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THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND. - SUNDAY . MORNING. FEBRUARY 31. 1909.
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CDHRENT EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT AND
GENERAL PROGRESS
JOURNAL'S
IfOUNDUP. OF THE
AVEEK IN STATES
OF; PACIFIC SLOPE
MCDRTHiWESIF
NEWS
ACROSS 1 OCEAN
KORTHWEST FRUITS
;FllillCOI
London's Record'. Market
' Price Paid for Washing
ton Apples Infant Indus
t ry Oi res Promise of AVon-
. derful Development.
Did, Tou Ever Reflect?
That the time is here when ths
world's markets look to the jclf lo
.Arfi.itfoi ihH future supply of
apples, pecn.ee, cherrle and other of
ths mm hardy fruits
That Washington and Oregon apples
are eagerly ceiled in tne marts of I.oa
don and Liverpool and other European
' cities at S4 per "box
m.t thousands of acri In semi-aria
., n4YiAMH & few
eeetione, eonu.i ... -
yean sines, have provd to be specially
' adapted for horticulture
That there still remain vit areae on
' the elope rady to yield fortunes to men
' with brawn and determination?
.'.- By A.H- Harris.
' Olympla. Wash.. Feb. 20. WUh
Washington and Oregon apples selling
n the markets of London and Llver-
pool at t4 per box. with fruit growers
of the eastern and central ata tea dis
couraged and destroying the worthless
orchards which have been a cumbrance
on the ground for year. It Is aPP""1
that the world will look to the north-
' west for Its future major supply of ap
ples, peaches, cherries and olner fOf the
more hardy fruits. To California will
be retained the honor of leading the
-!,. in , inuini; oranees ana olner
troitcl and semi-tropical varieties..
The highest price ever paid on the
London market for applet! was for
Washington apples, beautiful Rome
Beauties. Bent in the, original pack
across i lie water to the land of John
Hull. Ten yar ago such a thing was
unknown. In 1ft yeara more tt will be
e common the exportation of wheat
. " t . . n.nfUa in 4h trnv.
er will be p:reter than they are on an
average in the production of the staff
s rTofHood River. Or.; Uelortgs tlie cred
it of flrwt exploltlnir fully the fruit
industry of the northwst Hood River
lona eiown the finest of atrawber-
t it's nd the won Qfiiciuua i rw
pleo. but for many years a market waa
lacking and the industry of fruit grow,
ing waa unknown. The business fea
tures had been overlooked until Cnter
. vi-ising Offgonians. struck upon the
idea of goine to the eastern and central
states, getting positions on the house
tops and yelling at the top of. their
voices at the people to sit up and take
nt trLnn fruit. Ami the peoa
tile took notice.. Then they bought They
i i,r.A itit, nvoniict or ureeon suu
water. sfflentiflcaHy mixed, nd they
' bought more, then some more. ;
, , Land Values Shoot Up.
Where the Hood River orchardfwt had
previously looked upon his orchard land
ns a luxury for the wealthy, he soon
came to look upon it as a source of
stilendld revenue, with a future of won-
- derful possibilities. Then, the price of
land jumped, toward the nioon.: Young
orchards were; set out, people saw op
portunities for snug fortunes and the
future ef fruit growing; In Oregon, tha-t
Is, eastern Oregon-was sssured.
' The old Idea that fruit had o be
grown by natural moisture as manifest-
ed in rainfall, has long- since been ex
ploded, hs It .Simula ha e .been. It Is
not difficult to remember when It was
held that fruit grown under irrigation
whs watery. Insipid, snd had a tendency
to spoil. That fallacy has also gone
vlimmerlng. Hood River nad eome
thing in do with that good work. toe.
TsMng a cue from Hood River, "The
Land of the Hig Red Apple." soon got
. busv. Wenatrhee hnd been a desert. r
practlrallv so. and it had not been con
sidered a favorable section for anything
snve BHuirontFii, jar.
ntes. -with once In a while a state pol
itician. Perhaps to this 'lty more than
: to inv other section in Washington is
fiua the credit for establishing the np
' pie business on a strictly high class
commercial basis. North Yakima was
a pioneer ahead of W'enatchee, but the
f development of apples had been retard-.
"cd somewhat on account of the division
, f1 'industry, me vaney Dcing parity
r given tip to the growth of hops, partly
;o the production of alfalfa hay. and
- tturtlv to the fruit bu nines. While
i North Yakima is the center for the
areatest fruit business in the state, the
plane upon which It ts conmicuii is not
ns High snd as scientific as that In
Wall Valla's Prodaetion.
The 'Wall Walla country has long
; been fsmotis as a fruit section, hut
m fAirt i!,a rtilt fnriiiutr. i
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onlv a good scconn ror tne marKet. gar
dening development. No where in the
"northwest 1 the. growing of vi-getables
i-arrifd on in so large a way. and in
such m scientific manner s is done, at
t Walla Walla. Hundceds of carlomis of
.. fruit are shipned out annually, but the
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profit a tin account of t,he very early
. season. .Connected with the Walla
Walli section is the Milton-Freewnter
' district, in Oregon, where both market
gardening and fruit growing is being
established kn a most advanced scale.
anil WUH inn imri. iiHiurm j,i iiivijMLD
known In the northwest.
In the state of Washington there
are orer 1 2.000,00 bearing fruit trees.
