ANOTHER LETTER FROM
THE
KSSV, Or., Oct. 1. (Staff eorrcs
' ndence). With determination writ,
tenon their countenance anI."Bend
or But," as their battle cry,, three
jouBff men recently bade the comforts
of life ia PrineviJle hotel adieu' and
jnouBte-l on prancing chargers, with all
accessary aecountreraents of constant
rider, started across the desert waste
to BenJ, a distance of thirty-one miles.
The members of the party are all
Wl41-known in Crook county, and have
large acquaintanceship gained
through business .'enlings m every sec
tion of the county, and have come to
be popularlj -known as "Homestead
' Bough Eiders;" a name which is likely
t cling to them throughout their itin
erary in. Eastern Oregon, as a part 'of
the nfn men composing the Homestead
jtoogb Rider Brigade.
For months they had been listening
o tales of the wonders of Bend and
the gigantic irrigation ebemea in pro-
gress in that country, and. while they
: were for the most part received . with
adulteration, yet the boys determined
t investigate for themselves.
Leaving Prineville at 11 o'clock, we
rtvJe to the watering trough for din
ner. One mile west of Prineville we
amended the stony bluff, which stands
(pveral hundred feet high and overlooks
tbe city. Near the top we passed the
i rwk quarry opened in the rim rock a
few months ago by Chas. Gray of Sa
em,'snd from which is being .taken
some of the finest building stone in the
H tate. From there the country is a
rolling prairie as far as the eye can' see,
coverel with sage brush, and here anJ
there a juniper tree, and the road is
' slightly up grade until Bend is reached,
f at an elevation of 3600 feet.
Twelve miles from Prineville is the
watering trough, where the thirst of
man and beast is quenched at ten cents
1 jer head. This is the only plaee be
tween the two cities on the desert,
where water is to be had, hence few
. ilrive by, and Mr. Barn hss found that
, the neeenaar 220 rods of pipe to carry
the wat-r from a djstant spring to be
more profitable than most gold mines.
Often from eighty to a hundred horses
! are watered in a day. The owner lives
on a .Homestead and has . for several
years been raising a garden and field
vt wheat, without the useof -water, on
Ian', which, is considered waste. A
branch of the inigating ditch is to pass
through his place and he will then
have another gold mine. N
We expecte.l to take tliffner with Mr.
S Bain, but learned that to f?ed three
norsca and three men was too great an
undertaking, o we fed our horses a
limited supply of hay, and walked
, through the sand for a half mile, to the
nxt cittag whore our pleas for food,
and hungry; woe-begone appearance
w;w sufneient to alnir fls to the house,
ami wtfmmla pleasant lady "from
Portland, who ' had lived there- five
months, anJ ;t downjj the mot ap
petizing meal it lias been our picture
to ml ia this fount.
The road to BenJ is. a . tiresome
:.-stretch of Hand turning first one way
and tfieu another. It ' all looks alik -v"
snI many a traveler has-there become
anrviefwlv lout anil been compclli'il t
siicn-T the night under a friendly juni
per tree. Pilt Butte, a high peak near
Bepd. serves ns a guiding star, aud we
make this our objective point.
This road led us through the most
fertile of the land to be irrigated, that
Iving around I'arnell Butte within fif-
, tcn miles of Prineville. The soil " has
tho appearance of sand, but is a vol
funic iisli. with rotted volcanic rock.
.and U pronounced by expert analysis
t io unsorpasst'd any place on eartb.
fr richness and . poluing iwwr
wlten mixed with the proper amount of
moisture.
The Kough Riders were irrigated on
the route -bv a heavvhower, and rod"
into Bend in a steady-' Mown pour, just
in time for supper. We ventured the
; remark that artificial irrigation did not
'win neeensnry, but were assured this
'was the first rajn of the season.
Our first sight of Bend was not reas
suring, three houses an I a baru loom
'me ui amoniz the trees, but we were
;greeablv surprised at the accommoda
tions of "the Pilot Butte Inn, a hotel
con hifted by A. (. Lucas, an active
miKinr! man. formerly superintendent
ft the Baldwin 'Sheen & Iand Compa
ny's great stock raueh. The furniture
is all new an I good, nnd the meals are
ijetter than are served at many pin
established hotels.
