0
OREGON FIR 10
BE ADVERTISED
John Bnrrott Has Provided For Uso
of This Material In Con
struction of Now
Bulldliiijs.
I'Oim.ANI), Jan. 5. (Hpuulnl)
oxtiiiiiilOH o( fir flulnliliiK,
Hithl to lio tliu inout olitlioratu uvur
iioiit from t ho tiortliwunt, will ho
iililpiiml thin wouk lo Vanliliijioii, I)
0., whom tlioy will witor Into tho
now tiiillillni; luilm; uroctml by tho
hiirraii of Aiiuirlcnu ropuhlluH, uii-
dor tho illroolloit of John llurrott, Tho
wood will ho niiutl In tho rowptluu
room of tho now liulltllnc, which
will ho ciiniiltit)ly flnlHlioil In fir,
TIiIh will roHtill In a IIk advortlHo
imtnl for tli Ih wood iih rlnlHhliiK inn-
torlitl.
Tho wood him boon piojmroil for
iihlpinuiit i'iHt and noon an a Klft
from tho Oror.on & WhhIiIiikIou I.iun
luir Manihaoturora' AHHorlatlon, Tho
f I n loll In k eotiHUtii of jmnolM, Hurolhi,
niodulllonH, (IukIcii and hrncltntH of tho
inOHl olahorato hainl-carviHl iIuhIkh.
Tlio craln of tho wood Ih nhown to
iiil;nillil advantiiKO and Ih ntalnud
with an oak flnlHh, x
IiIIIiiInt Trutlo ItooitiH.
LoKKurH of tho Columbia rlvor ox
mot tho now your will mm moro raw
mntorlal handlod In tholr canipH
thann ovor hoforu In tho hlntory of
tho IndiiHlry within a Hlinllar porlod,
Tliu Itimhiir trado Ih mild to ho hoom
liiK and tho coining yar iii-oiiiIhoh
Kroat activity. Many n.llln aro Hhort
of Iokm and cauipM will rotiiuno opor
attoiiH In IVhrnrary Itrntimd of wait
Inn for Hprlnu. Now inllln In tho Co
tnnihla' rlvor dhttrlct havo draw
hoavlly upon tho iimiul loj; unpiily
until It Ih ItHtH than UMiiat at thin noa
non of thy ywtr. MIIIh aro imld
he filled up with oritorn that will
hoop thorn huBy for tho lomIiik thru
monthn.
A nonoral rovlHlon of rntiw on th
North Hank road that Ih favorahlo
to tho hhlpiKirH of tho tiorthwont haw
hoon :ui:ioiinroil and wlU ro into
offont lVhriiary 1. Tho now raton
will apply hotvoon point on tliu road
In WitHhlncton mid between nil Hta
tloim and I'orlland. Now and more
favorahlo raton will ho inado on park
Iih; Iioiiho produnlH and froHh incntn
In rarloadu. TIhmio coiicohmIoiih hy
tho Mill Hit., will ndd to tho htmliiwm
of Portland livestock parking pluntu
and IncnviHo tho prontlKo of Portland
mi n packing I'oiiro router.
THE) MBPFOBt) jjOyTBUM, KjDDFOBD, QttEGON,WEPNESI).AY, JANUARY g, 19X0.
JACKSON
COUNTY
COPPER MINES
AGAIN AT WORK CUT 3 MILLION
Assured hy Great Northern That) State Board of Equalization Lowers
Oro Trains Will Bo Moved Assessed Valuation to
Mine Announces Reopen- $23,80 1,700 From
Inn of Work. $20,438,660.
