Uncle Samsm Panama.
Like the phoenix arising from its
ashes,, the Isthmus of Panama has
awakened of late to new. activity. A
few years ago the visitor could hardly
meet fifty people crossing the "zone.".
Today workmen - are clearing .the
jungles, making roadways and repairing
the old dwellings lor occupancy, tvery
steamer arriving at Colon brings inn-j
dreds of negroes, mostly from Jamaica
and Fortune) island,' situated in the
Windward passage. They leave their
families at home, to send for them lat
er as soon as each has a home pre
pared. Once saeh a family arrives it
getber in groups of fifty, the port
physician examining them very closely.
Afterward they are given in eharge f
-the proper agent, who conduct the
laborers to different - places along the
canal. !
The negroes are a good natured, bap
pay, don't-care sort of people, folly
realizing the dangers, especially daring
the first few years the work will bring.
It is said that 135,000 laborers are
buried up in Monkey hill, the cemetery
near Colon. During that fearful year
of 1883 42,000 men were buried there.
Although the government' has made ex
peaiments with Chinese and coolie lab-
- orers, the Jamaicans, it was found, cad
bear the hardships of the climate bet
ter than any other laborers. They re
quire very little to eat; tropical fruits
grow in abundance. They plant yam
a sort of root, which when boiled tastes
sot unlike potatoes. . A little yam and
"'a banana or two, sometimes a little
nee, constitutes a laborer's meal. i
Arriving at .his quarters, the first
Ibing the negro does is to dig for sil
ver. As there -were no banks in the
country years ago the laborers buried
their-silver around their quarters. . So
many' "died that considerable 5 amounts
have been found by, their successors
and the search' for treasure has beeome
second nature to the negro.
They are willing workers. Each camp
has a commissary- depots irhere supplies
are to be had the larger camps have
their own slaughter house, where fresh
beef can be obtained.
' In ease of sickness they are well tak
en care of either at Ancon or at Colon
every afternoon the "funeral train,
consisting of an engine, - caboose and
'box car, passes over the line, to put
the sick in the caboose, the dead in
' the box ear. All laborers are buried
at Monkey MIL A curious grave on
top of this -cemetery can be seen from
;irr that nf DnMA Tnw
who requested that he be buried stand
ing up, facing the railroad track, so
as to see the trains pass, Alia request
was granted.
Old, rusty machinery Is being re
paired, track are being relaid, the
locomotive 'It whutia - aounas inrougn
the innele.
'. All along the line of. the canal from
Colon! to Panama-there are magazines
or storehouses filled., with machinery
and rolling, stock, such as dirt cars.
Jocomotivcs, railroad supplies,: etc One
thousand machinists are at work re
pairing machines" building side tracks
near Culebra, which will greatly fa
cilitate the work. The great steam
-fchovels are excavating at a surprising
rate to the onlooker. - Vuleura has
"Peculiar formation of earth and basalt
Jock.' which is very bard. Diamond
steam drills bore holes and expert rain
'er dvnamite those portions which can
not be excavated; by dredges or the
strong steam arm of the shovel.
r The old Belgian engines re very
useful here. The trains or ears are
run on a traek beside the steam shovels,
and I the dirt is dumped miles out in
shallow places. The old machinery
strewn- along the canal strip is valued
in all at $18,937,309.43. Think, of it
lM early twenty million dollars 'worth
;f scrap iron! A foundry at the isth
mus could do a fine, remunerative bust
ne-a. I , !
- There are five sections in the "zone''
Aneon,- Empire,)- where the marine
soldiers are stationed; florgona, Buenn,
Vista and Cristobal. Throughout tbo
section all laborers are paid in silver.
They earn About 41.50 silver a day, or
75 cents in American money. They are
housed free, and almost every one has
a family. -All, nations are represented.