Xextt morning we were fortunate in
mvetinc W. El Uuerin. Jr. local man
ncer of the Des Chutes Irrigation &
;Ptwer Cnmnnnv and president -of the
d'sok rerentlv opened, who insisted on
showing us the Bights, and .many 5m
provements in proirress. His first state-
;nient that already fifteen graduates of
i eastern colleges had taken no. their res-
ideace in the city, almost atartled tt.
but the first gentlemen to whom we
ere Introduced were Mr. Arthur Goo J
'", icillie. of Wisconsin, manaeer of the
' Pilot Butte Improvement Company, a
yonng and joTly college man, who has
ct his lot i a" BenJ and is just" com
pleting a metroplitan cottage, and Mr.
Uroesheck. also a young college man,
nJ eanitalist recently from Wall
ttreet. The three gentlemen are all
wtic2 etetrant homes, and insisted on
- bowing us through, and to say we were
urpriaed, expresses nothing. They are
d attempting to duplicate their east-
era city homes and expect to foe lea l
ft in Bend Koeietv- : Monev has not
1 n spared in making all of these
homes all f?at could be desired, and in
'Uing every possible modern comfort,
The cottages alone cost their owners
'""in $2500 to 5000, and the house
w,rk in each ia rr formed bv Jaivuiesc.
Eaca house is supplied wfth a pKio,
nj elegant furniture, thirteen i reigbt
wagons being require! to haul . Mr.
'uerin8 furniture from Shaniko. The
cottage owned by that gentleman is
ilt. in the' form of a hollow square,
with a vourt Tn the center, in which is
fountain, and numerous flower beds
and climbing- roses.- One attractive
feature of thee bouses is the massive
re places, built of a native building
none. .
. Mr. BTake, owner of the original!
wn ,te, has bnilt for himself a log
anus with many gables, finished inside
"4 outside in a rustic appearance, an J
th a large yard and beautiful velvety
INLAND EMPIRE
lawn aud tennis court, i by far the
most imposing and striking edifiee on
what Is popularly termed millionaire
row." . ( t : ,
Mr. GroeslKseftook upoW nimself the
part of host, and carried i us off to his
cattle, where we were entertained roy
ally, including a number of piano se
lections b Mr. Stinway, yice president
of the bank, also a young college man.
Tne spread . placed before us lacked
nothing,- even, had Jt been served on
Fifth Avenue, Xew York, anl probably
eould not be duplicated - in the Inland
Empire. :: : : . s - . t.
As a fitting climax our jolly host or
dered bis saddle horse, and after lanch
anoounee that he would ridd a bucking
broncho for our amusement. lie is an
English la J of high birth, and is not
lacking ini characteristics of his peo
ple. But ?the best made plans of mice
and men aft gang' aglee." Our Eng
lish friend, donned in the pure white
uniform of the ZBoya! Highlanders,
went bravely forth, but never succeed
ed in, getting firmly seat! in the sad
dle, , At the second attempt he was
thrown among the rocks, and struck by
the horse's hoof. 'Those precious white
trousers were torn off, and he was car
ried to hig pretty bed, considerably the
worss for wear, but game to the last,
insisting he waa not hurt.
Our party was not content with gay
city life so rode away to the new city
of one cabin, Laidlaw, where we met
the officials of the Columbia Southern
Irrigation -Company and were- sh;wn
over. TTieirj property. Next morning we
started for Cline Faus, to visit that
embryo city, and wonderful water;!!
promising to return to Laidlaw that
night. An enthusiastic photographer in.
the party! was not satisfied with the
view of the falls to be obainel from
that sid?, so we started for the opposite
shore, being compelled to make , a
deteur of six miles to cross the an
gry Des Chutes. Boon after crossing
the bridge our troubles began.
Roads are practically unknown in
this eountry, but there are numerous
cattle trails through the sand, and occa
sional tracks of vehicles.- We soon lost
all trace of our whereabouts, and as
the sky was cloudedwith a drizzling
rain, each member of the paxty had a
different idea of which was north and
which south. .We traveled as fast as
our tire'd beasts eould carry us, from 4
until 11 oVloek that night without see
ing a single Habitation, except when
about two hours after dark we acci
dentally found a camp containing 150
laborers of the Des Chutes Irrigation
& Power Company. The superintendent,
Mr. Lewis, gave us a warm reception.
but after a good supper and fevd for
the horsed, we were informed we could
stop no longer. That evening forty-five
aditional men arrived in rig's from
Shaniko, to begin work, and as they
were unexpected, no preparation bad
teen made for their accommodation.
