine be operated by a motor, or any other than band power. The causa of a recent fire In one of the cities In Ore gon was from a moving picture machine whlcb was .operated by an electric mo tor. The operator was rewinding films In the back part of his booth, not paying absolute attention to the. motor and hla picture machine. In aomo citlea there have been laws paaaed requiring all operators to pas an examination, this being th esse, I understand, in the city of Hartford, where operators are required to pass an examination and come under the control of tha building inspector. We feel that we have been somewhat fortunate In th city of Portland aa re garding fires In theatres and daces of public amueement, we hsjrlng had with in the last tare years two fires In moving ptctur shows, theatres, both of which were not serious. . GREAT MONDAY SPE- CIALS. otaaa and SOsse Saw. Tailored Mas, M sad Tares, flt-rs. Bluss. brown a, grsesia and Macks: plain colors and fancy stripe; several Styles; post trimmed with fancy braid, gored skirt with fold. On ssle tomor row ( Monday) only at this price.- All hlgh-grad sample suits tons of a kind) st soe on tn aonar. for altei-atloB. Me Alias at Third and Morrison. ino extra charge McDonnell, Crown Theatre ' 111 Aider stroot. near Third street. Brahmin's miracle "Magistrate's Coo- srlencs"; Illustrated soog. 1 th Onloew Atuma Time. My tweet Elalas"; hleterie Boston. Swltssrland la suffering from a ague of leeehea, which are killing o fish In' tb lae and rivers bv tbonsutda Ta ,h spper oonrs of the Rhino, in ths Asr.-tfe lakes of Neaf. rbatel sad Coast a boo. wnero tl plagns I aaost aoate. tbovasod ef d4 fish sr sees float log sa tb water. - i r ( x f " w c.v . a m ' . aw , i i i , j x x x..svw" !k. 4 4 j :-,VW' WO 3r' B :-m l?mr .ii it ill', 1'pper left-band view showing fumlahng goods oousUr and office. Upper right-hand vlw showing on row. of. tbs osw wardrob cloth ing cablneta Lower view showing spar ' front, aa - rscoostniatsd. - -v; :v-N ' Rosenblatt & Co. have jutt installed i new' wardrobe cloth ing cabinet systera, said to be the mott et tensive of its kind tn the northwest. It makes this pioneer clothing house seem like a new (tore in a class by itself. .Tba above views are a most modest illustration of Ike interiOTappe.!raqce. With .the new system each, garment it h ting on separate hanger and can easily be displayed without shifting pther garments. It is a convenience to both shopper and merchant, . The Rosenblatts have spent a small Jortune to place the equipment of therr store in the very front rank of the great retail clothing establish ments ol the Union. Not only have these yonng and progress ive merchants installed the very best ccnc-meni but the entire front and side of the store hat been modernised and the rery latest show windows built. Furthermore, the 'lighting of the store with prismatic glass above the windows makes its in terior extremely bright and cheerful. In leading off with tcb- extensive and costly changes, the members of the firm have merited and received the congratulations of their fellow mer- chantt as w.ell as their customers. --11 e t f t