(llllfvr I'AU,8. Mont., Jan. G. Tho wtato hoard of equalization has
Following tho nHHurunoofi .hy tho of- complotod tho work of cfjuaPrliiK tho
flolnhi of tho Ureal Northoru railroad I (IhhohiuiiuiiL rolhi of th0 varlouti court
that they will i;uarautto tho movliitf tlon and han embodied Itn flndliiKH In
of oro tralim belwuon Hutto and Groat la ntalomont which wan fllod on
KallH. It wan iMmoiinced loilav Hint Monday In tho offlco of tho nocro-
tho r.nmt Iloiton and oMiitina of tho
tnry of ntnto. Tho ntatomont shown:
CALIFORNIA LEARNS
E
Fresno Fruit Growers to Take Ad
vantarjo of Their Own Experlcnco
and nofjiio River Growers.
Tho real OHtnto honrd of Kiobiio,
California, at their annual luncheon
Decouihur 2D, dlHciiKHed tho inattur
of tho KrowliiK f pearw In that hcc
tlou nKiiln, In Hplto of tho fact that
tho treoH had boon doHtroyod hy
hlh;ht Hovornl yoaiH nj?o.
Tho l''rono Itopuhllcan of Dccom
hor .10, myn:
j "At tho lunchnon of tho KroRiio
v Hon I lJHtato Hoard yeKterday In tho
Hoiiuola, PrttHldent I J. Ilahor read
a lottor from P. J. O'Clnrn, Kovorn-
iiumt patholoKlHt, Htatliu; that pears
may ho rained In Krouuo county aKatn
iih hoforo hllttht appeared iuiioiik tho
troou. At tho Kiimo time, Mr. 1 lu
hor reported tho effoctn of luvoatl
KatloiiH ho had inado, jiIiowIiik that
healing orehardH In thin ntato aro
yloldliiK f tut) romiltH, payliiK $100 to
$ri00 por aero.
"Iletween tho yoara 1809 and 1901
tho pear orchnrdu of thin, county ah
woll an thoHO In other purta of tho
iilato, woro practically wiped out hy
hllchl. HtopH aro now holm; taken
with a view to reviving tho IndiiHlry
horo. With thlB In vlow tho Iiivoh
tinatloiiH hnvo huon mndo and Mr,
O'dara and li Ih iiHHlHtaut, W. S. Hal
lard, will ho Invited to KroHiio, to
look Into local condition!).
Prof. O'Oara'H lottor vrlttan from
' Mudford, wiih In part an followH, and
Itieldoutnlly uIiowh how through tho
nomhlnod work of tho urchardmen of
tho HtiKiio rlvor valley and tho Htato
agricultural hoard tho dlHautor which
ovorraiuo tho pear KroworH of Cali
fornia Iuih hoon avoided hy thoso or
Oroiron. Prof, O'Oara cayH:
"Hoplylni; to your lottor of Docom
hor y-lth, rolatlvo to tho poaHlhlllty
(f ki'owIiik poara In tho Kiohdo hoc
tlon, wIhIi to nay that poarn may ho
grown thoro iih thoy havo heon grown
In tho paHt, providing tho minio
ilinnuut of caro In tho liiHpuutlon of
tho oicharthi itml tho eradication of
I Ii'lrnl! Thu frilnt tnrnliln nrntinrfv
AmalK.uuattl troppor company will , onc,, C0HUy nm, Qf lh(J m
roHiiino oporatloim. . nRiteHiiod hv tho county aKflCHHor
In making their promho to movo Lri ontialUod hy tho county board of
tho oro tralin, tho railroad official oqimllzatlon and cortlflcd by tho va-
ieciare.1 mat ttiey would so ponton- rUH county clorkn to tho Bocrotury
ally Into tho yardM and do neceniiary of tho Htnto hoard of tax commlBHlon-
HWltchliiK If It wan found Imponulhlo orM Uh of tho dato of tho last county
to find a Hufticlunt uuinhor of regular aimoBHinent.
i . .... . i
nwncunioti to do tlio woric. Hocond: Tho total taxahlo tirooor.
Many loctM Hmoltom v.oro forcoil to hy utlch county nH laHtuHccHBod and
olOHo during tho recent HWltchmon'H equalized na r.dJiiBtcd and oquallrcd
KiriKo. uuriy.fivo hundrnd mon woro by tho board of ntato tax communion
thrown out of work In thlu city. oru.
