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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT-' OF . PA CIFIG ,NORTEWEST
HEW YORK GETS
I OREGOi'l APPLES
CEHEIII WilllT
io cost ruioii
Oswego to Secure Modern
3fanufactory AVhlch May
Employ, 150 3Ien,
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Jtood Blver Apple Growers
: Prcparc Crop for Early .
i. ' Shipment.
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(flpcla! Dispatch to Tit loareaLt '
Hood Rlvr, Or., Oct li Tha most
uoccsaful appl growers' organisation
In tha country, perhaps la tha world,
Ja packing the product of th Hood
Rlyr ralley for ehlpment to , Nw
'Tor. Th Hood River Apple Grow
era union ) retarded tha most thor-
'ough bualnees organisation with which
buyers hava to deal, while Ha guarantee
placed on packagea of applea, la taken
wnerevvr I run ib loin in. large quan
tltlea. Thla union doea not allow i
nan to park hla own fruit or grade -It
Kvery box la an honeat boa and the buy
ers know It No wormy apple la packed
.and at that lee than two per cent of
. n crop la rejeotea ror any reason.
Thera la a older and, vinegar factory,
whoaa only complaint la that It cannot
ret apple to aupply tha demand for
. i ta , product, Hood Rlvar applea will
neap much longer than moat applea, be
rauaa of tha extreme cara beatowed on
them.
Tha average orchard oonalaU of II
acrea,- while many farm are much
emalier. Her are oroharda In all tha
different stages of development. They
are well kept, ay m metrical end thrifty.
.There are soma very old trees In the
vBiuiy, set out oy earir aemera wno,
properly enough, regarded an orchard
aa neceaeary to- a home In the country.
For many year the fruit of these trees
literally "bluahed unseen." Then cam
tha long-, hard fight for national and
international recognition.
While tha .treea are arrowing;, straw
aerrlea and other cropa are1 rllaed be
tween the row with profit During: the
ton aeaaon 70,000 crate of strawberries
were marketed and brought 1160,000
an unuaual price In moat looalltles. The
berries are of fine flavor and. lika the
,ppiea, excellent "Keepers. ',.
SaUfhtui omi Plao.
: Hood River la delightful aa a place
or reaiaenc. xn climate la unex
celled. The average minimum tem
perature during- January and February
la z aegreea. xne average maximum
'temperature during- July and August la
'79 degreee. The nlghta are alwaya cool.
In addition to healthfulnesa and com
fort, the valley afforda S view unex
celled In the atate or In the went. The
.altitude of the valley la from 800 to 1800
feet. That of the anow-oovered peaks,
from 11.000 to 14,000 feet A free rural
mall delivery and an electric light aya
tem extend Into the valley.
Climb the hill behind the city and
aee an apple country different in aa'
.peat from any you have seen before.
Here . at ever-lncreaalng altitudes
'Stretches away a valley of wondrous
beauty. Tumbling' and twisting through
it cornea the crystal-clear, life-giving'
Hood river, from the anowy fastnesaea
of Mount Hood, which mountain atands
Ilka a god at the head of the valley.
tier la a valley that knows the 'sharp
tang of frOst-laden air during the short
winter aeaaon; and into which the sun
tours hla life-inducing1 ' raya ' in the
spring.
j, Thla la Hood River valley, where ap
plea the peer of any In the wide world,
grow in abundance.
CANAL IMPROVEMENT
f WILL COST $80,000
Bpeelsl Dispatch to The Journal '
Nampa, Idaho, Oct. 13. An election
will be held Saturday for the purpose
nf Authorizing the issuance of. f 80.000 I
worth of bonds, to secure funda to pay
for cementing two miies'or the iMampa
Meridian irrigation canaL Last sum
mer a bad break occurred, leaving the
canal defective, 'after temporary re.
naira. ;
Conservative estimates of farmers
and business men place the losa to the
ranchers uncier, tne KiaenDaugn system
this year at not less than iiou.ouo, -loss
which la more than likely to be re
peated at any time under present con
ditions. The dangerous section of the
canal la patroled every three hours, add
ing to the cost of maintenance nearly
1100 a month, which expense the con
cretins- of this section will render un
necessary, and will, it Is estimated,
diminish seepage losses and increase
the carrying capacity of the canal- at
least 60 per cent. .
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Baker City's fine buildings Catholic cathedral and Citizens' bank.
MOOERII HOSPITAL
10 COST 125,0110
Construction Begins on
Splendid Structure at
' Vancouver.