There ( you see the Spanish negro, the
type mostly found;" the Martiniqno
darkyj with his sweet French accent,
and the Jamaican humming "God Save
the Queen.' I asked one of those Ja
maican darkies why he said "Queen,"
as Edward was king, f The negro would
not ' believe me until others told ' him
that his queen was dead lie had been
at the isthmus for fifteen years and
of eourse never read a paper. More
than 70 per cent of the, workmen can
not write, public writers occupying a
t jt eotirt a.nd doinor a remoBrntiva
business. . -
' Tlii bands of laborers are in eharge
NOTICE
LINCOLN FLOUR IVIIL.U
To the Patrons of the Lincoln Flour Mill:
! ! As some seem to think because this mill Is) not running
there is no flour on hand. I wish to state that since the mill
started last fall there has been flour on hand at ail times, and
that we will always make It a point to keep flour on hand so
long as we are in the business, also that Mr. Chan. Moths, of
Lincoln, has charge of the mill in the absence of Oscar Doidge.
I -t
Oscar Doidget Manager
OUT THIS OUT
To the Northwest Poultry' Journal, Salem, Ok
Enclosed please find 10 cents for a three month's trial sub-'
scripticn to the Northwest Poultry Journal. If I do not stop it at
that time you may continue to send it avL I will pay 50 cents tcith
in six months for a year's subscription . If not paid tUl the end
. cf the' year the price will bi 0 cents. , v'
Name.
City.
it a to.
of white men, generally engineers. The
men are verr willing and polite. A
blacksmith shop on wheels travel up
and down the strip to sharpen and re
pair broken tools. Water boys carry
water for the laborers; then men work
from six -to nine, then have breakfast
at ten J thev work until eleven and from
two to half-past five p.m. When canal
work is at its height it will, require
about fifteen thousand men. At present
there are three thousand five hundred
laborers, -mechanics, engineers and oth
ers. One thousand tons of powder and
dynamite are required to finish Culebra
eat.'- f - - , ' - " '
Chief Engineer Wallace is a hard
worker. ' He inspects everything him
self thoroughly, not forgetting the com
fort of - his subordinates. ' White or
black, he gives justiee to all He late
ly ordered, netting for every man, so
they- -can rest in . Comfort, - and that
means much, as mosquitoes are deadly
enemies in that country. President
Boosevelt picked out 3d. Wallace with
rare judgment and on his will rest the
responsibility of building the canal;
and his wide experience and able eorps
of consulting engineers will enable him
to see that the third attempt to build
the canal shall not be a failure. ,
The Chagres river is put down as
the main obstacle in this work. To
control its waters requires the : com
bined skill of the world's most eminent
engineers. This river is known to have
risen sixty feet in twenty-four hours,
Near Bohie at times the Panama rail
road is forty feet under water. Hun
dreds of civil engineers are yet needed;
sixteen more ' steam shovels will be
down the isthmus in three months;
forty large steel ears to haul heavy
machinery have been ordered ; by the
government. . f;
Timekeepers, mechanics, skilled lab
orers and others connected with the
workings now going on along the canal
zone have been receiving various rates
of wages at the points of work; and
the writer is informed that there, has
up to this time-' been no uniform scale.
The commissioners have now completed
the laws-of the zone, and it vis report
ed that all departments will operate
under new. rules and laws and that
wages will be higher and more uniform
in the future. -
The idea of cutting the canal aeross
the isthmus - dates as far back aS the
sixteenth century. The first actual sur
vev was made in 1581 by Antonio Pe
retra. In, the year 1620 San Diego de
Marcado submitted an elaborate re
port to the king of Spain," but that
monarch silenced farther discussion,
saying that the will of God was made
manifest by the fact that he had ere-
. . . - M A ;a.
aiea an lsipcras lniiesa oi Biraii. uu
that it would be impiety for a man to
attempt to unite the waters of the two
oceans which uod naa separated, in
all at least twenty-five 'projects of the
kind have been advanced. '
,Jn 187 two French engineers, Wyse
and Keclus, advanced the proposition
of digging a sea , level canal, a eon
gress of engineers, scientists and cap
italists met at Paris, and, after .thor
oughly considering the question,' adopt
ed plans. It was : estimated that 2,
520,000,000 cubic, feet of earth would
have to be moved ind that it eouiv.
be completed by 1SS$ at a eost of $125,
000,000. In 18 79 M. Ferdinand de Lea
se pa, who built the Suez canal in. 1868,
became interested in the scheme, and
In 1881, at the head of a company, he
commenced operations.