Ther comnrise largely apples, pear,
cherries, peaches, plum and prunes.
There is no way of securing an esti
mate of the ther varieties because no
account of them ts Kept ny any ne
nartnient,' To produce- these trees an.)
the fruit the-v bear requires over 200,000
acres of land, which la estiniated to b
worth JS00 per acre. Much or tne Jatyj
Is worth double or treie tnat pnoi.
The lare-est Individual orchard Is that
ef tha UlalockiFrnlt company of Walia
Walls, set ovtt. by Or. N. OV Blalock,
mi erlv orchardlst in the northwest, fit
Ws'ia Wsllai It consists of 1500 uteres,
and at times' requires the labor of 300
nen. women and children to care, for
the fruit. : ?
In Oregon the acreage does no! quite
iiiim) that of her sister state, but some
of tli land is In a more perfect condi
tion and V.ettcr results are secured. In
all parts of the state the develooment
of orchards ts nothing short of wonilerr
fill, and It seems'-that scarcely a begin-
ninr can he said to' have taken plnca,,
W'hile In the tTillamette ' valley orchards
have been ' destroyed .- n MCimnt of
pts rendering the trees unproductive, j
the olner sections of the state are more
ttmn making p for the loss In that sec
tion, PPle - lw4 Kll praita.
v. To both states apples tend as the prin- ;
"ripar f1r.ulV-,Thj- perhaps tak full
we, lialt of the wrh.r . nf
-i? A r.twh,c more than half of
VL. Jl n! consumed.
1 t . i?r 7 L ,0, second, with prunes a
,..1 1 h,ti. "AfPlee are produced largely
t jiMiea snd the- snfetv with which
!.m" hiV'fcEr4 longglistances. Yet
prunes have ehln(ed. trmmU fro.
me trees,, iP4t to London inA th.
' t B-lnr -ireos tntr, i"
.-. o,r : hun a(.r f Vi..d
, ! "h C" , pmw cuVtii, s!on.
, I .it (,- fruit (ttslnes i WsK'-iintlon
'.t. at per p,ind. PeseiW I
a..fl pe.r,, re drtWts ihhwra M r-
":i Zr VTmXX idling. Clarke
.-.not. -f w hich A', min.l
.-...el citv .tw.-ls the ,t-,t7- In fe Pt,r"-.1-icti.Mi
ef, prune n4 ni!lm. tiJ
$75,000 HOSTELRY
COOS SAY'S PRIDE
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The Chandler, New
ISiiocIbI Dispatch to The Journal.)
Marahfield, Or., Feb. 20. One of iheJ
most Important events on Coos Bay
for some months past Was the formal
opening of the new Chandler hotel at
Marshf ield last Monday evening. The
completion of this model hostelry
crowns the efforts of two years on the
part of leading cltisens.
The new hotel, cost $75,000 and is
one of the most- handsome in Oregon.
It was erected bv local men. formed Into
a corporation known as the Marahfield
Hotel company, m. U. 1A nuance ana
H. J. MeKeown, who came here from
the east, will mffhage the house, having
taken 10 year .lease with privuese
of another 10 years.
The. hotel Is named for "W. S. Chan
dler, who formerly lived on Coos Bay
and had much to do- with the upbuild
ing of the locality. He was the man
ager of the railroad, steamboat and coal
mine properties of the Southern 1'aclfic
or. Coos Bay for many years. He now
resides In San Francisco, Mr. Chandler
is one of the two largest stockholders
in the hotel company.
The Chandler is located at the cor
ner of C and Second streets, is built
of yellow brick and has Vive stories
and a basement. In general arrange
BAFFLING FEAT
AT LAST SOLVED
if .'
Idaho Company Succeeds in
Extracting Gold From '.
High Plateaus.
(fipectal Dlnpstcti to The Journal. l
Nesi Perces, Idaho, Feb. 20. The Ida
bo Minioe wimiwnv. oneratlne ft dredEe
4n the Pierce City district, has solved
the problem or extracting ti- gold from
the high placer plateaus, a feat which
has baffled miners more than 40 years.
The company has taken thousands of
dollars worth of gold fiim the placers.
In the last few weeks. The placers
were believed to be worthies because
of the elevation and the Impraetiblllty
of tffking water to them to save the
yellow metal. A second dredge, cost
init $50,000, will he installed early next
fa.ll to continue the work.
COYOTES TRAPl'KD
AT THE O. K.
RANCH
ISperUl Plspatch to The Journnl.)
White Salmon, WHsh., Feb, 20. The
coyotes in this section of the White
Salmon valley are being .thinned out
to a great extent. The largest catch
registered during the past winter was
at the O. K. ranch, where nine coyotes
ami one fox were (rapped.
is, as yet, hardly even in its infancy,
if facts can be relied on. In erry
county In the state the demand for fruit
frees la.st year far exceeded the avail
able supply from all sources snd thou
sands of acres In the state were ni t
planted to trees because the young saj
tilings could not be secured. No !
than half a dozen new inirseriesehave
lieen established in the hope of securing
an amide supply of young trees within ;it
least two vears. ,
Over 2,001,000 trees were set nut.lAst
year, of which more than half were f
apples. Half that many more would
have been planted had it been posnili'e
to have necured the trees at any fair
price from reliable nurseries. In the
warmer sections of the state peach' s
are becoming more ef a favorite fruit,
and last year more trees were planted
than had been planted In any two pre
vious years.