Every blanket and tented space was
occupied, anl men were lying under
tne junipers' with cheery eamplires to
protect them "from the cold.
We were overloaded with directions
for reaching Latdlawf eight miles dis
tant1, arid again" started, at 8:30, ujiou
our journey, longing for a good bed.
. aui Revere s" famous rule was 'dupli
cated. "After a ride of forty miles
sine morning, our mouuts were not
fresh, and in the saitdv trail the hoof
bet lid not ring musically.
Several blood curdling yarns might
be related of our encounters with wild
beasts, including startled coyotes and
jack rabbits, and the narrow escape,
from a midnight wanderer whom we
imagine, was desirous of o.-Hfssing
our wen niiei wallets, nut in the ex
citement of the moment details were
overlooked. At 11 oclock we arrived
at the Des Chutes, beautiful in the
faint moonlight, and still more attric-
tiie, a lone stack of itraw, but at the
ad moment our hearts failed u,,and
we pushed slowly on up the river,
when what was our surprie to find an
old, deserted bridge. We were soon
across, and aftsr cotting a fewbarbed
wires, and throwing down a rail fence,
struck the main roa'ly over which we
had passed that morning, and with a
two mile ride before Us, were soon in
i . a
camp, and picaeting our norses, ana
rolling np in our blankets, hardly real
ize! we were asleep when we liearu the
6 o'clock breakfast' call. We tried to
convince our host we had been delayed
on business, but ho knew better, and
assured us we had simply met the same
fate as practically every sottler in that
part of the country at some time in his
life, and that we were fortunate in
finding our way back to camp that
night, j .
We had been in the sa.uue uora t
hi the morning till 12 that night, and
covered more than fifty, miles, how
much more we knew not, not seeing a
habitation during the afternoon and
evening, ana tbe scene had been un
changedone vast wilderness of sand.
covered with sage nrusn anu jump?.
Such is southwestern Crook eounty at
present, the eountry destined in a. few
vears to be one of the greatest agricul
tural cntrs of the Pacific Northwest.
, i c. a.
A TEXAS WONDER
J - ' . , ; , -. ;.
HALL'S GREAT DISOOVEKT.
On -mall bottle of tho Texas Won
der, Hall's Great Discovery, cures all
kidney: .and' blaader troubles; removes
gravel, 'enrea diabetes, seminal emis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheuma
tism and all irregularities of the kid
nn and bladder in both men and wo
men, regulates bladder trouble In chil
dren, i If not .old by yoor druggist,
will bo eent by mad oa reeeipt of - f L.
Ons small bottle ia two month ' treat
ment, j Dr. Ernest W. Hall, sol manu
facturer,. P. O. box, oy, m'."
Send for testimonial. Sold by all drug
gists and Dr. 8. C Stone's Drug Store.
I " BEAD THIS. . -To
Whom It Mar Concern:
This U to certify that I was down
for nine months with kidney and blad
der trouble, and tried all know reme
dies to no avail until a neighbor induc
ed me to get a bottle of Texas Wow
w. half of which enrsd m sound
and well; this I would cheerfully swear
to and for the, benefit of those who are
afflicted and wishing to be permanent
ly nl. tVev eau obtain a bottle at
my house , located on West 11th atreet.
You truly, ' J. J. SEALE,
i '.. : Uediord, Or.
OF THE VOTERS
MOKE BEPOBTS PROM IjABOB COM
MISSIONEB'S OITICE GIVEN
. OUT TO PTJBLIO. '
Data Taken From ; Begistratlon Books
all Over States Snowing Occupation
and Nativity of Voters Who Begin-
tered for tne Juno Election.
The remainder of the eounty statisti
cal reports have been completed by
State Labor Commissioner O. P. noff,
and the figures are given .here. These
figures have a good deal to do with the
economic situation in this- state; for
this reason they arc very interesting, -j
jb naaer eouniy tne re are 4U lawvers,
1J assayes, 34 barbers. 25 bartenders.
6i blacksmiths, 33 bookkeepers, 33
butchers, 145 carpenters 11 eity of
ficials, 146 clerks, 23 cooks", 18 contrac
tors, 14 county officials, 23 capitalists,
VI eigarmakers, 10 dentists, 27 doctors,
20 druggists. 14 editors. 10 electricians.