Third: Proponltbn, In porccntago
AERONAUT INJURED which tho oquallrod valuo of taxable
IN AUTO ACCIDENT Property with each county bears t
tlio total amount of taxablo proportj
OAKLAND, f'al.. Jim. G.-.V. 1 ln n" ot u' counties or tho stato, as
Uutn: hueiilor ..f .... nmi.lni,n 80 ilutormlnod and equalized, which
rni ' - w, . , . . .
which ho hail entered in tho Iob nrP"ion is niHo u.o proportion or
AliL'eleM nviathm meet. Sx ni Inn 1,10 8,nl taxes l,0 PIld by tho BOV-
homo at Fruitvalo, KiifferinK froin M""ai counnos or tno stato.
in nri.. MiiHtnimwl whim hiu n.iti.inn. ""K ruc;rj.
Into wan hit hy a Btrcot car on tho ,n mnny Bwooping cnangc
uiu wiuuiuu iiuiu inu vniuniions as
equalized by tho county boards of
equalization. Dakor county Is In
creased something ovor SO, 000,000;
Clatsop county Is almost doubled;
nonton county la Increased noarly 3,
000,000; Columbia county Is reduced
tho blight Is oxorclBod ns In now tho about 14,000,000; Douglcs county Is
rao In tho Hoguo rlvor valloy. I reduced nearly $2,000,000; Jackson
rmomhor very well tho orchnrds of county's asnsssmcnt Is cut slightly
tho Han Joaquin valloy boforo tholr lew than $3,000,000; nearly $C,000,
dOHtructlon. TIioho bunutlful or-1 000 Is added to tho valuation of Tano
chardH nggrogatlug fully half a mil- county; tho valuation of Marlon conn-
lion troos, wero doBtroyod between ty, whoro proporty woo nssorood at
thu years 1801) nud 1904. During nil as noar cash valuo as any county la
this time scarcely a thing wnB dono tho ntnto, Is cut somothlng ovor $1,
to prevent tho sprend of tho disease. 000,000; Multnomah county's valua-
Hoforo tho blight reached California tlon Is rcluccd about $4,000,000, Til-1
tho peoplo woro warned Ly tho Un- lamook county Is roducod $1,000,000
Itcd RtateH department of ngrlculturo and Umatilla county $8,000,000.
that thoy should ho on tho lookout Wasco is Increased $3,000,000 nnd
for It, but tho warning wno not hood- tho snmo Is true of Washington conn
ed, with tho results which needed t'. Whcolor'B valuation Is reduced
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outHkirtk of tlii city.
Hupg croHHcd tho path of a Hired
car which wan traveling nt n high
rnto of npocd. Tho machine was
Hi ruck hroailnido nntl hurled into
HjiliutcrH to tho niilo of tho track,
not ho mentioned.
"Ah to tho mothodn employed In
mo orauicaiion or control of pear
blight In tho Hoguo river calloy, I
may say that tho good reaultH arc
$1,000,000 nnd Ynmhlll Is Increased
hy $2,000,000.
Htato NctHls $t,52H,IOO.
While tho statement fllod by tho
stnto board doos not lncludo tho
duo, first, to a very efficient stnto nmount of stato tax to bo paid by
honrd of horticulture, which compels each county, tho figures In tho last
careful and comploto eradication,
which means an absoluto uimpllnnco
with tho stnto horticultural laws,
When an Inspector ordura a thlni;
dono In tho Itogtto rlvor valley his
ordom aro not questioned.
ln tho second plnco, tho fruit grow
ors of tlilH valloy aro, as n wholo, a
vory Intelligent lot of mon, nnd tho
mothodH laid down by our offlco, for
tho eradication of tho ponr blight,
havo boon rigidly adhered to.