Millions of Boxes Shipped.
The mystery of it all Is. where did all
the fruit produced from the millions of
treen go? Where did it find k markat"
Millions of boxes were gathered unci
shipped east, 'While for local consump
tion on the const other millions nl
boxes were demanded. Last fall apples
were sent as" far east as New York,
as far north as W'innipeg, as fat south
as St. Ijouis.. as far north as Alaska.
Isn't that room for a good sized market
olace? .
iext l-ear tne marseus or ine worm
will Benin be found, waitine for the
hfeh class fruit ot tne norinwesi, -i no
sunpiy win e. greater, ana uie oeroami
will surely have , more than levelopefl
with it. Growers should make a gooil
HriMck. and in every box should be placed
m-' piece., or pieces or good aovertising
from the section -which produced . the
fruit.. In this way can be carried . th
news of the northwest to millions ot
people In the eastern and central states
who eat the rruiv praise it, our Know
s little., of the country wntcn re
duced Jt as he American" people, know
of the Isle of ' Pines.
Nor. is the market open only to fresh
fruit. Last year Washington sent. out
over -1,000.00 vans of blackberries a nJ
neariv as many cans or raspoerries,. i n
alL the state sent out oyer 3,000,006
csns of fruit, produced In the several
districts. usuaHy from the choicest of
the production after it had ripened too
fully to stand .shipment. ' The ; cannery
industry 'needs development an over
the stales of Oregon, and .Washington.
The ieonleare rapidJy Kettfnar awav
from, the old fashioned Wea that wheat
farming- is the only line of agriculture
worth following. . irrigation la, forcing
the price of otherwise - worthless land
toward the top - rapidly- modern meth
ods of home building and .modern .con
veniences ars rorctng the cpmrauiHty
plan of . livlns-, and the suburban .set
tlement is bound to- take the place of
the bis: farm and of the citv tenement
hs well. And the frott Industry -will
play so important part In , the trans
f,,imiton whit;V Is coming, surely but
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Hotel at Marshfleld.
ment the plan of the Cornelius hotel at
Portland was followed.: The main of
fice has an entrance on C street With
large windows fating on two Bides and
affording a good view. Asphalt' pave
ments are In front' of the hotel and
connect with the main business district.
"The office is finished In natural Ore
gon fir with red wall trimmings. On
one shle ,of the clerk's desk is the pri
vate, office of the manager and long
distance . telephone booth. In another
corner Is a cigar stand and rows of lea
ther upholstered "Chairs. Adjoining Is
a writing room with -desk for public
stenographer. Connecting by hallway
from the; office and also with-outside
entrance is a barroom. At the rear of
the main office is .a ladies' reception
roomj The main dining room seats 72
guests. ' . , '
There are in all 08 guest rooms; 17
on each floor. , Besides two general
baths on each floor, there are a number
of private baths so arranged that prac
tically any room In the house can bo
connected with a private bath, or two or
more rooms thrown into a suite. Moit
of the rooms are furnished in mahog
any and a few in golden oak and old
English. The bridal chamber is espe
cially handsome, and) is furnished in
quarter sawed hajsel.
PEACE DECLARED
AT GRANTS PASS
Phone War Ends by Failure
of Independents to Se
cure Franchise.
' (Special Pispatch to The Journal.
Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 20. After a
bitter nnd stubborn fight, covering sev
eral rdontbs, the "telephone war," as it
has been called, and which has been on
in this city, has come to a close, the
Independent company meeting defeat.
The company was granted a franchise
by the city council which was turned
down by Hie veto of Mayor , Kinney.
An attempt to pass it over his head
failed. The Independent company was
to have been financed by local peo
ple. It had made all preparations for
piittititc in a telephone system. It had
secured a large list of subscribers, and
would 'have had its poles and wires up
within the next few months. It also
proposed to erect a large brick building
as the central station for the .system.
in the meantime the old company
"got busy'1 and a protest was entered,
signer! by many lending business men
of the town, who objected to the new
company on the grounds that two com
panies operating, bert would necessitate
the paying for two 'telephones. The
old company also made Immediate
promises to improve the local system.
The "teapot tempest" will at least
have the effect of improving the old
fcystcni. though it failed to secure a
new one.
2-MILE LOOP OF
GROWING FRUITS
Oregon's Ideal Colony Will
Have Unique Horticul
tural Attraction.
tftpei-lal Plspatch to The Journal.)
Wolf Creek, Or.. Feb. 20. Oregon's
ideal colony is steadilv increasing, sales
are constantly being fhade and with the
coming of spring, great changes will be
noted. A stump pulling crew has been
at work all winter, and will lie contin
ued through the summer. Tree plant
ing, which was stopped by tins rain,
will be resumed as noun ns the weather
pernilts. C, J. Currln, one' of last year's
graduates at the Oregon Agricultural
college, who made a specialty of hortl
cultifro, has been engaged to take charge
Of the trees and vines.
Ground Is being cleared for a model
vinvard just above the depot, in full
view of t he traveling public. The. fa
mous two' mile loop, encircles about 2!5
acres, which will be set to fruit in the
shape of a cart wheel, leaving . a build
ing site at the center and setting
peaches, pears, cherries, apples and
Knglish walnuts,, and travelers on the
Sou t hern Pacific will be enabled to
view tin ttnupie orchard.