The company figured on constructing
a sea level canal, and estimated that
it would take eight years and cost
1 60,000,000.- The company received
$260,000,000 ; it expended $154,000,000
on the isthmus on excavating machin
ery, making surveys, ete. The directors
drew a salary of $50,000 a year each
and were allowed $50 a day for ex-
I tenses. Atthe company's expense they
milt residences costing from $100,000
to $150,000. They also had Pullman
ears that eost $42,000 eaeh and palaces
for offices in Paris, Panama- and Colon.
In 1891 the crash came; they failed.
with leas than two-fifths of the work
done. In 1894 the receiver transferred
the property to a new company, which
obligated itself to complete the canal
and pay the old stockholders 60 per
cent of the net receipts from the in
eorae derived -from tolls until the old
stockholders, numbering more than two
ntrmired thousand, were fully paid.
tvitn that understanding all the
rights and assets, consisting of the
canal, Panama railroad and' expensive
machinery, scattered along the whole
length of the canal, together with 23,
780,000f. cash belonging to the old com
pany, were transferred to the new com
pany, whose sole capital was $13,000,'
000, or less than the Old eompany paid
for nine-tenths of the stock in the Pan
ama railroad. The new eompany has
had' a small force at work since 1894,
t-i ; ii Ti a Tti fffim TltYhio
to the coast (Atlantic side) to 11 until :
in many p tacts n is sunusi
On May 3, 1904, Lieutenant Brooke,
TJ. S. A, furnished the chairman of
K'Tithraiii Canal Comoanr with - a
copy. of the telegram from Messrs. Day
and : Bussell, then in Paris, and also
informed the chairman, Admiral Walk
er, that Mr. Benandin, the director gen
eral of vthe French new company, had
received anairuenous irom u
The transfer was arranged May 4, 1904,
The persons present at the transfer,
besides Lieutenant Brooke and Mr.
Reaaudin, were Mr. -W. W. Bussell,
United States eharge d'affaires; Mr.
Jaaenh W. Lee. secretary of legation of
) TTnitl Ktates: Mr. lL A. GudzCT
United SUtes consul gencraL and Dr.
Claude v. Pierce or. tne marine bobphjm
mrnt T.iontptiant Hrooke's declara-
im tmm Mnti in TVeneb. En?liah
and Spanish and authenticated by . the
eertincate or jut. wenanain.
The Unitel States government pai
m rmci nnn far the rights and title t
to
)a Mint nrmwrtT. inrlndinfir the 'Pan
ama railroad, and $10,000,000 to the
anama government for a perpetual
lease of a strip of land seven miles
wide from ocean to ocean, is esti
mated that it will take nine years to
..... ..... a . 1 . .rn
snisn tne eanaz ai a con ox uoui
nnn noo i . ;
The canal will be f ortysix miles
long, including three and one-half miles
sea reach in the Pacific. The total es
timate eost of completing the Panama
eanai.as as iouows:
Colon entrance and harbor. 7,334,673
Harbor to Bohio locks, in- .