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FLOWER EXHIBIT AT
ALBANY APPLE FAIR
(Soeelal DlaDatch ta Tbe Journal. )
Albany, Ori( Oct. 12. A companion
feature of the forthcoming Albany Ap
pie fair will be a display of chrysan
themuma. The committee having thli
part of the entertainment In hand la
composed of Mrs. E. V. Cooper, Mrs.
L. E. Hamilton and Mrs. C. H. Stewart
Great Interest is being manifested In
this lntereating feature, and some of
the chrysanthemum fanciers of the
.Willamette valley are planning to ex
hlblt blooms of a rare quality. J.
Courtney of Albany, boasts that he haa
a Dioom eignt ana one quarter incnea
In diameter, and others coming on which
ne believes wiu even surpass this one.
Another feature of the fair will be
the serving of apple delicacies by the
ladlea of Albany. Apple dumplings,
"like mother used to make,' with real
"dip" aauce; apple fritters; apple cake;
apple pie: apple butter, etc., will be
( provided in abundance.
GRESHAM'S FAIR
V OPENED TO PUBLIC
' Bi-, . - r
(SiMHat Dispatch te Th JoaraaL
Oreaham Or. Oct. 1. -Greaham'B .big
annual fair opened today, and until Sat- I
uraay it win be the attraction ror the)
.1.. . w ,11 .'I i- W . 1 . 'I I V WUIUIVUIHII
county. : : Larg crowds ar expected
each day.. .. ..
xhlbita are well arranged and gen
erally the ahow la In order. The Oreah
am band will furnish muaic, which la
sure ta be one of the beat features. A
number of sideshow attractlona occupy
spaces on the grounds.
(Special PUpatcb to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 13.rWork haa
begun on - the auperstructure of St
Joseph's hospital, on which $125,000 will
be spent. Brick, stone and concrete
will be used in the structure. The build
ing will have a frontage of 136 feet by
48 feet wide and a height of 7 feet,
and the solariums on each end will
bring the total length to 160 feet over
all. The five floors, with the 128 pleas
ant and sunny rooms, will contain the
best and latest in hospital accommoda
tions. Each rioor will nave us own
dressing rooms fitted up for eperations
of nflnor character, besides service
kitchens and pantries.
. Connected with the main building, a
wing, 76x30 feet, will extend towards
Thirteenth street. On the ground floor
of thla wilk be the main Kitchen and
storerooms and on the second floor the
apartments for maternity cases and the
quarters for the training school for
nurses, while the top floor with Its -i
foot celling, will be used as a chapel.
The interior finish of the hospital
inrougnout win oe nanasome in its sim
plictty. The doors leading to the vari
ous wards and rooms will be entirely
iree irom panels; an tne ouier wood
work will be plain and substantial
MAKE SACK NEEDLES
FOR PACIFIC COAST
LMDS
GO UB DITCH
Plans Perfected to Water
120,000 Acres of Stock
Range.
- (Special Dtapatch to The Journal.)
Helena, .' Mont, Oct. . 13. Plans
perrected ror the longest irrigation pro
ject in Montana, the only thing lacking
1 by
Is to
being the segregation of land by the
claim 120,000 acrea of land
federal government.
8pcial Dlipatcb to The Journal.)
Eugene, Or., Oct. 13. Eugene c
boast of having the only sack needle
factory In , the United States. Barr
Bros.' knife works, in Fairmont, has
been established for a number of years,
Several years ago this company began
the t manufacture of a sack needle
Which Is now in general use over the
Pacific northwest. About the first of
November work will commence on stock
for the 110 trade, and the factory will
be busy on this one line alone for tho
next five or, six months.
They are finishing up an order for
loou harness makers knives ror Hushes
uros. or fortiana. The Knives are a
new invention and are designed with
a flattened point so that the leather can
o cut wunout injury to the cutting
board and yet there la a arood cuttlns
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eusce ror saiving.
- Barr Bros, have been hamnpred con
alderably by inability to get the skilled
labor required ror their line of business.
There are" any number of machinists, but
. . .
rew nave naa any experience in cutlery
work. our to six men are constantly
employed.
"POTATO KING" DIGS
PROFITABLE CROP
The plan la to re
of land In Teton
county, under the Carey act.
Montana men own 90,000 acrea of land
which can be watered by a system of
reservoirs. In the district 30,000 acres of
government land is still open to set
tlement As soon as the government
land- can be secured to the project the
work of construction will begin. Alex
MacKenxle, of North Dakota, represents
the large land holders in the effort to
water the entire tract. The land will
be valuable for grain growing and for
producing the hardier varieties of
iruiis. it is now open stock range.