-The voidest : weather of the winter
was 1 6 degree above aero. Oraas and
tfraim fields are green and -.Indications
are for an excellent '.crop.''- Negotiations
are' pending for a portable sawmill,
which la needed., to.icut lumber for? the
Increasing demand of home builders.
Steps -are also being taken -with view
to sunnlvlnr the - town with pure cold
mountain water by a gravity syatem.
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COXVJCRT KIG TRACT' v ,
v INTO FIXE ORCHARD
"fBpeclal Dispatch to The Journal. .
tlimum. Wash.. Feb. 20. Another
large tract of land in this vicinity la
undergoing stump pulling and, clearing,
preparatory to1 the -development '"of an
orchard. The Columbia River Orchard
company. under f the supervision of
Bryan it. ' Dorr has a sufficient force
of men and teams at work tiV rut-the
100 acre tract In "condition ror planting
to trees in six weeks', time.- When
completed ( this j will 1 one f the
largest orchards In On? . AVhite Salmon
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TRAVELERS FREEZE
IVHILE STAYING AT
6000-FOOT HEIGHT
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S u mpter-Canyon kCity-Rums
Line Emerges From Trop
ical Into Arctic Weather
With Lightning Rabidity
Virgin Empire.
aruAlAl.JMnatli tn The Journal A 'C-
Canyon City, Feb, 20. Snow, mud anT
aust are elements through ,wnicn,mg
travel passes ,tlies winter days from
Austin, the -terminus of the Sumpter
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A T 1 ....... . , 1. Hin,,nnrt . FtT HUT,
nv ,,mintv m vitsatance of -105 miles.
With four horsea pawing the snow, the
start is made from Austin. Slowly Uiey
drag the sleigh over snow and Ice to the
summit : of the mountains, when their
snall-uke pace suddenly enanges 10 mm
of the fliht Of a bird and, eoming down
the steep, mountain side, for nine miles,
tncy reenact- the pictures seen, of the
"Ovei land Concords,", now portrayed on
calendarand on the pages of wild. west
novels. , '
Prairie City affords an hour's rest tor
passengers ana a cnange oi siocu, tum
wheels for runners, . and the long Jour
nev into trreater Oregon Is resumed.
The forests of magnificent yellow pine
and. me arctic covering or ine muunmiii
sides have been left behind and the land
of the plow, fertilised by the alluvial
and Crosiv.e elements of the .ages, and
warmed by. the rays of a temperate aun,
stretches to, view. This is the John
Uay valley.- '
Surrounded : by mountains that rise
J 0,000' feet to heaven, and look like the
creation of a wrathful deity, are the In
surmountable barriers which stand ada
mant to the encroachment of the arctic
elements which find free and unob
structed range In the deep-basined
gorges formed by precipitous mountain
sides.' Winter spends Its force In these
granite-ribbed mountains, leaving the
valley between with the temperate cli
matic conditions which characterize the
John lay valley as. a most dejightful
place to live.
It is said that in no place in Oregon
is the climate as equable as In" this
valley. The 18 miles which separates
Prairie City from Canyon City, the
county seat, is traveled over a good
stretch of road, .that during the winter
Is dusty, while in thespring there afe
periods when it la a wallow of mud,
drying out, however. In a very few days.
From the Ice and snow and the jingie
of sleigh bells over the4 mountain roada
to the dust which rises on tne level
road leading down the valley along the
banks of the John Day river, a contrast
is afforded which elicits expressions of
surprise from travelers. .
In a Kailroadleis XAnd.
Alone In the ehrly evening the lights
of the town of John Day tell tl)e trav
eler that civilization has preceded the
railroads, and when the stage puns up
in front of the nostoffiee the moving
shaojys pfthe electric lights reveal a
substfntlal towtv. waiting and hoping
to be discovered by Some railroad mag
nate and have its name written on real
railroad tickets. Near , the? confluence
of Canyon creek and the John Day river
Is the townsite of this historic point.
When the mailsacks are Jerked out of
the boot- of the staae anil the driver
tfnthcrs tip the "lines and throws the:
buckskin Into the fast leader, the pon
derous stage rocks and whirls, and for
two miles travels up Canyon creek, over
a roadbed of gravel . that has been
picked over piece by piece, separating it
from the stuff that goes Into the, manu
facture of Uncle Sam's double-eagles.
it is too dark now to see, the. magni
tude of the work accomplished by the
miners, .who worked in the gold harvest
in the eafly sixties, but daylight reveals
hundreds 'of acres. of gravel piled high
in uneven mounds, once the hiding pluce
of fortunes. IJghted like a modern city
me stage approacnes a point, wnere,
hugged by the hills and guarded by the
towering mountains, the capital of the
county. Canyon , City, lies. Here the
stage makes a complete change. First,
nearly a ton of mall Is dumped Into the
postoffice, the passengers alight at the
hotel, the stock goes to the barn, the
driver to his bed.
Staying at Twenty Below Zero.
