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Tiie Columbia Register.
"lion T N OKK., J i NK 17, 1904.
ri'OUMlttt MY FRUUY
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- rcn m.h- to itrr iblsf-
Hints rat lh lloulton, Or-
H Wr1'tKu priif tl.ro r yrr In advam-v.
A iVjrvrtiMn rto reasonable.
"I like your paper.
"IliVayour mart teporU,"
The Rehistkh is a. hummer.
l;.ry ; nd Uvaufo ho hnppem to be
the WitU vie prwulent of a tarriff Kl
corporation, his treachery i nd treason
is niiule to buss liiish heaven nd Lis
name is bruited abro:ul ns a pattern of
high istclligeueo socking iu proper
chunneU
AVhy docs the republican presa al
ways hunt up il!tnt example with
distinguished pevHgrcca; other bright
ami shining proselytea ar not wanting j
and could tiie M'.et spare some of Its vnU
uable t pice it might add the names ot
W.J. Furnish, K. II. Flags ftnJ nearly
every pott master in Columbia county ;
an 1 should greater and more c:gc-nt ar
gument bo needed ho could wake a play
on the names of J. 11. lVcglo the man
"It is the boetpajubli.KJJ.in thLho unvoting his great enemies to tl o
ctnty."
"Your serial stor.es arc just what wo
fajuiets nocd on, a rainy day.'.
la.Salom t-rery talcum man was arreet
cd for keeping pen the Sunday after
e!cti7V. .
"Your paper is no: my kind for poli
tics, but it Jou't hurt nry. oro to read
L-jUi ?iUes, so send it alorxg,"
Selene! YjittoTu says thero is not
snaeli UifTerepjtR between Cleveland and
H43tYclt. All the difference, in the po
litical world, colonel ; envois oat
ean't ait in; the other W in .and can't,
pu-haps, be oiwWhU,
Sonic people are scared oiw.f&ct to Toe
f,rf)vertlo passage of tho Jocal option
law, but probably they wi'J not be much
luvrt, aftcialk. Ccmjn unities that don't
wwt pjvbhibitioii .won't lin.vp.it, and
those that do can have it more effectual
Jhau hitherto,-
Coos Bay has a dead whale washed
ashore to visit. Any excuse is a good
one for young people- in the good old
3IVJUHKI tiina.i'eiiallx along the sea
coast., voutii passes,, but tlio sea ?r
siins. .We are cpheruial ; Llod is oter-n-
A Brownsville man has three acres of
s iiiwberries, and, a ypung woman count-
od, 260 berries on a single plant. How
mjjiv berries, at this ratv-rthouKh she
mar have picked a plant with more ber
riqfj than the averages-will this man
raise?. What a, prolific country.thia is.
-t Fonest lirwve chicken raiser got, a
government contract t a very unusual
l:iaJ this week. It was a& osdet for. $)Q
eggs of his best breeds oL Plymouth
ltocka and Brown Leghorns for the
Klamath agency.. Uncle Sam js going
to furnish his- Lndian. wards a better
grade of yellow legged cuickezst, than
tliy hava horotppo -Itedv .
absorption of Uncle Shut's salary appro
priations, m Alaska, and Themaa Jeft-
rson Cleeton, the ewtwhile chairman
of the committee which t competently
cxivrtyd the ;books of th State Land
Oilice at Salein, a few yearsinee. It is
ditRcult to understand uv notables
like the last mentioned, should bo so
dI u m are .never touchtd bv the
deidiy Codlio moth or other insvet
: : i .
jHt-vn. una luiuiuuiir is uuu in
the eitration, the climnt. and
atmospheric influence from the ea
so close to thia vic'nitr; av.d tifp
Urg fruUs mature with, a lhwor of
superior eseellenc, while the
strawbeirjr, blackWrry and other
small fruits grow with luxurience
bo whfre suspasttd.
Th peculiar udaptation of this
valley lor raising ot the uo?t pr
fect and supo-'ior fruit.- insure.- in
the future a fame and a notariety
equal to ibo-foremost of the west
cm state?.
Meadow Land.
Equatly remarkable is the un
failing annual harvests of timothy
and clover hay heri; swhich when
once now ii requires no reseedintr for
4 1 CI -
sewral years; ctul n.akea a crop uf
from three to Ike -ton tier acre an
nually on. ths natural toi) never
yet fertiliil by the farmer.