SIXTY CARLOADS OF
PRUNES AT COVE
- (Special Mtpateh to The jcmrtral.) "
Pullman. Wash.. .Oct. 11. Twia
Smawley. the "ootato klnr" of thin r.
lion, wno naa 7 acrea of fine potatoes.
two roues irom ruuman, la aigglng his
crop. The potatoe are nearly all Rurvt
iw xoraera ana tfuroanlca. Sample
oroiii.ni 10 town snow extra rorxi
qunuiy.
Mr. Smawley Is believed to hava the
large t acreage of potatoes In thla
country, with H. J. Dart and W. F.
Smith Of. Palouae Clom , second and
third, with 40 and 17 acres each. These
men sre trying to "pool" their pota
toes and Bell together. '
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Cove, Or., Oct IS. Forty-five car
loads of prunes have been shipped from
the Cove district, and It Is estimated
that 15 carloads more will be sent out.
The picking has progressed slowly on
account of a shbrtage of help in the
Dig orcnaras.
The straight car lots have gone prin
cipally to Chicago and New York. Mixed
cara which have, contained prunes, pears
ana piums nave gone to Colorado and
othep middle western localities.
The prune output of Cove for the
present season has been greater than
inai or any previous year.
NURSERY PUTTING
OUT 750,000 TREES
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.) .
Milton, Or., Oct 13. The shipment
of 760,000 fruit trees Is being made
uy me muton nursery company ror
fall planting. Shipments of trees will
oe maae to practically every state west
of the- Rocky mountains, and a num
ber of eastern and middle west states.
During the last few davs th fnraa
of men employed by the nursery com
pany waa increaaed from 17, the num
ber given employment-during; the aum.
mer, to between 40 and 46.
GOLD BEACH JOINS
. IN ROAD MOVEMENT
. (Special Divatch to Tb Journil.)
Gold Beach, Or.. Oct 13. A develop
ment club haa oeen organized " here to
promote the Interests of Curry county
In general and Oold Beach In particular.
Judge Bailey waa chosen president. W.
A. Wood secretary and A. Miller, treas
urer.
One of the first projects to be un
dertaken Is a wagon road up the river
to connect with the forestry trail, now
only a few miles from the Curry-Josephine
line. Josephine county has al
ready spent over 11000 on the oroiect
and the -overnment has expended sev
eral times that amount, besides many
maivinuais contributed liberally toward
it. With a concerted effort on the part
of Currv and Josephine counties, united
(with the forestry service, it should be
an easy matter to get state aid to
finish the important work.
EUGENE LAYS 19,000
FEET OF WATER PIPE
(Special Plspurrb to Tbe JoaraaLV
Eugene. Or.. Oct. 13. Nineteen thou
sand three, hundred feet of water pipe
nas Deen aaaea to tne water system
of Eugene during the past year. Of
this 6600 feet of pipe was 10 inches in
diameter, laid to carry water oast the
Condon school to the city limits.
Two hundred and fifty new custo
mers were, added in the past nine
months. Many of these are on the ex
tensions of mains. Inside growth of
the city , has added, materially to the
se'rvlce of the water department ' The
consumption of water has Increased
greatly, but tne water department has
been able to keep ample supply on hand
at all times.
Twenty years Vgo the plant was
pumping 60,000 gallons each 24 hours.
For Sentember the average for each hour
was 61,000 gallons.
PEARS PAVS1500
PER ACRE PROFIT
Med ford Growers Score a
Splendid Success in Mar
keting Crop.
(Special Dlipitch to Tbe Journal.)
Medford, Or., Oct 13. Bartlett pears
netted growers In the Medford district
as high as J 1 500 an acre- tnis year.
D'Anjou and Cornice will net more,
while Aosc, Howells and Winter Nells
profits are equally aa large. , .
The Bartlett season opened August
2. when a car of fruit from the Bur
red orchard sold for $3.26 a box In
Chicago, and closed September 29, when
the last car from the same orchard
sold for J4.25 a box In New York city.
Approximately 125 cars of Bartlett
were shipped.
The d'AnJou pear season opened Oc
tober 1 in New York city, when a car
from the Oeorge Marshall orchard sold
at an average of 35.45 a box or 32700
gross for the car. This is a net price
to the grower of $4.12 a box.
Approximately 10 cars or tioweii
ears have been shipped Xrom the
Loicue river valley. The Burrell -or
chard " shipped foul cars, ' which "were
sold at $2.65 net per box in aietuora.
FleKlng or winter iNens pears is un
BIG PEAR ORCHARD
PLANNED AT, EUGENE
(Special Dttpatrh to Hi Journal.)
Eugene, Or.. Oct. 13. John S. Milne
and E. O. Strang of Cottage Orove, have
purchased the E. 8. Rolfe tract near this
place.