In about' an hour a new driver, differ
ent? stage and fresh stock.-halt at the
hotel for those who are on the wav bill
for Burns, and the first mile, until the
towm limbers up, is made at a discour
aging gajt. The , road, however,
stretches put for 70 miles and there Is
yet ample time to pound the team on
the back. When we leave Canyon Cltv
dust, is ln jiur ey osJjut .before .we con
nect with hum and eggs and a steaming
cup of coffee at Metschan's. 28 miles
yet to Burns, the dust has changed for
snow and the thermometer lingers
around a point that Is 20 degrees be
low zero. Travel keeps the team warm
and habit hardens the driver, while the
passrug.-rs Just grin and bear it. This
stngo road attains an elevation of fiooo
feet, pierctng the winter atmosphere
where the temperature resembles that
of the far north.
The chill winter winds moan through
the forests of yellow nine and the hours
of the night are ticked off by the
clanking of the chains which hold team
to stage, and the conversation that
the driver holds with his horses. Day
light brings to .view rolling sagebrush
mils, the timber is miles In the rear
Hours before Burns is reached, great
Hurney vallev stretches out to view
and, looking over the level Intervening
space Ixtween the stage and Its desti
nation, it seems that but a short time
will bring the Journey to an ond. But
the phort time extends to hours, for it
is high noon before the hslt Is made
in front of the hotel and vou write your
name, on the register and' are ready for
your first dinner' at Burns.
Burns Is the future Spokane of Ore
gon. She Is the capital citv of an em
pire and her potential resources are as
great as some of the lesser empires of
the world. The valley over which she is
the mistress has an extent of "nearly 100
miles and some of it Is as rich as the
soli In a florist's hothouse. The Blue
Mountain Rapid Transit line, operated
by 1,. Woldenberg. furnishes as good
service as can be expected, and uncom
plainingly the people can look to this
well equipped mode of transportation In
the future as tney have in the past, but
it is not the people of this prosperous
section who are , -done concerned. Port
land needs the great Harney valley, the
rest of the state needs it
Rut the great wealth of this county
tth"-7r,"lUb wh,ch H PoIbIe for
It to produce, can never be hauled out on
u stage, nor developed while the stage
is the Only means of transportation
Home Harnman Or some Hill, may as
the months stretch Into rears, like 'Co.
liimbus, discover this neW world and
tnen proportionately mankind will "re
ceive the benefits which are only awalt
Inc the awakening of trackless and un
claimed central Oregon. 1
GRANTS PAStf BASKS
IX SPRING SUNSHINE
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grants Pass. O, Feb. J0.-3rant
Jf? J.5 ,ba,,Hlrig In spring sunshine.
Dellehtfut weather han frlintri ,...
tho j-old rains. , and ' spring seeme near
ki iihuo. vyiiu i lowers are blooming
the murshes are .merry with th. ,, i?
frog chorus." j pussy . willow , buda aVe
tiurniuiK, ' "-"i i-nr- unreroot . noy will
soon lie In evidence. Though the ' win
ter ' was unusually severe, an early
spring season is nromlsed. As the
ground is thoroughly . water soaked; a
big crop of vegetables and farm pro
ducts is certain. ' Fruit, men also antici
pate a bumper yleJ.V fit. npples, peaches,
pears and small fruits this -year. .
TERROR OF-FEW
OF THE HORTHIVEST
MAY BE ERADICATED
Experienced Threshcnnan
of Colfax; Wash., Declares
He Has Solved ."Smut"
Explosions Means Sav
ings of Thousands. ..
i (Special Dhuatch to The JoarnaLl '
Colfax, Wasli.i Feb. SO. Gas gener
ated by heat from black oil.1 by
product of petroleum, used a a lubri
cant on bearings, and not . ' arput in
wheat,, aa generally believe, - Is the
sole causa of explosions in threshing
machines. The use of, lard, castor or
china nut oil eliminates all danger of
fire or explosion, no matter how much
emtit there, la In the grain.
That is the theorv advanced by Silas
Prlvett of this city, a thresherman of
B6 vears' experience 4n the northwest,
who has operated 10 years in the
Palouse wheat beU, south of Spokane,
where 27 machines were destroyed in
single season, a few years ago. Mr.
Prlvett believes he ha made' ft dis
covery which will reault In the saving
of thousands of dollars a year, to farm
era and threshermen in the United
States and Canada where smut la preva
lent. - --
Mow Xxplo alone Occur.
Explaining his theory Mr. ' 1'rivett
said that black 'oil produces explosions
In the same manner they are created
In a gaa or gasoline engine. - .The heat
generated by the bearings of the rap--idly
revolving machinery, upon which
the petroleum product flows constantly
walls in operation, generates a gas,
and when a spark, caused by the pass
ing of a hard substance through the
machinery or the striking of the cylin
der teeth against the teeth In the con
cave, comes ln contact with, this gi,
an explosion results. He added:
I have been studying this problem
for vears. but said nothlna- about it
until after I had made a thorough In
vestigation. A a reault I - am more
convinced than ever that the majority
of these fires, If not all of them, can
be directly traced to the' use of black
oil. '
. I am not trvlnar to nut- John D:
Rockefeller ot of business, but I wish
the professors' at' the. state colleges
and experimental stations and experts
would test - my theory and see If there
Is not a real foundation for this theory.
If they will make tests of this oi)
under the same conditions that are
supposed to bring about a tsmut ex
plosion I am sureT they will get an ex
plosion without using smut.
Theory Za Borne Out.