Iheee grasses, like much of the
oonipletely.ugncired and sciue obscure , vegetation in the wood remaining
,i iiua iw green tne vear-raunu wtu mate
p;irt his hair in the middle to keep from ( ;ba an ideal dairy and stock rais
ue'iig lop shied, is tlie reeipieni of eoj jnj district.
uiucn irw wiveriising iy ail me jHjnny-a-liners
iaiho country.
However the intelliiten.ee of,tlrO dem
XUL Oats, Barley and Millet
vtteiij a HIOV.U lliu i ii vt
xisUic.yarty will.uever auffe? Belong ao -yiehU; i.ut clearing timber land ia
.rjitir .lr!if I arm nnAM It tKnn . . -1 i... .i
no greater drafts ar made upon it than
tho desertion of such otlice hunters as
obfuscate.the above list. , The. intimacy
existing between Peeping Tom of Cov
too wasteful and to costly ti raise
these crops for mom- thau home
consumntion
Tin t)m "(VfUoK)a lino a fmn nv.
pntrv an. I vTaifilr inwiK.(-iTrmtn ianvnliiinU i-. : I . i 11 - ....
... .vm.. vi....w.. er iansiucu as ine pu;aioe?, peeis
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byUhe-uoU adage "A fulVow fweling
- o vvj. x u t u i e tiv4 vi i vvo n
makes us wondrous kind" and without .?oM io lvA Tnm 10fV imcKAla rvf
ciitcisiug the MisCa article too-severelys potatoes per acre to ten to fifteen
wesupposo tho same rule. holds good tons to fho acre for the other res-
Dciween lis euiior ana ramus bureaus ttables mentioned.
Flopper Morton of hereditarv distinction
and corjwate environment, with a syn
AFTERMATH.
Intbe lighj of the lendiag eilUorial,
fa-last weeks Mist, labeled "The Causo
cf Pefeat," we now SaeX. a serjae of-segret
that we injected so much feeling,-, into
our article of the same date, on, the same
3ubject, We neve? dreamed that the
Jkist man woold assign tlie cause- of -defeat
to his own luckless candidates and
3Q mercilessly exooruue them and w?
humbly ciaw pardon of every republi
caa,.har may have felt that our utteran
8aa were too bitten We honestly
thought and still think, that the cause
oi republican defeat layfaf the door of
its fnanagemant and also, in a measure,
to machine politics ; but in our wildest
paroKj'sins or feeling, springing from
disceurUoBS usage, during the cam
paign, we felt that common humanity
depaanded that we respect the sensibili
ties of tlie defeated. -We do not hesitate
to. say, nor will anyiaemof tbeKEGisna
3uggest otherwise, that -Messrs Doan,-
Qmck and Colhn8 are igentlemen,- It is
true we'lbnght tliemj-but we cons-idered
them foemei .worthy of .oor steel, r and
having donejao without animuB we -.can
no t CHderttand hbw one of their profess
ed, partisans could-so thoughtlessly ar
raign them could be guilty of such an
unnatural stab; it waaV'the nnkindest
cu of 11." '
The only shadwof a reasonfor-such
an attackythat . cari' sexist is- that tue
MSt editor, himself, attempted to put
arf a Williamson delegation to the State
convention and succeeded only in ob
taming three the other four beinu
Moody men ; failing in th's and in his
election a one of eueh delegates, he
uncorks the vials of his wrath unon the
victims of his own andidiis co-adjutorf
folly machine methods-, instead of 'fess
ing up to his own attempt at rincr rule.
Zt Jb nOtifleable that the zeal of a demo
crat who has forsakes his affiliations
invariably overruns his prudence; and
he; expects the beneficiaries of-his apos
tacy tay&ch him through and see him
harmiess, regardless of what he may see
fX to attemt.
"Paul Morton's Renunciation."
Considerable worthlcsa- space of last
weeks Mist was tilled with; a platitude-
nous article on the miraculous escape
from: both finite and infinite condemna
tion, of one Pant Mortonji who, won
drous to say, happens to be the son of
his father, by a timely fiopvfrom the
democratic to the republican party.
Because Paul Morton chances to-be the
half bjjked, bottle fed offspring of a man
whoso' chief claim to prominence arose
from being paster of Geoponics ia Mr.
Clavelhnd's cabinet and whoso main
meriteo far, as his public record is con
cerned, consisted in partiag his name in
the middle, dispensing carrot seed at
government expense and drawing, his
Riches -Roll.
TheBaseof the soil is the ba
saltic rock of igneous origin, chang
ed for many feot deep to a eoti
loamy soil, free from gr7el fend
Coast.