The purchasers will get the ground
In shape and next aprlng will aet the
whole tract to pears. The way south
ern Oregon peara are selling on the
eastern markets has led people to be
lieve there Is a great market for them,
and a number of good pear orchards
win oe set out next
year.
pedal Pl-patcfe to Tb JoaraaL)
Oawego. Or., Oct. 1$. Work on tho
million dollar plant of th Portland Ce
ment company will . begin within, a
month, and It Is ei peered that within
18 months the plant will b ready for
operatlop. The capacity of th plant
will be 1500 barrels oar day.
It will require about 160 men to ope
ra t th factory. The labor will b
chiefly skilled, a the entlr manufac
turing proceaa I automatically ar
ranged, so that all the work I don rv
machinery, with th hard hand labor
almost entirely eliminated. The chief
feature of th plant will be a aerlea f
blna for handling; the materia in such
a way that the different raw material
will be blended together In uniform '
niaaa, ao that a variation In th quality '
of cement will be Impossible; -
The mines In Douglaa and Clackamas
counties will furnish th raw material
from which the cement will be manu- .
factured. In his report. . Expert New
berry, who waa employed to make ah
Investigation of conditions preliminary
to installing the proposed plant advised
tho officers of th company that it was
more advisable to ahlo raw material to
the plant at Oswego than to undertake
to lnatall th factory In th vicinity of ,
the depoalts either In Clackamas or
Douglaa counties.
Twelve separata ouiiaings win m
erected, all of reinforced concrete. .
These buildings, with lnclosures be
tween, will cover sn area of -about 13
acrea Tne building will be- so- ar
ranged that the factory can be enlarged
from time to time as th market may
Justify. : :.;. .
Building ml HUJsboro.
(Special Dispatch to Tb JoaraaL 1 '
Hillsboro. Or.. Oct II. HUlaboro will
soon have two new railway depots, while
two business blocks will be ready for
occupancy in a short time. Over 1S.
000 is being spent for additional school
facilities.
MAKES
oAlJlSTEIGiCURE
Not only Its proven ability to cure, but its absolute safety as & remedy.
has made S. S. S. the most ex te naively u sed of all medicines m the treat
ment of Contagious Blood Poison. Unlike the strong mineral mixtures,
which temporarily remove the outward symptoms and shut the disease up
In the system, there to carry on Its destructive work on the delicate and
vital organB, S. 8. S. strikes directly at the root, and by purifying the blood
of every trace of the virus, completely and permanently cures the trouble.
S. 8. 8. is Nature's blood purifier, harmless in its actios and certain in Its
good results. It is made from .a combination of roots and herbs, each cf
which has a definite and specifio action In purifying the blood. Years vreia
spent In selecting and proportioning tho different ingredients, but when
8. 8. 8. was perfected it soon demonstrated its superiority over all other
blood medicines, and now. after 40 years, it is still the one and only certain
cure for Contagious Blood Poison. While driving out the poison from tha
circulation 8. 8. S. builds up and strengthens the system by its fine vegetable
if you are suffering witn contagious piooa foison s. s. s. is
tonlo effects.
vour most certain reliance, and because of its freedom from jneroury.
der wav. Probably 30 cars will be . nnf,,1i anw rli mlTiinl t la .-. i It. ra f 1nr awnrw aim TTrrmA
Soewhohnaveh-oidal.heir fnUrf crop treatment book wttb valuable suggestions and an medical advice sent frea
in advance, it is impossible to quote tO all WhO WTt9. , THE SWlKT SPECIFIC CO.. ATT, A TIT A.
figures.
ADD BIG RESERVOIR
TO WATER SYSTEM
(Sp
valli
clal Dtapatch to Th Journal.)
No Man is Stronger1"
-Than HisStofriach
A ttrttef maa is strong all vr. . ft mas caa b
atroaf wbo is aufferini from waak itonaca with it .
eooqueot iodiieitioa, or horn s-mbb other diaaaa
f th (tocaach aad its aociat4 erf ans, wkick ica
, pair difettie and autritior.. For wbea tb taai
is wk ar diseases: tber i loss of th otririoa
eoatainad ia food, which h tb Sou re oi ail phytical
atraafth. Wbaa a iaaa " deeao'l feel Just right.".
aa be ooeea't aleto wall, baa aa aacoailortabl
faciial ia tb atoaa after etiaf , i taafatd, arvawa,
at, be is loia tb af ritkm Beaded f Baaka atraaltb.