82 engineers, 1159 farmers, 11 foremen
Ax hotel keepers, 12 insurance men, 496
laborers, 12 laundrymen, 16 liverymen,
i. loggers, 40 lumbermen, "JO machinists,
14 masons, 21 mechanics. 187 merchants.
53 millmen, 936 miners, 12 ministers 11
musicians, 26 painters, 13 plumbers 23
printers, 17 i rospectors, 10 real estate
dealers, 44 railroad men, 19 salesmen, 43
saloon keepes, 49 stock men, 14 super
intendents, 13 teachers, 106 teamsters,
21 U. 8. officials. 12 wood cutters, while
the remainder of the 4630 are divided
among 100 other different trades and
occupations. -
Jn Cnrry eounty there are only 515
voters registered; 272 are ranchers, 12
are stock men, 72 are laborers, 31 are
miners, 10 are earpenters, 5 are dairy
men, and only six are put down as
merchants There are forty other oc
cupations represented. .
In Clackamas county there arA 26 at
torneys, 17 barbers, 32 blacksmiths, 15
butchers. 148 carpenters, 63 clerks, 16
contractors, 15 physieans, 133 electric
ians, 24 enginecrs 29 factory men, 18
fishermen, 2J03 farmers. 15 hotel keep
ers, 818 laborers, 10 loggers, 15 lumber
men, 14 machinists. 10 manufacturers,
117 merchants, 98 millmen, 21 ministers,
11 miners, 11 motormen, 4 painters, 31
paper makers. 17 railroad men, 10 sal
oon keepers, 15 shoemakers, 22 teach
ers, and 13 U. S. employes, there are
03 occupations represented by the re
mainder of the 4331 voters registering.
Clatsop countv will be recognized as
a longshore county ; very easily by its
report, there being but 321 farmers,
while there are 342 fishermen reporting.
Twenty-one are accountants, 133 attor
neys, 32 barbers, 59 saloon men. 25
blacksmiths, 28 bookkeepers, 15 butch-J
ers, 18 cannery men, 18 capitalists, 133
earpenters 18 city officials, 123 clerks,
17 contractors, 1 cooks, 12 eounty of
ficials, 14 doctors, 94 engineers, 11 filer,
27 firemen. 16 foremen, 11 hotel keep
ers, 257 laborers, 163, loggers and lum
bermen. 11 longshoremen. 32 machinists,
14 managers. o2 are sea-faring men. loO
merchants, 44 mill men, 30 painters, 12
plumbers, 13 railroad men. 16 seam
stress, "" teamsters, 28 U. 8. oficials, 10
watchmen. 20 woodmen; the remainder
of the 2650 being divided among 10
occupations. t .- '
Tn Josephine county the number of
miners run proportionately high, there
being 477, against 629 farmers and 209
laborers, 10 attornevs, 17 blacksmiths
50 carjienters,' J." doctors, 27 engineers,
4 merchants, 17 millmen, 10 painters,
34 railroail employes, 27 teamsters;
there are 83 occupations which make up
the total mimtKT of 186 voters.
In Linn county 2840 are agricultural
ists, that being a very large proportion
of ili' total of 4650. There are 2 ab
stracters, 7 accountants, 27 attorneys.
11 bankers, 27 barlxrs. 24 butchers, 24
doctors, 41 blacksmiths, 48 clerks, 115
carpenters, 13 dentists, 29 doctors, 30
druggists, 14 draymen, 22 engineers, 17
factorymon 11 harnessmakers, lo htel
keejwrs, 1 jewelers. 4159 laborers, 13
liverymen, ) 15 loggers, 23 lumbermen.
16 machinists. 10 manufacturers, 13
mechanics, 157 merchants, 29 millmen,
10 miners, 38 ministers, 28 painters, 17
printers,1 32 railroad men 16 real es
tate men, 13 salesmen, 15 saloon keep
ers. 11 shoemakers, 26 students, 48
teachers, 28 teamsters, 29 U.'S. officials,
and H wood workers; the remainder are
represented in 84 occupations.
Lincoln county has 592 famers, 19
carpenters, 10 capitalists. 22 official em
ployes, 2t fishermen, 61 laborers 26
merchants and 61 other occupations are
covered in the remainder of the 906
voters. J
In Malheur eounty 705 are farmers
and stockmen, 211 laborers, 63 miners,
40 merchants, 19 carpenters, 16 black
smiths, while 37 occupations only are
represented among the remainder of
the 1203 voters.