I'bis remarkable fertility created largest brancnea'Tf th
miWfrm4ni.,mk!' j -ia largest brancnes of tn
from these-dements combined with
these surroundings, produce unfail-
iug veruure, crops, iruits, vege
cabbage, .turoipv.and carrots a
Tobacco and Hops.
Tobacco is a suro crop, and is
dicato mortnase uwn his soul: thevl .!.... i i... ...
doubtless have much in common. Kll,ort Btaa ithorrt
here.
The quality is as fine as the Con
necticut Iaf, yielding lOOG Ibs. to
the acje, and best of all, the lobao
c worm (the scmiue of Kastern
States) eannot live in tlie Nehalem
atmosphere
Hops are free from lice, and
yield largely, . but itn cultivator
must wait until more' "pickers"
move in, to save the crops.
Immunity fronv. "pests" ii eo
marked as to merit a notice, here.
The cut wormy the cabbage worm,
the locust,, grasshopper, and the
mosquito and poisonous snakes
find no- life in tho Nehalem coun
try.. .Theroofiqujto, when wanted,
must havo-ian artificial proroga
tion i in a rain barrel on, never be
seen here. Stagnant water ia no
whero eeen here; The unfrozen
ground und the deep, soft soil ab
sorbs the gentl rainfall last as it
comes; up that none, etfnds on the
surface, or runs on the aide bills
in the most rainy season. ,
Tbis retain the planted crop,
and the fertility of the soil on the
side hills a3 securely as on- the lev
el surface.
T&e1 Water.?
The wbter of this valley in en
tirely free from lime and alkalie.
It Js pure as pure can be, and cold;
alike in the wells, springs, and in
the trout-streams from every hill
sideband from God's pure, cold
store in the mountains near by,
Socooland delightful yet Lardly
ever seen fiozea even in winter;
and-its complete distribution by
the winding river, the creeks, and
a thousand rivulets has a valne,
and a charm, which easterners sel
dom bee. .
; Freezing .water of the streams
with ice an inch- thick ia hardly
ever seen, and crops of potatoes are
safely leftini-the ground for dig
ging until February and March.
TfmborvUhtouched. ...
i All of these Nehalem lands, ex
,cepb where cleared by the settler,
or have been reached by forest
fires, have an immense growth of
fir, cedar, hemlock, and spruce
timber. The spruce is most abun
dant near the mouth of the river,
about the coast. The' settlers have
destroyed a good deal of these tim
bers in opening their ranches; but
they have recently learned that,
with- transnortation advancino.
the uncleared -parts of Iheir claims
i .
nave an eoual vwuo to that, of
COLLI r.tJBIA CQU NTY,
STATE OF ORECOW;
Location.
- One of the most northern coun
ties iu the state. B.irderine on the
Columbia river, which forms the
north and east boundary ; of. 'the
cunty. while bounded on the south.
by Washwig'oii county and on the
west by Clatsop county. St. Helens,
the eountv seat, is on the river, hut
twenty-five miles below the city of
rortiana.
Area,
The area- of tho eountv is about
350,000 arres, all of St originally
a heavy,;.denFe,-forest of large tim
ber; of superior quality for com
mercial purposes
A little back-from- ths ColnmbU
river,and running parallel to it, is
a mountain ranee running the
whole length of the North and
East line of tie county, and.indeed
most all the way from Portland to
Astoria.
Stone,. Iron CCaJ
In this ranze iron and other ores
are found,, and every acre of its
surface was originally densely tim
bered:' Mucbrof this, nearest the
river, has been used bv lumber
men, and much destroyed by fire.
Timber, r.
On the summit, and west slone
towards the' Nehalem river it is as
dense as.e7er, ani this timber will
hnd us way to mills and to mark
et, up and down the Nehalem riv
er in the near future.
tntarestrnff Torjotrranhv..
Two thirds of the eountv. ner-
ihaps 200,000 Vacrec, lays to the
west and eouta of this range, and
constitutes, with ons half o( Clats
op county, the region knonrr ns
memaaiem vwiey. .A igh, ele
vated district out made a perfect
valley by a crate? like subsidence
in the center of Several hundred
feet below the Bsotmtain-riia- incir
cling it on all sides.-
The highest is that of the Coast
range on the west. The Columbia
River range is the next in heieht.
and the Green Mountain range at
tne soutn the lowest.