eluding levee 10,718,288
Dili InitVe ; ft Aliit'n ew ar. v
pa vat ion 10.90205
Lake Bohio 2,786,419
Obispo gates 295,o
Uulebra section.;......... 44,378,335
Pedro Miguel locks, inelud-
'' ing excavation and dam. 8,496,326
Pedro Miguel level V. ...... 1,169,611
4UUBUU1VO vAUf
excavation and spillway. 5,720,363
Pacific level r. 12,366,914
Bohio dam i .......... . 8,500,000
Gipante Boillwav ......... 1.124,524
Channel between marshes.. 1,148,076
Cnagres diversion ........ 1,929,976
Gatnneillo diversion ...... 100.000
Panama B. B. diversion .. . 167,500
Engineering, i police sanita
tion ...I 23,723,76i
Aggregate ... ........$142,342,579
: This . estimate is for the completed
project. A canal begun upon this plan
may be ' Opened to " navigation earlier
than expected. If single instead of
double locks be used and the bottom
width be made 100 instead of 150 feet
the- ost: will be reduced $26,401,364,
and the estimate becomes $115,941,214.
At Jiohio will be located a double
flight of locks, having a total lift vary
ing from eighty-two feet at the mini
mum level of the lake to ninety feet
at the maximum, forty-five : feet ' to
each lock, the normal lift being eighty
five feet. ...
. These locks are on the location adopt
ed by the French company. The esti
mated cost of tu-s flight of double
locks, four lock chambers in all, is $10,.
The Pedro Miguel locks will be sim
ilar to the Bohio locks, the aggregate
lift - varying from f ty-four to sixty
two feet. There fc an excellent roek
foundation here. The estimated cost
of these locks, including an adjacent
dam, is $s.4?D0D,
x The Mirafiores lock varies from
eighteen feet at high tide to thirty
eight feet at mean low tide. There is
a good foundation for this - lock. A
spillway-win .be required to regulate
the height of this level. The estimat
ed cost of this lock is $5,720,363. Lake
Bohio will be an artificial lake, cover
ing thirty-one square miles. Its waters,
will be from- fifty-five to sixty-five feet
dep. The dam will be built of earth
and masonry, and will cost $9,786,449.
Alhaiuela lake will cover 5,900 acres
and will be loo feet deep. The dam
will be constructed of masonry,, and
will take five years to complete, at a
cost of $3,500,000. It will f urnixh mo
tive power for operating the locks and
lighting the canal at night from ocean
to ocean, including the cities of Colon
and Panama. '-;.'
TO BE FINISHED
v
DAXLE3-CHLZLO PORTAGE BAIL-
WAY "WILL BE "BEADY FOB
OPERATION BY MAY 15. .
Board tf Portage Commissioners Take
Official Inspection of Work and Ex
press - satisfaction With - Progress
MadeLocomotlTe afid' Cars Arrive.
The Dalles-Oelilo Portage railway
will be completed and ready for opera
tion within the contract limit. May, 15,
according to the observations of State
Treasurer C'JS, Moore, who, as a mem
ber of the" "board of portage railway
commissToners,' bas joat returned from
a tour jdC iaapeetion of - the road and
the work. lie 'says that, barring the
driving of some pUes and a shert
stretch of grading, the 'road is praeti
caljy finished, as it will not take long
to lay the track' upon -the short unfin
ished" piece. The locomotive and roll
ing stock is all on the ground now,
and the contractors are satisfied that
everything will be' ready to turn over
to the state before the limit of the
contract, expires.
The locomotive is a' bran- new one,
but the greater part ' of i the , rolling
stock and other equipment' is second
hand, but good. The "tails are light
weight; but the ties art laid close to
gether, and the track will te unite sub-1
stantial for the' character .'of traffic
The board, which consists of the gov
ernor, secretary of state ' and etate
treasurer, took a trip over the road, or
so much of it as is finished, on a flat
car, and Mr. 'Moore expresses himself
as well pleased with the work so far
as complefea, r and he feels - that the
state is getting value received for its
money. ; The full length of the road is
a fraction over nine "miles, and nearly
four miles of the total distance i com
pleted. , :'f ,r; r ' ' -,
i ii wmi;
Legal r.l.iks, Ftatesmaa-Job O.TIce.
mwtm
Didn't
iurt A Bit
That is what 'our patients say of our
painless extraction Vt hat, you dogt
believe it Bead what some say and
when yon want teeth extracted I will
promise you ey the Same;
; Dr. Wright extracted ten teeth for
me and positively I felt no pain what
ever. , . CvB STJBFEE, ,
, ' r '.Drain, Oregon.
