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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1904.
OREGON'S
DRUG
INDUSTRY
Shipments of Chittem Bark
From This State Increas
ing Annually
That the gathering of Cascara bark
Is becoming one of the important In
dustries of Oregon Is shown by the
Increased annual shipments of this
drug from this state. The following
article on the subject will be found
not only Interesting but full of infor
mation. During the year 1903 there were
shipped from Oregon to eastern cities,
London and German ports, in the
neighborhood of 50 carloads of cas
cara bark, which product is the most
valuable addition to materia medica.
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land which was afterwards cleared trees and the planting of additional
for the purpose of agriculture. tree3 tho tlrrfe is not far distant whon
Of tho crop of 1903 Benton and they will be utterly annihilated. In
Lincoln counties furnished .the larger 1903 many acres of small trees wero
share, their output being conservat- sacrificed during the excitement incl
ively estimated at nearly 300 tons, dent to tho prevailing high prices,
and valued at ?60,000; while it Is Had these been allowed to remain
probable that, as Corvnllls was a pur. until they had attained a more mature
chasing center, It drew to a certain age they would have yielded a larger
extent from the adjoining counties. ; harvest and produced at least doublo
Polk and Linn coutles were good the amount of money,
producers, and next in line came The months pf May, June, July and
Marlon, Yamhill and Washington August comprise tho season In which
counties. A considerable portion was It is most profitable to secure cascara
added by Multnomah and Clackamas . bark, for the following reasens: Dur
countles to the annual output, whllq'ing this period the sap has ascended,
tho tldelands of Clatsop aided In. thus greatly facilitating tho oeellnc
swelling tho amount of the product. process. Then again, the bark gathered
In tho commercial world this bark out of season is unprofitable, on ac
Is known as cascara, simply, but in count of the additional labor Incurred
materia medica it is deslcnated as in detachlnc It from tho treo. and It
rhamnus purshlnna.or cascara sagiada' has not all Its proper medicinal vlr
In common parlance It Is often denoml-' tues at such times,
nated os chlttim bark, and Is some-1 Cascara bark Is found In largo quan
times called bearborry. Up to a few titles In various sections of Oregon,
years ago tho bark was but little , but la every instance on wet ground,
known, and was only used In patent The banks of lakes, river bottoms
nostrums as an ingredient for cathar- and swampy lands are especially fa-
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produced In tho valleys of tho Wil
lametto and Columbia rivers and
turned Into the markets of the world.
In May last, which marked the early
part of tho season, tho purchasing
price averaged about 4 cents a pound.
12 cent mark. Early in Sentember
the price advanced to 14 cents and In
some cases, where extra care had been
taken In curing choice lots, the price.
of even 15 cents per pound
reached.
uc purposes, now It Is extensively vored by the cascara tree. When
USed bV tlllVRlrlnnC no n Innln ln fniltl.1 In thn Pnor.n.ln nnit nne .or.r.no
These shipments represented a grand atlve or cathartic agent in combl-' the tree generally grows In deep can
total of about 500 cms, which were nation with certain aromatics. It Is'yons or at the base of high cliffs,
to be found In every pharmacy. Phar-, where Is receives the surface water
macopoe!a3 mention cascara as being from, the uplands,
found extensively in northern Callfor-1 The size of cascara trees mostly
nla, although It Is largely to be found sought for their bark are from three
In Oregon and Washington. to four Inches In diameter or more,
Tho demand for this meillHnnl nm.' since smaller nnna nro fllfnnnH in
Subsequently the market gradually , duct has enabled tho small farmer, iant110 with rapidity. Tho tree la
strengthened to 5 cents, and by the homesteader and wideawake working- one of quick growth, hence the smaller
latter part of August it reached the man to clear no Inconsiderable sums sizes are generally let alone until
of money. There are many Instances they have attained profitable propor
where laborers have contracted to tlons. The largest cascara tree re
slash land for the cascara bark they J Ported in 1803 was found In Benton
might secure, thereby calnlne an county. This had tho remarknble
was abundnnt profit. Others for the inste- diameter of 30 Inches or 2 feet. It
nlflcant sums of from ?20 to $30 havo wns stated last year thnt some of tho
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aiici mui me price oegan graauany ; secured privileges In cutting that cascara trees attained a diameter of
to lessen, so that at tho close of tho have netted them a return of more six Inches in six years, but this was
season It was half way down the. ' than $1,000. Mortgages on small proved Inaccurate. By actual meaa-
scaie. juany ions Drought from 4 to farms have been paid through this urements a tree one Inch In diameter;
t cents a pound, though the larger , agency and hundreds of women and, has four rings denoting four years'
portion was sold for a price some-J children havo easily earned during 'growth; while larger trees show six
where between 10 to 15 cents pet the summer months a sufficient sum rings to tho Inch, making a six-Inch
pound. A fair average of the entire
crop can be placed at 10 cents per
pound, representing the truly amazing
value of about $100,000. While part
of this amount was divided among
tho dealers, or middlemen, by far the
major portion of this sura went Into
, tho pockets of tho farmers and tho
haborlng men. This was practically
without the outlay of capital. In
5 many cases tho gathering of the bark
was accomplished by families men,
women and children engaging together
In the work. Tho peeling of this
yalued bark In most cares was from
to tide them through the rainy season . tree considerable older than six years
In Oregon. Small farms on tho river The only tools used in gathering
bottoms and homesteads In the valleys the bark are an ax for felling thq
and canyons of tho Coast range havo trees and cutting away tho branches
already and will yet produce more .an(i & peculiar shaped knife known as
money in cascara bark than tho prop-, a spud." Its blade is six inches in
ertles producing It could be sold for.
