Ginseng Brings $4.00 Pound
A few years afro. Jerry Jones
of Estacada was the recipient of
much good natured joking, be
cause he had gone to considerable
expense and much labor, to enter
the ginseng raising business on
Estacada Heights.
Today the laugh is on the other
side, as Jerry is now reaping a
good profit from the growing of
this medicinal product. Recent
ly he sold on the Portland mar
ket a supply of the dried roots at
a price of $4 per pound, with the
market having sine? risen to $G
and $7 per pound, and another
year he should have several hun
dred pounds to dispose of.
The Jones’ planting consists of
about 15,000 plants, ranging
from three to five yea-s old. As
after the fifth year the roots are
dug, dried and sold, new’ plants
are each year put out to replace
the sold product.
The Oregon ginseng seems to
develop at least a year sooner
than the eastern grown plants,
with the five year roots attain
ing the size of six year ones in
the colder climates. As it takes
the roots of about thirteen plants
to furnish a pound of the dried
marketable product and as the
culture of the crop is not a hard
one, it can readily be seen that
there is good money to be made
in the culture of this rare herb,
which always commands a good
price in the drug market.
Since the Jones’ ginseng gar
dens were started, seven other
Estacada men have gone into the
business, with plants averaging
from one to four years old and
more are contemplating entering
this profitable industry in con
nection with their other work.
Mrs. Wm. Hanson and daugh
ters, Jessie and Margaret, of Se
attle, are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. A. Foehlinger and Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Howe of Estacada.
An Appreciation
I hereby wish to thank my
many friends for the support
given me during the recent
Prize Merchandizing Contest and
trust that the time will come,
when 1 will be in a position to
reciprocate.
Signed Mrs. David Fleming.
River Mill.
What might have been a ser
ious run-away occured Tuesday
afternoon in Estacada, when the
team of Smiley Lovelace of
Springwater took fright at a pass
ing auto and started for home.
Willard Richmond, a Seattle
youngster who is visiting at the
Ix>velace home, was perched up
on the high seat of the wood-rack,
until the team turned the corner
of 2nd and Main, when the boy
was pitched out, sustaining a few
minor bruises.
Miss Dora Ctirrin of Currins-
ville is visiting among friends at
Stanfield, Oregon.
Miss Dorothy Cahill of Portland
was a week-end visitor at the E.
E. Saling home in Currinsvillle.
Ira Neal of Estacada has re
turned home after a few weeks
absence in Eastern Oregon.
A Few Barton Items
Contributed
Farmers
in this neighborhood
Down To $8
are busy cutting grain. All sorts
of farm crops seem to be about
and $8.25
a month later than usual, oats
though, promise a heavy yield.
The recent hot weather has
brought crowds of campers from
the city. Kingsburys Flats and
seUinft
other shady nooks along the Clack
amas shelter a good many tents,
and quite a few came out Satur
day to camp over Sunday.
Miss Marie Myers, a r e c e n t
graduate of the State Normal at
Drifted Snow (the Best Flour M ade) $1.65
Monmouth, visited friends here
Saturday and Sunday. Miss My
Upper Crust
1.60
( Just A s G ood)
ers formerly taught the Barton
school.
Corvallis
(V alley W heat Flour)
1.50
About a dozen citizens of Bar
ton turned out Saturday with
pitchforks and teams and enjoyed
an old-fashioned h ay hauling.
The hay was all safely stowed
Big reduction in
away by 4 o’clock and everybody
went home happy, taking with
them the memory of a splendid
dinner and the profuse thanks of
a certain widow lady.
The logging camp on the North
west spur, about one mile from
Barton, is tunning to full capac
ity now making a shipment of six
or eight carloads of logs daily.
Some 30 or *10 men are employed
here and it will take a number of
years to log off the company's
present holdings. The railroad
I wil1 be extended back into the
timber as the need arises.
“ Your Satisfaction Is Our Success”
Certain wood haulers in this vi
cinity show a cheerful disregard
for “safety first” in their meth
od of piling wood. One of these
ricks lately timbered over, no
body under it forturately but a
little more care at the time of pil
ing it might have saved trouble
and anxiety later on.
You will want to do your tile draining soon, before the fall rains
set in. We have 4 in. tile for $'5,20 per C. or $30. per M. Also
have for immediate sale about GO ft. of 8 in. tile at 7c per foot.
Local Men H ear Hughes
A. O. Whitcomb and Dr. Nu
gent of Garfield and Walter Giv
Lumber
ens of Estacada, in the latter’s
ear, Wednesday made the trip to
Portland, where they attended
We are now in a position to fill all orders for dimension mater
the
dinner of the Portland Ad
ials, having a big stock on hand and with our new mill con
Club and were privileged to hear
nections, can furnish entire bills.
the address of Justice Hu?ghes,
We are also ready to furnish you sidewalk planks and stringers,
Republican presidential nominee.
at the prices quoted in our recent advertisements.
As Mr. Whitcomb’s son Walter
is president of the Ad Club and
directly responsible in obtaining
Mr. Hughes asaspeaker, it made
Flour and Feed
it possible for his father and the
others to enjoy this treat.
As always, we are in a position to fill your every want in the
above lines, with feed for hogs, poultry, horses and cattle.
To Library Patrons
Notice
is hereby given that all
c_ylllen C& Samson Estacada
parties returning books to the Es
tacada library, on which 5c per
day overdue penalties exist, will
be required to pay the fines in full,
before they wil! be allowed to
take other books from the library.
Plumbing
Metal Pstpairing
Tinning
Signed—Library Committee.
Sugar
Flour Soai
Ladies and Childrens
Sum m er Shoes
EAST CLACKAMAS SUPPLY CO.
Ti l e
C. C. Miller
Electric Wiling ónd
Supplies
Generai Repair W ork of All Kinds
especially Gas and Steam Engine Repairs and Fittings
All Work Guaranteed
Give Me A Trial
Dr. and Mrs. H. V. Adix and The Estacada school board is
children of Estacada are spend now getting prices preparatory to
the purchasing of the tools to be
ing a few days at Newport, hav used
in the newly created man
ing made the trip by auto, leav ual training
department The
ing Estacada Friday. In his ab list of tools specified
comprises a
sence, Dr. Levi of Portland is in fine assortment of wood
working
appliances.
charge of the doctor’s office.
Dr. Walter H. Nugent To Lecture
j
O n Friday evening, August
25th, at the Garfield Grange Hall,
Dr. W. H. Nugent of Newbury -
port. Mass, will lecture on the
subject “How to Get There.”
This lecture will be free and the
people are to be congratulated
upon this opportunity to hear one
of the leading speakers of the
Eastern Lyceum Bureau.