In Morrow county, there are 820 ag
riculturalists, 203 laborers. 42 mer
chants, 28 earpenters, 14 blacksmiths,
51 county and clerical positions and iv
other occupations are represented the
total registration being 1302.
Wasco county is another of the larg
er counties in the state, having a total
registration of 3316. Of these 1620 are
agriculturalists, 20 barbers, 15 attor
neys, 54 saloon men. 39 blacksmiths,
177 occupy clerical positions, 96 carpen
ters, 18 doctors, 11 druggists, 58 engin
eers, 10 foremen, 14 harnessmakers, 13
hotel, keepers, 443 laborers 14 livery
men. 18 loggers, 14 lumber Healers, 108
merchants. 21. millmen, 23 ministers, 16
millers. 20" painters, 10 printers, 33
railroad o cials. 24 steamboat men. 12
teachers. 14 U. a official, of the 3316
others they are divided among 116 oc
cupations. . - t ?
Wheeler eounty has but 33 occupa
tions represented of which 3o3 are
farmers and stockmen, 20 are mer
chants. 163 are laborers, and 13 are car
penters. ; - ''- 1
Kleven hnndred and ' ninety-eight of
the 3246 registering in Yamhill country
are farmers, 16 are attorneys, 11 bank
ers, 18 babers, 37 blacksmiths, 19 bute li
es. 10 capitalists,' 113 carpenters, 84 are
public officials and clerks, Jo are drug
?ists. 18 doctors. 10 draymen 16 en
gineers, 10 hotel keepers, -10 jewelers.
411 lalorers, 17 liverymen, 11 lumber
men, 117 merchants, 39 millmen, 29
ministers 20 painters, JO railroad men,
17 real estate dealers, 10 shoemakers,
16 students. 32 teachers, 21 teamsters,
73 necupatioBs represent the- remainder
of' the -32 16 voters.
The Voters' Nativity .
In Baker county the nativity of 'vot
era shows. a-very large prepondence as
beincr natives of the United States;
4002 having been born within the Unit
ed States and 628 being of foreign
birth. Of these Germany leads with
130, Canada next, 121, - and Logland
coming third with SU. There, is on
native of East Indies and three of the
Azores, and-one of the Argentine.;
In Clackamas eounty -the number of
foreign born is very much larger. Oat
of the 4351 voters, 1024 having been
born abroad, 401 of these were born ia
Germany, 131 in England, 96 in Cana
da, 82 ia Ireland and Scotland 142
were from the Norse land, while one
was born on the high seas.
' Clatsop county shows a very large
percentage of foreign born, there being
1337 out or 2600 voters. Of these i in
land leads with 290,' Sweden following
With 193 and Norway, 152, and 48 from
Denmark. 129- are. Germans. 54 Irish
102 from England, and 66 from Canada.
Two having been born on the high seas
claim to be Americans, j 4
In Curry eounty. the proportionate
number of foreigners is very low, there
being but 80 out of 515, they being
uivided almost equally in the larger
umbers among Canada, Denmark Eng
land Germany and Ireland.
In Josephine county reports also a
very small percentage of -foreign born
voters, there being but 171 out of a to-
al registration of 186. Germany leads
with i4, England has 37, Ireland and
Scotland 23. Canada 13, Sweden 15. Ia
this eounty there is one native of the
Samoa n Islands. One of the West In
dies and two from Syria.
Linn eounty has a little over 11 per
cent of foreign born voters, having a
total number of 531. Here, as in many
eopnties, the larger number were born
in Germany; 197 were born in England
and her dependencies. 55 were Aust
rians, 16 Danes, 12 Swedes and 21
Swiss. There is also one native of
Australia and one Colombian.
In Lincoln . county, out of 906,' 164
were foreign born. 31 being from Eng
land, 22 from vansaa, 44 from Norway
and Sweden, and lb from Germany.
In Malheur county, the number of
foreign born is less than 10 per cent;
being 118 out of 1205. England leads
here with 27, Ireland following wrth 23
and Canada with 18, and Germany with
15. -
Morrow eounty, the proportion is a
httle bit higher, there being 138 out
of 1302. Ireland dominates here with
41, 23 are from Sweden. 20 from Can
ada, 16 from Germany, and 11 from
England. There is one reported there
as from tne Island of St. Thomas.