My advice to any one wanting teeth
extracted is to go to Tr. , Wright.; He
took out eight for me without any pain.
' j - , MBS. T. M. McCormick,
' - Bslem, Oregon.
TVKot I'm tM nda Inf Tnn anfferiTKr natn
When' I can extract your teeth absolute
ly without pain t j. nave convinced otn
ersjii can convaee .you. r
Dr B. E. WrfgHt
: ' The Painless Dentist
Stensloff Building, Court Bt. Phone
Main 2591. Hours f 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
7 p. m. to 8 p. ni.3dn'lays 10 a. m. to
12 jn.
ARTICLES FILED
PROMOTERS EtfCOBPOBATE STAY-
TON WOOLEN MILLS WITH
9 100)00 CAPITAL. , i
Incorporators Are S. Phillipl, F.' Car
ter and W. L. Freres, All Men of Bus
iness ( Ability, jind Means Mills . to
Be Erected at Stayton.
t (From Sunday ' Daily.)
Articles of incorporation of the Stay-
ton Woolen Mills were iUed . in the
Marion county clerk's oflice yesterday.
The capital stock is given at $100,000
and the mills are to. bo erected and
operated at Stayton, this eoonty. Th
ineorrorators are o. I'hunpj, carter
andW. Ifa Frcrcs. Tho first named is
wealthy sheepman of Kingston; Mr.
Carter is said to be a California man
of considerable means, and Mr. Freres
is tho Stayton banker. The stock of
the new corporation has been divided
into 10,000 shares of the par value of
$10 each. : . y.
A rumor -has been afloat for some
time - to the - effect that a woolen mill
was to be built at Stayton in the near
future but nothing definite came to the
surface until. the articles of incorpora
tion were uea yesterday. Tne new
manufacturing- concern will have an
excellent business management behind
it and will mean - much to the town
where it- will be located as well as to
the entire eounty.
DEEDS BECOBDED.
The Realty transfers, filed for reeord
In; the Office of the Marion county re
corder' yesterday aggregated the consid
eration, of $4287 as follows;
M. M and " F. Buchner to j
Christina Fischer, 89.36 acres
fn t 8 sTr 1 w; w d.. ...... 1800
A. T. and A. "E. Winches to C. T.
and M. M. Zosel, lots 46. and
47, a s. F. F. No. Z"; W d.....; 1000
A. . and C. I Moore to L. M.
Olmsted, lot 1, block 59, Sa
lem; w d ....;..'....... 750
B. T. and M. M. George id B. D.
Smith, land in t 9 s.'r 4 ei wd 500
Olive Lewis to Free,' Methodist !
church of Woodburn, land in ,
Marion count ri w & . . . ; . ...... ' 100
2. E.? andF . Mi nardeastle to
E. Ic Eemington, lots' 4 and 11, . T
DJU Bemington's addition to 3
Woodbnrn; q e'd. " .'.i-. ..... 75
XTandA: FWilhi to V. Johnson, '
4.02 acres in t S a, r fwjo e d f ' 50
D." A. Goode to-. ' Trustees" Free' " ; c'
Methodist ' Episcopal ' chnrch.
- laud in Salem; w d". .A 10
B. M. Krechter to A. M. Krech- : ;
ter, life estate i d
O..A. Neal et aL-to Cassie J. r
1 Brophy, lota 5 and ' block 2, i
; Settlemier's additioa ts Wood-
-burn; j -t 'd
Total
... 14287
, THE WAY-OF THE WOULD. ,
Claude (hoarsely) Angelina ilurpby
has just found a-rfime.