These ranees run no to an alti-
tude of bixteen to twenty hundred
feet above sea level: enclosing with.
in their protecting summits a dis
trict of peculiar interest to the
agriculturist. and lovers of mrl
homes on small farms, oron lareer .V , B?u1, ,v
tracts lQeir ciearea neias
Low Prices .of LamL
kently rolling, bm most level alone U? tQ1 th. Pres 'time these
I TnP fit roa ma ar.i Kill.. Ui ranches, with Derfecfci title, have
-w vvivuuio aim 11 1 1 1 k llrhWHHlf I . ... J -
these waters (the Nehalem and its f!e " faeJ?at pricefr raT?& tr,om
tributaries.) , "5 to 12 Per acr These low
Riftho;ii Price8 are due ao'ely to the want
of a railroad throueh the -raopea
: . . ... " . . . " -
reierrea to; which encircle-th val
ley.
After that want is suppliedr few
juaujjr nun, ireo irons gra7ei ancl t 77. -r..v.f..v.,
stone, and fertilized by -.tropical 8?ot8 on thl5 ,coast be -more
vegetation of aee unon ap9 .nfii attractive to the modest investor
o- r -Buu v.-...
cgcmuuu ui age upon ages until ; . :r "w , "w.
a Decu har fertilitv remainB K5.h wuw loose wno appreciate tae-
is not auroaEa-d.. if eh., 8reat valae of lh rural home.
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n nv Irnnivn '- - t.i;.I' VOrnOHia.
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and near the confluence -of the
e Nehalem,
OFFICIAL COUNT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, ELECTION,
JUNE 6, 1904.
the little town- of Vernonia ia aitu
ated.
It has a small nonulatinn of
table,, hay of clove and tWhv 5" B.mau . Piation or
as the sure reward for the farm !: U l?!101 6tor,efl on! dr?"
"u uocoor, gooa mecnanics,
t , IU . ,., , a cit? council, a nice church and
xo be particular, fruits IiVa fViA nannaA . i i i . -n j
appe, pear, .prune... .quince, imdlof .Information, and n Balnnn.
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II. .V. SIodo. f Muliiionmh cxiiuly I'mltl
VIllUiiiwiii, jit l'r.k diuuty ltt-jub
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!J. llrlcht, (Shrinm rooiiiy Vnhl
k'.r. Mikkrlhvn, ( Cmuk ttiiiiiiy Mk-UIIii
frank A. MiMrv, tif VotmubU i.wtnt .. . IU-ii
rhiiiim 0'1)', it Multnoiiiitli siily....lH'iu
fOUPAlHY ANlKHU) fOMMIl5tONKU-
W.ltU-y,o( Muliitnmith comity IK-pub
lr W. Iti-rry, t l'milllrt nuinl I'rvhl
. 11. Imi;lK!i,.o( 1iio county lruui'-wli
SVllHsimiwn, of Muttiiomnh ronnly Sug .
Kiiu:tiT jriMiK KiKTii jrimi.vi. itimx
rhiinitui A. Mcllrlilo, .vUt-kmit.4 itttuity..,!;
DISTATTOUNKY K1KTH MSl'T.-
MriouN Allot), uf ('lHti mimty. Houli
JOIST HKSTAOU, ltith Hk'N'.VTOUlAL Hl T.-l
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QK KKrKKKNTVTIVK
1 iorK 1. JUyttrr, uf (.'ultiniblit mtinty ... Kt-p
W. A. Yuttni;. of CuluniliU t'ouuly . iH in-l'ruln'
l-ourocsTY jr m;K
.1. II. lHxtn.of t'uluinblit t-onnly lli'puliUi-mi
K. S. llnttHn. ot Columbia county. . iK-'ngr rll
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11. lloiiiU'txoK. J CuhttnliU county .IK-m
K. K. Uuli kof rutumhU coHnty lu-pub
t. JJ. Hill,.oJ (.'olumliUmuitty lHunocritl
Martin WJUto, uf I'olutnblmxiutily lU'pul
FOR CHUTY I'OMMllONKU -
k'lwpvr I.IIh-1, of ColumbU county. . .
II. 1. Morton, of ColumM county. . .
W. I'rltiKlo.of Colnmliliv county,
i. U TrtrU ll, of I'olutubln county . .
FOR COl'NTY? TKK ASCII Kll
Kilwin Kimw, of ruluinlilH county .
ki. W. Welch, of (,'ultimblk county.