, "t began operating; a threshing, ma-
cnine wnen i was Jio years ot age ana
continued tin the business for" 2 u-consecutive
years, and I .do not . believe
that there is a man today in the coun
try who has threshed any smuttier
wheat than I have. yet I have never
had ah explosion, neither have I ever
used anytning but castor, lard or china
nut-oil.11 1
Two points In Mr, Privett'g theory are
borne out by the so-called smut ex-
filosiona in the Palouse country. One
s that while threshers , have been
handling smutty wheat in the district
for years . without explosions, when the
fires did begin not less than 27 ma
chines -. were destroyed, the second is
that neither before the epidemic of
fires nor since that time has a ma
chine on which castor or lard oil was
used, been known to generate fire In
Its interior, while those M) which black
oil was used were destroyed by fit's
with alarming frequency.
GRANGER POSTMASTER
IS A GALLANT CHAP
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 20. Oeorjr P.
Eaton, postmaster at Granger, ,wah..
west of Spokane, has the star per
formance of the beaux of fhe days of
lace collars and Jeweled swords backed
off the boards when It come, to real
gallaittry. He has been custodian of
the mails since the birth of the thriv
ing town in the Takima vallev red
apple district, three years ago, bringing
the office . this year to a point where
It was worth holding. When It was
announced that Miss Mary A. Ids,
daughter of the postmaster at Alfalfa,
Wash., wanted the position. Mr. Baton
dropped the incoming letters and news
papers and made a personal canvass
with a petition to the postmaster' gen
eral, recommending Miss Ide for the
Job. He also headed the list of signers.
Pt-tlcallyeycrjtreBident of.iheitown
favors Miss Ide, who has experience
and is Qualified to hold the office.
There is every reason to believe that
Mr. Katon can have any gift at the
command of the people of him district
If he desires political office, ,
TROUT LAKE PLANT V
DOES GOOD( BUSINESS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Husum. Wash.. Feb. 20. One of the
most thriving Industries in the upper
White Salmon valley Is the Trout Lake
Cooperative Dairy association, engaged
In the manufacture of butter and
cheese. Since the establishment of -this
organization It has been a. great boon
for the numerous dairy ranches. When
thn Industry was first Installed, some
six years ago, the only output was
cheese, but later on it added the man
ufacture of creamery- butter. " .
During the year 1908 the amount ef
fancy : creamery' butter turned out for
shipment and the ' valley trade was
27,000 pounds. Over 70,00 pounds of
full cream cheese was manufactured
during the same yea.r. This lias been
the average output for the past .four
years. The cheesp and butter have a
ready sale in the large cities through
out the state, and are considered the
best products of their kind in the mar
ket. . .
SETTLERS FLOCK TO . . . .
LAKEVIKYV, OREGON
(Special Dlapatrh to Tbe Journal.) ' '
Iakevlewf. Or., Feb, 20. The Oregon
Valley .and company Is now spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
the viclnKy of Lakevlew In a huge.col
onlzlng scheme. The plan , comprises
the utilisation of 830,000 acres of -the
Military Road grant lands in farms of
10- to 1000 acres, the contracts for
the greater number of which are al
ready closed,- -Immigrants arearrlvlhg
daily and thousands of homeseekers are
looked for the forthcoming spring, and
summer. ' An Ohio company contem
plates the installation of a mgar fac
tory that will Insure, the Investment of
tl.o00.000. Several railroad surveys are
completed and two railroad lines are
projected. --
DISPLAY' OF FRUIT
White Salmon Will Have Booth at
: . ' Railway, Station.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe' Innrnal.) ,
White Salmon. Wash.. Feb.- 20. The
White Salmon Commercial , elub will
erect a booth at, the railroad station for
the display) of White Salmon .vaHey
fruit.; Apples raised In this va Hey are
now sold on the North Bank tralris,
i J. M. Filloon of The Dalles Chronicle
has purchased 160 acres of land near
Trout Ike. Wash., where he will try
diversified ..farming,-, 'dairying; and ap?
pie raiding. , -
W. W. Vaughn of . Portland plan
ning to establish a furniture factory
here in the spring. ;
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE; '
!' MAKERS OF OREGON HISTO&Y;
Engrossed as, most of us are e
e In the dally - problems - of tho e
; present, we have little time," nor
.Inclination, for retrospection, e
e other than that of our own lives '
' and this. latter only at rare .
e intervals. Thus, 'In- Oregon, ; we
4 flnd a completed commonwealth
eand ,do not stop to reflect on
e ' the multitudinous phases of Us
e evolution; give scarcely a pass- e
Ing thought to the, hundreds of e
e 'builders", who. consecrated their t: e
e , lives, on 'the altar of posterity.
e It is interesting and instructive e
0 to turn hack a few chapters and .
review he 'jives- o these ( pio-' e
e ...neers of,' Oregon. The rugged '-
t intrepidity -of character is, .per-
, haps, only approached . In 1 sub- e
llmlty by the beautiful simplicity 'e
f and unselfish purpose of their ' e
J .lives. , '
e , , On The Journal's Sunday
e, northwest page, will be run a .e
e-' series of sketches on ' the' men S
e and women who have been in-'
4 strumental In' "making Oregon'' 4
e history."