HaraH-'&h! Make oJt yer ilida't
notice it aa well bot' go vj aa'
Te?r r:s.Iave tcr fcr lcrrc!f el;-;.
HoriicMium:iri:Or&gon
POBTLAND, April 30-Oregon, - the
state in which the Lewis and Clark ex
position is, to- open June 1, offers more
inducements to the horticulturist than
any other commonwealth In the coun
try, not only on aecoiunt of its diversi
ties of climate, but because of the ex
cellence of its facilities -or transporta
tion, which afford the growers acecss
to. the .best markets.: ,. !;,;. --i
: At .the Lewis and Clar. exposition
a comprehensive display "of the state's
horticultural products will be made and
the visitor will be enlightened as to
the phenomenal productivity that has
gained for Oregon Ithe , name of the
'state of clenty." I -
Oregon is particularly adapted to
nortieuiturai . pursuu-a. . mw v.
climate are offered. In Eastern Oregon
we find the extremes of climate similar
to that of the' north,', central and east
ern . states. In the: southern part of
the state marvelously ertile valleys
abound and an extremely mild ciimate
Drevaiis. An equauie climate, secon
to none, is found in: the great Willam
ette . valley, more than . two . himdred
miles in length; and bordering on the
coast are "many valleys in whielT the
salt air and sea breezes aid greatly in
maturing fruit peculiar to such climatic
zones. j --r
Cast of the t Cascades, a range of
mountains running through the state
and shutting the extreme climate out
from the milder atmosphere of western
Oregon, are located vast areas of lands
which bear the title of the ' Inland
Empire."; , These lands are now being
irrigated; profitably. !-Great feed ditches
and laterals have been built, varying
in length from twelve to thirty miles,
and they, have brought "many thou-
rsands of acres under water. In this
manner . the ; sagebrush land has been
transformed ' into a region of remark
able fertility, and this is especially
noticeable along the canyons and level
areas of the Snake river. . Thousands
of acres are sown to alfalfa. This for
age crop thrives under irrigation witr
truly wonderful returns.'
Many growers ia this district are
devoting their attention ' to fruit cul
ture. On one ranch' two hundred acr
are planted to peaches, apples, pears
and prunes. This orchard is now full
bearing and in perfect Condition as to
health and vigor, luxuriance of foliage
and bearing capacity. It is but one
of the -hundreds that ablv demonstrate
what may be produced upon' these soils,
with the assistance of water judiciously
and intelligently utilized, . In this
Do not overlook
Our
Will you be crowded
for sleeping room this
summer? A folding bed
will help you economize
room. !
With' Rubber Tires
$3;25
1
One day only, Wednesday, May 3, we will offer eight dozen
Jardiniere stands in weathered oak at 35c each, or 3 for $1.00
No telephone orders received Delivery optional with us. See window display
rr in.
Mil
1 1-
regions room for thousands of happy
and contented families.
. Producing even more remarkable re
sultswithout irrigation, great orchards
are found in the - .beautiful Grand
Bonde,-Wallowa, Burnt river, Powder
river and Eagle creek valley, scattered
throughout the higher plateaus, arid
the Blue mountains, ? as well as the
Hood river valley along the great Co
lumbia river. ;
In these valleys apples, cherries,
pears and primes grow to perfection as
regards size, flavor and , color. In
stances have been verified where more
than $500 have been received for the
production of one- acre of Jacunda
strawberries, and results with raspber
ries have been equally as . profitable.
The apple, pear and cherry are un
questionably the most remunerative
fruits in the higher altitudes. The
nrodnets . of these regions, owing to
climatic influences, have ieculiar keep-j
ing qualities Because or , tne ausence
of rain in the ripening season, the eher-
ries do not crack open, and. they color
highly because of the ample sunshine,
and coming into the markets late they
consequently bring excellent prices. '
.'The Hood river valley Is especially
noted for its apples and strawberries.