In Waqco county, the proportion is
still higher, there being 469 foreigners
out of 3;I6. The county clerk or the
registering officers in that county seem
to have unappreciated the value of this
law, because they have simply declared
a man in 208 cases as being of foreign
birth. Of the other 261, 78 were Ger
man, 38 were Irish and Sscotch, 28 Eng
lish, and 40 Canadian.
In Yamhill also., the proportion of
foreign born is quite large, there be
ing 410 out of 3246. Germany leads
here with 98 Lngland and Denmark
each having 39 and Canada. 69. Thers
are 22 Swedes, 21 Swiss and 16 Scotch
and 22 Irish.
Wheeler eounty also reports very low
percentage of foreign born, there being
but 40 out of eJ voters; 11 or these
I '.fusuiaao mojj f 'pneijoaf; uiojj m
from England, 7 from Ireland, 4 Can
adians, and 2 from Norway. j;
THE OPEN SEASON
OPPORTUNITIES. FOR NIMRODS TO
FOLLOW IN. THE CHASE FOR
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
Open Season for Upland Game Begins
Today Various Restrictions to tne
Laws Permitting Hunting Many to
Take Advantage of First Day.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
Everylioffv has an -opportunity to
hunt game "today,-, providing he has a
gun and the time.
Tolay" the ojen season for various
kind of game begins. This especially
refers to prairie chicken, grouse, native
pheasants, Chinese pheasants, quail,
Bob White quail, or partridge. These
birds can tc killed lawfully today ami
until the first of December next, and
no doubt the freedom allowed by the
law will be taken advantage of the
fullest extent. Especially today will
every rusty old gun within the state
be cleaned up and with somebody be
hind it sally forth after the feathered
tribe. i
However, unfortunatelv people who
inhabit the illihce where the birds have
their habitat have been in very small
meaaure respecters of the law., and the
result is the town- hunter will run
against hunting grounds pretty well de
void of game, or where the game is
verv wild. -
The farmer claims that he has to car
ry a gun all the time in the country to
protect himself from the Chinese pheas
ant, which he says will eat the straw-
berries off his nose unless he is prepared
for him. Therefor; the farmer is a con
stant hunter of the festive pheasant.
The grouse and native pheasant are
more difficult to find, and therefore are
not so much hunted. Rat the town
sportsman finds difficulty also in getting
a full bag of the latter. The Bob
White quail is plentiful, but it requires
a good shot to pick them on the fly,
and a true sportsman would never think
of taking them ia any other way. t
One thing sportsmen should remem
ber, in relation to this matter of tak
ing game even during the open season,
that the law limits the number that any
hunter may take within a single day
and that any one caught in the act f
carrying more than the legal number
will be considered as having taken
them. , - -it
This limit is ten birds. jj
Another thing. Is that If the game
warden should come along and meet a
hunter it must be remembered that' he
is from. Missouri and he must be? shown.
Again it is well to remember that a
claim that a part of take of game is
"owl" will not go, unless the eyes are
kept to show the warden, v !
Silver grey squirrel are also on the
"freo list,"" and- while this .animal
is not very plentiful, yet-an occasional
one is founnd. - - I -t
Some game that has been added to
the native t in Oregon is oa the pro
hibited list, however,-until next year,
among which are English or grey part
ridge, moor hen, wild turkey ,woodcock,
silver 'pheasant, golden pheasant, cop
per pheasant, green Japanese pheasant
or Reeves pheasant. . - 1
" The sale of game that It is prrmitted
to kill is also prohibited except during
the last fifteen days 'of ' the pen sea-s-jii.
that is-to say-from November i 15
to the thirtieth. ,4 ? rrr
A large number of focal hunters will
strike for the fields this morning and
it is to be expected that the feathers
will soon fill the air -until the sun is
obscured. , . i . ' ' ' i
ABOUT THE HOP
COMMISSIONER HO FT FIXES COST
OP THIS PRODUCT AT SEVEN
CENTS PES POUND.
Finds Marion County Leads All Other
Counties of the United States in Pro
duction and Hor' Neighbor Counties
Follow Well Up In ta List,
State Labor Commissioner O. P.
Hoff is preparing reports covering all
the economic situation of this state.
Among other matter covering the agri
cultural situation in this state he has
the following about the hop industry
that ia particularly iutcrcstng at this
time. . " ,
He nays: v-N'
The hop plant has been known on the
continent of Europe .for ages, ;anl its
cultivation fjr commercial purposese
has been carried on for about 500
years. The first : known attempt -at
growing the plant in the TJ. S. was rn
1648. Up 'to 1890 N. was the prin
cipal hop growing state of the Union.