3tm m mmm s7a ars Dr. PUifm Cava? Mlei
" - . D-saarerr. It r r sraaiae aT tMr
f riamm mt aftfasra aaaT mwtrttUm. It mmrtta taa ,
'; J-frfafwra ID re". arratfrtrea (A Jttfaara. aarlaSa
. rra. ? i .YE3 UEZkTH AXD STRENGTH TO
. TltenitOLB BOD7 . .
Taa caa't afford r aecr-t t err ft acatraia a a saSatimta for fti i
, aleobolia Bdtc.B o v rrrmt-otmom, mot area tboi-fk ri arfeat dialer
ay taareey ms a nf aij r prakt. laf radiecu pruned aa wrapper.
An Immense Potato.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Milton, Or.. Oct. 18. Harris brothers.
residing about two milea south of Mil.
ton, inis year raised a Burbank po
tato that weighs, four pounds and nine
ounce. It measured II VI ; Inches In
length and litt Inches in circumfer
ence. Harris brothers have 20 acra
of potatoes and from Indications will
harvest an Immense crop.
Pall Grown Cabbage
.Sfteeial Dispatch to Tb JwirmaL)
Kendrick. - Idaho. Oct. 1 1 Omnt
Hobos, re Id In g near here. Is exhlbitlns
a cabbage 4 Inch In circumference
and weighing IS pounds. 1
ervolr has Just been turned over to
the citv water deDartment. This addi
tional reservoir gives Corvallls a total
water 'reserve of 800,000 gallons. It 1
ex Dec ted that it will meet any emer
gency that may arise within the. next
rew years.
The new reservoir Is 60x120 feet,
feet deen. with walls of reinforced con
crete three feet thick, and will hold
650,000 gallons. It Is built something
like-a cigar, tapering at both ends. The
bottom surface of cement is six to eight
Inches thick. The entire inner surface
of the reservoir Is covered with two
coatings of asphalt.
Celery Pays Big Profits.
.Snedal Dlapatch to Tb Journal..
Vancouver. Wash:. Oct. 13. A. M. Go-
ley, on three quarters of an acre of his
ranch, three miles northeast of the city.
rew 600 doaen plants or celery, wnicn
has been selling at 80 and 80 cents
a dosen, yielding him tSOO and over per
acre. Fart of tne celery was grown
on nigh ground ana part on Dottom iana,
that grown on the bottom land being
best.
Ballasting Railroad.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Lewlston. Idaho. Oct. la. The North
ern Pacific naa 150 men employed in
drainage and ballasting the roadbed on
the Lewlston-Orangevllle line.
ing it for the winter traffic.
prepar-
Waterworks for Cottonwood.
Special fnapotch to Th Joaraal.1
Cottonwood, Idaho, Oct. IS. A new
water system constructed by the city
is ready for use. The Improvement
cost over 120,000.
High Price for Land.
. (ftpedal DUrstcb to The Jonraal.t
La Grande. Or., Oct. IS. C. R. Htb
berd of I m bier, a village near here, ha
sold a tract of (0 acre of grain land
to John Wella of the same place for
$100 per acre.
SET 110 ACRES' TO
FRUIT AT CftESWELL
(Special Dlapatch to Th Journal.!
Creawell, Or., Oct. 18. L. D. Scar-
brouerh and H. H. Schmitt are prepar
ing to set 110 acres of land to orchard
this fall. The tract lies Just north of
town, lust across the road from the
Shafer peach orchard. The orchard will
comprise peaches, pears and apples and
win add muoft to the present ia
put of fruit from Creswell.
Mr. Bcarbrough Is the pioneer and
most extensive fruit raiser in this lo
cality. His experience in horticulture
covers a period of 20 years In this com
munity. He has 170 acrea of bearing
orchard and owns and operates two
prune dryers.
APPLE ORCHARD PAYS
PROFIT OF $20,000
.Special Dispatch to The Journal. 1
Wenatchee. Wash., Oct. 18. Black-
man Bros, will have a crop of apples
that will net 120.000, about $1000 un
der the returns of last year. The or
chard contains 36 acres of five to seven-
year-old trees.
The three brothers are sawmill men
and have lived at Snohomish for many
years. They purchased the land 17
years ago for $150 an acre.
John Qulnn. another grower, will
gather $1600 worth of apples from five
acres of young trees, only one-third of I
wmch are in hearing. Mr. uuinn
Dought the rancn m reDruary. isos, ror
$7500, and expects to pay for it with
the crop in three yeara.
ONE HUNDRED CARS
OF PRUNES AT ALBANY
(Special Dispatch to Tb Joarail.)
Albany. Or.. Oct. IS. The Northwest
Fruit association expects to pack 100
carloads of prunes in Albany.
The association in an organisation or
prune growers or the Willamette valley
and this will be the second year it has
operated the big packer in this city.
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