With unusually fertile soil, the valley
la peculiarly adapted to the production
of large, sound and highly colored ap
ples ' of fine flavor and long kepin
qualities. In 1903 the Hood river val
ley apple crop amounted to C0,(XW
boxes of forty pounds each, which sold
at an average price of $L2o, while the
1904 crop of Spitwmburgs was sold un
der contract at $2 a box and Yellow
Newton Pippins at $1'.80, f. o. bv at
picking time. It is estimated that not
one-tenth of the available ground
adapted to apple culture is planted.
The Hood river strawberry yield for
1903 was about 90,000 24-pound, cratea
and sold at $150,000 in round figures.;.
The strawberries, by means of refriger
ator ears, find markets in Montana,
Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa, the
Dakotas and Manitoba, while the ap-
Elcs, generally, are shipped to Fiai.cc,
Ingland and Germany.
-The same advantages for horticulture
are offered in southern Oregon, espe
cially in the Rogue river and Cinpqua
valleys. The- soils -liere arc of decom
posed granite and cxeecdirgly rich in
all plant foods necessary to produce
excellent fruit. The emaM dealer is
afforded a good local market by the
vast mining districts of 4his section,
wnile the commercial . grower prefers
to ship his products to the east and
to foreign countries, where the fruits
Carpet and Rug Department
New ones arriving every week
shiiiriiia ii - iT i isna mm .'a mti- im.t
.9
1
j Rubber Tires, Cushions
and Parasol. Only
$10.00
n
s
4vV- ,H rM 4
always find profitable markets. PcacLp
apples, pears, prunes, walnut, almon !
chestnuts and filberts grow abundantly
in this region and in the Rogue river
valleyf which in respect to soil and -)i.
mate is like the famous Burgundy val
ley of France, where fine wine Krlln
are grown. . These are of qualitv tiual
to the best grapes grown in Cafiforuia,
1'rance and Germany. The industry as
yet is rn its infancy. Hundred tf
grape culturists 'may acttlo in this val
icy and raise profitable vincyanl.
Owing to tbe wet climate of tha
great Willamette valley, the fruits
raised there do not possH-ns the kcpjiine
qualities of those raised in the more
dry regions and the higher , altitude,
but , as regaVdsysUe, color and flavor,
they aro not excelled. I'roxlmity to
large local markets, however ftn,j
eheier transportation rates to the out
side world makes the lot of tho horti
culturist in the Willamette vallfj
equally as happy as thoso of Lis c.
leagues in other sections of the state.
The beautiful and fertile little val
leys adjoining the coast are particu
larly" adapted to fruit culture, and es
pecially to apples. One progressive ex
perimenter has commenced the culture
of the olive, and results so far have
surpassed his most sanguine expecta
tions. ' A little enterprise and energy
will accomplish great ends in horticul
ture and viticulture in Oregon.
The value of the annual products
of Oregon in horticulture ia approxi
mately as follows:
Apples
Prunes
in,ftiK)
J00,ii(M)
14 ,.; o
75,MI0
'- tO,WH '
Pears .... .
Peaches . . . .
Cherries ....
Grapes .....
Strawberries
fruits ....
and kindred
. Total $2,501, 000
The orchards of Oregon, and like
wise those of her 6ister utate of Vao.
ington, which also excell in many re
spects, may be stdiel to , advant.-ict.
the coming summer by horticuIturinti'
from eastern points. The remnrknMc
snowing made at Ht. Louis last yenr
ly yashington and Dregon in the"isd
ace of horticnltnre whetted the appe
tite of the fruit fancier. The largest
apple at the St. Louis world's fair, )r
the way, was from tho stato of Wash
ington. Tincture of iodine: Flour or ntarch
water, drink all the stomach will Te
tain, if much iodine has been swal
lowed. .
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We have them at
$12, $13.50
$17.50 and Pt0
$37.50
Weathered Golden Oak
Saddle or Cane Scat
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