..'. "l
-1! (Speelnl- Diaoetch to The Journal. t ,
nlon, Or,. Feb. 20. Born In Ger
many, February 27. 1844, and emigrat
ing to the United States In 1852 at the
age of 8 yearsA. J. Uoudbrod since 17
f ears of age has taken an active part
n the upbuilding of the state.
- Soon' after i arriving in the United
States, Mr. Goodbrod was employed as
an apprentice to a baker in Newark,' ft.
J., and worked at this' trade until the
civil war broke out, when, at the age of
17, he went to New York city, where he
enlisted in Company H, Kleventh New
York, cavalry, or Scott's Nine Hundred.
Soon after his enlistment the regiment
went from New York to Washington,
IX C. and waa in a number of battles
near that city, the principal ones being
Harpers Ferry, Point of Rocks and
Muddy Branch. -
In 1888 Company B was returned to
Washington, where it relieved Company
H of the, same regiment, as President
Lincoln's body guard.
Mastered Ont, Jteenllst.
' Company Bwas soon relieved by Com
pany H, and the regiment In 1864 start
ed for New Orleans, where It Joined Ben
Butler at that point. . Mr. Goodbrod was
in a number of battles In Louisiana and
Went from that state to Tennessee, be
ing at La Grange. Tenn,,' when Lee sur
rendered to General Grant, '
In November, 1886., he went to Al
bany,. N. Y., where ? he was mustered
out After being mustered out, be re
turned to his home In Newark, N. 1.,
but remained only a short time, return
ing to New York1 cltv, where he reen
llsted In i Company M- First United
States cavalry, and In 1886 left New
York for San Francisco bv- the way of
the isthmus of Panama, .arriving at Sai
KrnmHsro in AprH -ef the same yejfrr
From San nFranciscQ the regiment went
to Sacramento, .where It was supplied
with horses, nnd from Sacramento went
to Camp ABlljids. , x '
Bad Tate of OUsamea. ..
En route frosn Sacramento to Camp
Blinds, the cavalry came across a bund
of H47 Chinamen.- who accompanied It
from Wlnnemucca,. New-to. Dry- creek.
There.' was not water enough at this
point' for - both i cavalry-"and Chinamen
and Major Hunt, in command of the
cavalry, -ordered the -Chinamen to pro
ceed to the' Owyhee river and ther wait
for the cavalry, which would overtake
them the following day. i
- Instead of-finding the Chinamen as
expected,; they found their dead bodies
scattered throughout the canyon, having
been, maswacred by the, Piute Indians
tinder. Chief Wlnnemucca. The entire
band 6t. Chinamen, with the exception
of one man had heen killed.. The Cnlnn-men-'.were
burled by the Fourteenth
United States infantry, which was then
located at Camp White Horse, ';
- Arriving atCamp Blinds, the cavalry
relieved Company B, First, Oregon in
fantry volunteers, and reported to Gen
eral Crooks for duty. For three years
186-78- there were 40 Indians from
ONE RATi ONE TREASURE SACK, TWO
MINERS-PROS a PA LS iN EA RLY DA Y
COMEDY DRAMA IN A MONTANA CAMP
(Specie! Dispatch to The Journal.)
Butte, Mont, Feb, 20. A group of
old timers had been' discussing Incidents
of pioneer days. All of them, with the
exception of'john GHlie, general super
intendent of the Amalgamated Copper
company, had contributed to the, un writ-I
... a ..... -.- . ',.!
ten history or tne siaie.
"It's your turu now, John,"., paid
friend.
"Well' replied Mr. Gillie, "I am re
minded by that last story of an incident
that came to my notice many years ago.
It Was while I- was located at Philips
burg. , I had occasion to drive out to
the various camps of the neighborhood,
and once.ln a while would go to Willow
creek, a branch of Rock creek, some 15
miles from town.
"Here two eld placer miner had es
tablished themselves. They lived to
gether and had been partners fpr years
Sam flpencer was the name of, one; I
don't recall the name of the other -Both
were very old men, and, as t ald, bad
been associated together for years. I
had noted the fact that they were Ilk
brothers eyn mors chummy,' perhaps.
They hd worked sld6 by side, in the
mlnea and shared the hardships, and the
Jovs that 'attend a rather uncertain vo
cation until there had come to exist be
tween them that perfect understanding
that goes with true comradshlp. s . -, -
, rriendshtp Begins to OooL
-."And Vet, Just'ttr illustrate the fickle
ness of friendship, no matter, how close
it may seem, there appeared to come a
change over - these-two men.-: I noted It
one day after, driving out to the place.
Something bad. happened, What It was
did not appear, but'that there had been
omethmg to disturb the friendship of
these two old pal was pertain. - It was
intangible, but t here wa a chilliness in
the atmosphere of their cabin. The two
old men were very polite to each other;
too. polite for comfort, and while I you Id
not define or locate the trouble, I knew
their relations . had 4 somehow been
strained. i ;"- - , f:;
'. -"W had supper as usual, and that
evening sat around the cabin fireplace.