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You-tM cordially invited to
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In the good old fashioned way and get the pick and choice of the largest and up to
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Ilatjrt Shoes, JeWelery, Shirt Waists, Skirts, Gloves Hosery, Slippora fer
Ladies and Children, and everything necensary to make life worih living.
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With every Boys suit purchased from now till the Pduith we will give
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A yaluaWe toy Perfectly barmless... Warranted to mate plenty of noisa, and sure
to keep yau awake. Parents bring them- here foJ their suits, and make them
happy. We will make, you feel good.' Come all.
L. SWETT, RAINIER., OREGON.
Information recently sent east has i
brought new settlers already, who
6ay "Easterners- will capture the
whole valley as eoon a? its resourc
es are known."
Being asked if there are any
business openings in Vernonia and
what business advantages are here
for developement, strikes me like
asking if there is "coal at Newcas
tle" or water in the Columbia river.
Yes. The foundation of commerc
ial and manufacturing business is
not lackingin this district by atvy
means.
Irt my recent published descrip
tion of 'the Nehalem Valley my
cheif aim was solely to draw atten
tion touts superior litness for var
ied . agrieulture, , and for rural
homea . so largely and eo wisely
now sought for in Oregon; leaving
to speak for itsslf indue time, .a
miae of wealth in the timber of
this forest. That due time, it is
true is not very remote in the iu
ture.-
U pon. ita Com I ng.
This monstrous growth "of a
thousand hills", driven on the river
and-its branohes-to central 'local
ities in the valleys -from whence
this product willibe started 'itothe
markets of the. world, makes this
the most ideal and the most 'valu
able" lumbering territory in the
State of Oregon.
The foregoing does not rest mere
ly upon my own judgement and
long study of tnis part of my
adopted itate, but is the expressed
opinion of several experienced
lumberman of Michigan, visiting
here, and who have invested large
ly wesfcof-. Vernonia. The "Rapid-in
the Nehalem River in IV 5
N Range 7 -West, and Vernonia
here in T. 4 N. Range 4 'W. are both
natural centers, and gateways for
any railway, traversing t biff valley
between Nehalem Bay and . Tilla
mook on the west and Portland on
the east and fixes these points with
evident advantages for businens as
this resourceful region is opened 4n
the future. .
At Vernonia, mills for floir and
lumbering are both needed on a
small-scale; to be greatly enlarged
especiaHy in the lumber depart
ment, as soon as heavr machinery
-can come in by rail..
I he central location of Vernonia
in the Valley and its attractive
surroundings seem to make a hom
near that place desired by the mo6t
ot the new comers here,, and as a
center of a forest doon to send a
thousand tons daily of its products
to the -docks of 'Portland, there
need bo no doubta as to the busM
ness opportnuities which are com
ing to life here.
But Ilttla Railroad ,NGedd
Fifty miles of railway extended
from the Southern Pacific, near
HillsborO'Will complete the connection-
of Portland with and
through the-main valley west of
Vernonia as far as the "Rapids"
above mentioned.
A moments consideration given
to this last stated fact, taken with
the foregoing statements enables
me to answer that the business ad
vantage paramount to, and .con
trolling all, others, will be the un
dertaking which will provide and
hold the transportation by rail v to-
Portland, of the vast present and
future tonage with which-36d hfc
so bountifully enriched more than
a'-thoueand square miles of the
hills and valleys on the Nehalem
Visitors can reach here from the--Southern
Pacific at Forest Grow
or Hillsboro;.; thence by private'-con-veyaace,
30-vmiles, to Vernonia
Thfe nearest railroad at thi time
is the -Northern Pioific. with sta
tions at1 Clatskaniet and Houlton; :
thenco by private canveyance the.
Nehalem River at Vernonia 0
Mint is reached
. These points in the valley are
reached by a daily horseback mailt,
-from Portland and by telephone
iroru the K- Vi Road.
Settlers are scattered) 1 over the'
valley, . .with "school houses from,
two to four miles apartr
Information. tomigrants will
be given with pleasu bre y the
Board on application by mail
.(which'is daily from Portland) 'or
by wire from the-various etations
oiv tlie. Northern Pa'cificrailroad.
Within, ten miles of VemomV
twenty colonies, with ten families.'
each, s can find space of- ohoice, .
cheap lands in the valleys of Rock. .
Creek, Crooked Creek,.. Pebble
Creek, Beavei Creek and East
Fork, and Btill leave room for
more to follow them.
Respectfully,
JOHN CAMPELL,
Secretary of Vernonia ikrroau-i
otlnformation.