Pear blight cannot b0 treated by
a spray or nny other method than by
eradicating tho hold-ovor I light from
tho orchnrdu ot an ontlro section. If
every orchard 1st docH not do careful
work, tho work of holding tho dts-
easo In check In othor orchards, Ib
very difficult. Any spraying dono ln
tho pear orchnrdu Ih for tho scab,
scalo or codling moth nnd not for
light. Any treatment, sveh na bor
ing hoJos nnd filling thorn with cor-
aln cliomlcals, treating tho soil with
polaonouH HalH, etc., Is n waHto of
time.
"Whllo tho cllinntlo conditions ln
tho'ltoguo river valley may ho sllght-
y moro favorahlo so far na pear
light Ih concerned, I hollovo that
California could do tho samo good
work of holding poar blight In chock,
r possibly eradicating It If tho poo-
plo had tho deslro to do so, nnd If
ho stato .horticultural hoard would
onforco tho horticultural Inws ns
they aro onforcod In Oregon. It may
not ho tho fault of tho California
tato hoard ot horticulture, but rath
er tint of tho peoplo thomsolvca who
liavo mndo no domnnd upon tho Btnto
honrd, which would willingly com
ply with any roauonablo roquost. Un-
loss public Bontlmont stands un for
cortaln thing It Ih almost a wnsto
of tlmo for nnyono to attompt to do
anything; ovon an officer of tho law
finds hlnuiolt vory much handlcap-
pod,"
In udltlon to tho rolling ot this
loiter Mr. Ilahor stated Hint h0 had
Inqulrod of a frlond aciiunlntod vlth
tho conditions In tho poar orohnrnV
bout Sacramento, and had found
hat last year thoso orchards nald
100 to $r00 por aero,
Tho pear crop of this stnto, onco
largo, la now small, on'nccount of
tho groat number of orchards doa-
royod and put out of boarlng hy tho
blight.
column of tho tnblo gtvon aro acml
official and approximately corect.
Th0 nmount of monoy to bo rnlsod for
stato purposes Is $1,528,400.79, and
on tho valuation ot $094,727,031.90,
thoro will bo roqulrod a lovy of two
nnd two-tenths mills, which la slight
ly less than tho original estimate of
tho lovy.
Counties. Stnto Board's
valuation.
linker $ 10,284,420.00
Denton 10,150, 930.00
Clncknmna 22,043,720,00
Clatsoi 15, 089, 400. Ou
Columbia 11,SCG,950.00
Coos lG,214,Br.0.00
Crook 7.933.800.00
Curry 3,112,390.00
Doucloa ... 25,003,200.00
Olllmnn 7,857,380.00
Ornnt C.071.160.00
Harnoy C.5C5.180.00
Hood Ulvor 7,440,540.00
Jackson 23,891,700.00
Josophlno 8,677,150.00
Klamath 10,309,700.00
l.ako
l.ano . .
Lincoln
0,099,710.00
28,205,900.00
5,592,500.00
Mnn 25,315,880.00
Mnlhour 0,013,810.00
Mm Ion 32,443,800.00
Morrow 9,100,940.00
Multnomah 247,207,520.00
Polk 13,270,200.00
Shorman 7. 030, GG0. 00 I
rillnmook ., 10,090,600,00
Umatilla 33,965,255.50
Union .7.947,690.00
Wallowa 7,947,090.00
Wnsco 11,310,1S0.00
Washington 17,145,890.00
Whoolor 3 313.850.00
Ynmhlll 10,305,276.40
Total $094,727,031.90
Hookworm Appears In Fresno.
SAN PRANCISCO, Jan. fi. Ac
cording to tlio dingnoHis of Dr. llor-
bort Qunn, of this oity, mndo publio
today, tho hookworm disonso has
mndo its nppoarnnco in San Fran
cisco,
Dr. Qunn, who was cnllod upon to
dingnoso n disoaso which nttnokod
Mrs. Mnrmn Jiminoz. nn ngod Span
ish woman of this city, doctored
that tlio patient was sufforinp; from
nn nttaok of tho post, probably con
tracted during ft visit to Honolulu.
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