I had conceived a fondness for the two
old men,- who were out of .the ordinary
In many ways. They had seen much of
life, and their stories of the days that
were unknown to men of my generation
bad alwsys Interested me. But somehow-
that evening the conversation
seemed to drag; there was a cloud on
the1 social" horizon, although no; other
evidences of a storm were brewing;
' How Enter the "TOJain." '
"FJnally, we went , to bed. and I
could '.not but . wonder What had come
over my old friends, , Next morning as
I got up a big mountain rat scurried
across the-cabin floor, paused at the
door and then disappeared. - The cabin
had been overrtun with these pests. All
of vou know what that means. They
had" made -more racket and create more
trouble than a bunch of monkeysi in
cocoannt tree, but we took their pres
ence as a matter of course. Curious as
to the destination -of the bushy , tailed
marauder that had hiked across the
floor,,..'! Jumped out of bed as he ran
t , - - , i
Vil'i 1 . .
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J. Gogdbrod.5
Idaho i and Oregon with , the regiment.
Mr. Goodbrod was in many battles with
the Indians, in ; which a great: number
of men and horses were killed. ,
He was mustered out the second time
at Camp Blinds. March 1. 18ti, after
which he went to staging on tho VVlmie
mucca road, finally entering the general
merchandise ana notei Dusiness at vvu
low- Creek, Ne v., .and continued this
business until 1872, when he eame to
Union to stay but one . day, going to
Walla Walla. He soon returned from
Walla Wulla to Pendleton, and. in Julv,
187, returned to the Grand Ronde ''il
ley, where tie worked for the stage com
pany.. , - -
-. Wads Xtooise Shoemaker.
In 1882 he filed on a homestead and
had his first experience In farming. In
the same -year he purchased the C'pn
tennlal' hotel, in this city, and had
charge of It until 1890. selling it to
Henry F. Susewlnd. - '
After purchasing the hotel Mr. Good
brolf, who was a, bachelor, became aware
of . the fact that he needed a jhelpmata
and married Miss Louise Shoemaker,
whom he had known for yenrs and whosa
parents lived t Phy's Point, near Cove.
Or.
After selling, the hotel Mr. (.Joodbnal
served ' as chief of police of t his city
for three years, later nuying anil snip
plner fruit -throughoHt--the valhv. Due
Ing the years he was buying fruit he
purchased the old Dan Moore place and
became a fruitgrower as well as a
shipper, and still continues growing the
choicest fruits of the valley.
Active in lodge Work.
In 1878 Mr. Goodbrod Joined the Red
Men lodge and a -few years later Joined
the Odd Fellows. He Is also a member
of the G. A. R. and has served as de-
?artment commander In Oregon since
00, and at present, is. past commander
of Post No. 18 of this city.
Mr. Goodbrod owns one of the most
handsome residences In this city, lis
lias .quite a fruit farm on which all va
rieties of fruits' are grown. When In
terviewed Mr. Goodhrotl was working In
his greenhouse.- where he was grow
ing plants for the coming season'
plantings. He has built a lake on his
place, which la one of the most boun
tiful In eastern Oregon.
Though getting along In years, Mr.
Goodbrod Is in perfect health. Ha is
one of the men who have met with suc
cess In the Grand Ronde valley and by
hard toll and sweat of the brow ts now
able to live in retirement and enjoy the
blessings of life. He is held in high es
teem throughout the valley.
out of 'the door, and followed him. 1
srrived at the door just in time to see
Mr. Mountain Rat disappear In a hole
in the bank of the cabin, - I had located
hts residence." The old men were In
terested In the discovery,
' "'We'll dig him out .After, 'breakfast. -
said Spencer.. 'Then there will be one
less of the pesky things, anyway.' .
' "And o' after breakfast the two old
miners .Went down to the diggings a
few yards from their cabin, got a shovel
and a pick, and while I looked on they
proceeded to dig out 'the, rat. They had
dug in only s few' feet when they eani
to the rat's living uuaYters and to the
rat himself, a They made short work of
bushy tall, and then they examined his
home. In neat little nile were stowed
away things that this 'rat had stolen
from the cabin. :
Xyetery le Cleared Up. X ., -1
.i'There-was a spoon, T believe, and a
number of other things from the domes
tic department of the miners, for th .
mountain rat IS' attracted by all bright
objerts-and at once appropriates such of
them as he eat) carry tiff. Spencer con
tinued to poke ebont while taking an-Inventory
of. the stolen -property., when
suddenly I heard a low exclamation.
Stooping, the old man plrked.tip en old
buckskin sack, somewlist the worse for
wear, bftt si 111 iliitact "Without a, word
he handed it. to me. v .
"At Once I saw t list It" was a 'trensure
sack, for It -contained a cmantltr of sold '
dust. -which had come from the placer,
mine near by. The old -partners Jooked
at me, and then gaael at each ntlmr
rather sheepishly.' And as If moved bv
a common Impulse each extended his
htnd at the same moment. They shook
hands, arnd then. ' although, they hadn't
said a word, 1 understood. ; ,
i tat Hunters
v Ship Pelts to the
5 Marta of New Yor
, (Special Blapatcb to The Jusrnal.)
White Salmon, Wash..' Feb. 20.
- The trapping industry is being
carried on this winter by several
trappers In . the . foothills " of
Mount Adams, In the Trout Lake
region. Frank Kunel and August
,21nberhler recently made a ship-
r
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ment to New York of a dozen
marten skins, . several . , coyotes,
.fisher and wild cat 'skins. 'The
best marten skins bring as high
as 1 each.- A goodrniony oC
the 1 Trout Lake women have
collars and muffs made' of mar;
ten fur. Four pelts are required
to make collarette. .
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