Oregon today laya claimto produc
ing more hops than any other state.
The- plant will grow in any temperate
elimafe where the winters-are not too
long to allow the plant an early start
in the spring, where the weather is not
foggy for any length of time, and
where there is plenty of -rain fall early
in the season.
Oregon has such a" climate. In 1899
there were 16 counties in tho .U. S.
proJucing over 1,000,000 pounds of hops
each, and first on the" list stood Marion
eounty, Oijegon, with a credit of 5.
750,688 pounds, eighth on the list stood
Folk county with 2,633,800 pounds,
Yamhill county tenth with 2,752.843
pounds, Clackamas eounty twelfth,
with 1,513,200 pounds. The state aver-
age on production is a 1 tout 956 pounds
per acre in Oregon. Marion county's
averago is about 927, Polk'a 1,026, Yam
hill's 978, Claekama 922., ;
"Oregon produced eight pounds nt
marketable hops in 1850, 493 in 1S60,
9,745 in 1870, 244 ,371 in 18S0, 3,613,726
in 1890, 14,675,577 in 1900, an! 15,
660,000 in 1903. In 1900 Marion coun
ty produced 11.7 per cent of the en
tire crop of the U. S. and in 1903 about
XI .9 per cent of the- entire crop.
"In 1903 there were 17.000 acres of
bops producing 15,660,000 pounds at; a
labor cost of 7 cents per pound or $1,
096,200 distributed among 27,963 peo
ple, pickers and other workers, an
average of about $39.20 per person. I
"The average cost of labor of pick
ing- a quantity of hops, which. ' when
dried 'makes one , pound, is 3w72 cents.
Theso figures are- arrived at by taking an
average of all reports sent in.
Woven Wire Fencing
HOP WIRE
Plao your orders now and set spe
cial discount. Car of fencing from fac
tory to arrive Oct- 20.
WALTER MQRLET, Salem Fence Waits
OO Coart Strt. A1m.
Delay Adds
lo the Cost
If your teeth are in jioor con
dition have
Dr. B. t. WRiGIIT
examine them at once and tell
you exactly what is needed,
also what the cost will bef The
loqger you put it olT the mora
it costs. We buy in wholesale
lots and can do your work for
less than other dentists, who
buy two or three cots at a time.
We buy S000 there's the dif
ference. All work painless. ,
Fillings 50c.
Crowns, $5. .' Plates, $5
, Examination Free.
DR. B. E. VRIGIIT
; The Painless Dentist
Stenlaff IMg Caart t, rhtM 2331 M
fivcri: 8 3.m. lo 5 p.m., 7 p.a to
8 p.m., Sondays 10 i.ia. to 12 a
Branch office at Little Palace
Hotel, Independence, Oregon
for Infants and Children.
Castorla Is hanuloss eitbstitnte for Jitr OH. Pare
goric, Drops ana SootlUnpr Syroi.. It i llca.nt. It
contains neither Opiuuu Morplihio nor otli-r Narcotic
substance. It lc.troy AVorin. and allay 1 Vvcrislinei.
It cures liarrliuA ntil Wind Colic - It relieve Teeth
Jngr Troubles and cures Constipat Ion. It. rejfubitejj the
8tomnch and llowels, Klving- liejUthy nul natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Jlothers Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Ml trmua ffti...
HOW IS IT .
You can purt base, new goods at ROSTEIN & GREENBAUM
at lower prices than at these so called -
Closing Out Sales
by whjch Salem is socmen infected? Even the Chinese have
caught ou; to this American idea; and are advertising to closo
ot t in so many days. ,
We hope to be in busi
i ness for a long time
AVe purchaseJ bur goods at bedrock prices, and marked tcm
with a Miutll margin of pToSt.
This is Why
we discount these sales. ;
Uaclles and MiasesCoata, all this seasons goods. Prices;
$3.75. $5, $6.50, f9, $10. No store ia this city will duplicate these value
Knitting Silk, oz. epoola 25c each. Furs, from 98c each and
up. Bed Spreads, large size 75c. each. Urntrelln, steel
nls, 40c. emch and up. Table Linen 60 in.' wide only 50c. a
vnl. Suttlnsa, 06 in. wide only 50c a yard. Suttlns,3(j
. In. wide otily 25c, a yard.
Umbrellua, Glora silk, fine kaudlea, look like a $5 article only $1.75
Men'a Suits, $10, special effort, cannot be duplicated. - .
MUHner-y a'l newr goods, latest styles, large assortment, popular prices
Motto, buy your goods at ROSTIilN & ORCUNBAUM
3w 300 Commercial Street, Balem, Oregon.
PURE GOLD
Is croin para lively toft. To
lc fit lor jewelry and coinage
it must be combined prop
el lv with other metals.
This is equally 'tine oi
WHITE LEAD.
It must lxs projierly com
biricd with .other pigments
toi make it. durable. , This
hits lieeu accomplished in
fleath Milligan s
Railway While Lezd.
luuauteed in all refiiwcts to
c better than any other
white lead sold.
It will save you money.
SAVAGE & FtCrCIICR
Ael AftsNtft,
; SALEM, OREGON.
DM. GEE 10
This wonderfo
Chines doctof la
cJM sreat b
eaus bs cures peo
ple without opera
tion that are given
up to die. He cures
with .those wonder
ful Chinese herbs. ' roots, buds, bark
and -vegetables, that are entirely un
known to. utdteal science In this coun
try. Tbroupn the use of these harm
less remedies, this famous doctor
know the action of over 00 different
remedies which he successfully uses In
different diseases. He guarantees to
cure catarrh, asthma, luajr, throat
rheumatism, nervousness, stomach,
kldny, bladder, female trouble, lost
manhood, all private s diseases; has
hundreds of testimonials. CbtSX
moderate.
Call and see htm. Consultation free.
Patients out of the city write tor
blank and circular. Enclose stamp.
Address The C Gee "Wo Chines Medi
cine Co, 253 Alder street. Portland,
Oregon. Mention this psper.
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR
Cascara or Cfiittim Bark
Caller p fi ' II') no t Ktsle Kt
addrens I . U UCU.) Halein. tre.
Fire
We r in sent the "Itarj mtt"
1'lienlx and Scottish
Insura nee
Insurance companies. Bo n Uie safe
side and takeout a Acy uoir.' Jfoj
fusarauce ai'icially. Wt r furnLli liny
tickets t.ir tif omr.
HOLVERSON & BULLG
.OTP'
Ihi fcal Ya Ban Krm BrrJ
Bemtks i
F) r
M
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Signature of
. TttT wrww
For. ? Generad
itejpaLiririg
Casting Lartfo or
Small, Brass Cast
ings of All Descrip
tions, we aro the best
equipped of any this
side of Portland.
Our, Stump Pullers area Great
-",': .Success;
If You Need a Drag Saw, Don't
, Fail to Call On Us
Salem Iron Vorlis
Stand & Marcus,
Proprietors
Front and State. Phone 2313 Black
AIGN, OREGON. .V
Dr. K. OKTOH DAVIS
IN A 1VEEEC
We , treat successful! all prlvste,
oerrous anil ehroalc dineaei, also blood,
tooian, hesrt, liver, kiJsey and throat
roubles. We core SYl'IULLIS (whh-f
out mercury) to stsy cured forever, ia
30 to CO days. V remove STJtlCTUEE
without ojeratio- or pain, la 15 dart, .
WK CUBE GOKOnRUOEA IN Ti
WEEK. . ' .
. The loctora of th.s initltut' are all
repilar ; graausteft, bave had many
years experience, have been known In
Portland" for 15 yeiTs, have a reputa
tion to maintain, and will undertake bo
ease unices certain cure cx.n be effected.
fe'e gusrant c-r.re in evry ee wn'1cr
Uke or f-hsrjra ne !. Coikultilon fre. fj-t-Uswcm(l1enUl
IuxtrucMre BOOK tVV. MKX
nikilml fre In pUIn wfjer. .
II fnt eannti mt oli(e write tor quctllon
blank (or boas truaet.
onto boon, V S. n 7 to S. gcnrlnff u-t
boli'Ur, 1 to la.
'.';'-, - :
The leading .irlHU In tht North wct;
EniAbUshed HW.
DB. UORTOll DAVIS h CO.
Car. Tbirw aid Plaa'Sta.
Menllpo tbls pser. . PORTLAND, on.
ETaJVT STATE.SMAN JOB Of'TlCE,
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