These statements may seem exag-
length. Its back is beveled to a dull
edge to scrape tho moss from the
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gerated, but they can be fully verified , bark and there Is a notch with which
by the leading men of tho counties. to girdle the tree. Tho end of tho
mentioned. Oregon and Washington blade is rounded to separato tho bark
are the only states In which cascara irom the trunk.
bark is produced In such prolific In peeling tho tree tho operator glr-
quantities. Unless some means are iles the trunk about five feet from the
taken for tho protection of the smaller ground and then removes the bark
irom that point to tho base. Tho
tree Is then cut down and tho larger
branches denuded of their covering.
It has been found that tho bark sepa
rates more readily by working down
ward and tho operator thus avoids
contact with the slippery trunk.
A fair day's work In bark gathering
Is placed at 150 pounds, when dried,
out many exceed this figure. Harvey
Nash of Buena Vista hold tho record
of 350 pounds.
Tho bark Is dried In the sun by tho
peelers, who care for their output
each evening. Wires are strotched
irom treo to tree upon which the
bark Is then suspended with tho sap
side down. It Is left thua for four or
five days, which, with favorablo
weather, is sulllclent for thorough
drying.
After the curing process Is com
pleted tho bark is cut into small plecos
preparatory to sacking, a strawcuttor
ofton being used. Grain sacks, hold
ing 50 to CO pounds, aro generally
used, although special bIzos holding
about 50 pounds are sometimes util
ized. The seod of tho cascara troos are
eagerly sought for planting purposes,
and command $1.25 por pound. A pecu
liar thing about tho cascara treo Is
that tho only way in which It can be
grown Is from tho seeds, Its repro
duction by slips and cuttings having
proven a failure. Tho seeds aro gath.
ered In September. Wild fowls aro
very fond of them. The borry contain,
ing the seed Is round and Is black In
huo, with a diameter of ono-thlrd of
an Inch, Each borry contains throe
pseeds a Uttlo larger than a grain of
I buckwheat and similar in shape. These
are exceedingly bitter, while tho
.berry Itself is soft and pulpy, with a
very pleasant taste. Portland Jour-
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NAT
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Says Shakespearean Revival
Is Classed as Failure
Though Financial
Success
Chicago, April 18. Nat C. Goodwin
evidently has not found that "life is
over so pleasant on tho stago" this
Bcason. Moro In sorrow than In an
ger ho writes thus from a small town
near Chicage:
"Whon an actor Is forced to aban
don cities and play a series of one
night stands the result Is most de
pressing, no matter what tho financial
reward may be, but when tho depres
sion Is coupled with tho readings of
one's failures repeatedly printed In
tho Uttlo puny editions of thoso little
places llfo becomes a burden. Every
whoro I play I read of my glgantla
failures In 'The Merchant of Vonlco"
and 'Midsummer Night's Dream,'
when, as a matter of fact, they wore
both huge successes, both financially
and artistically, not from tho point of
view of tho gentle critic, but from tho
box ofTIco standard and tho verdict of
tho public.
"My 'Merchant of Venice' netted the
largest receipts In tho history of tho
stago at tho prices. Ono week brought
over J20.000 for olght performances,
and tho highest prlco was 2. And
this production goes down to history
as a ianurc. Ah, mo! What a pity
It is to bo born In ono's own country.
and, worse, to bo forced to play In it
whon Iconoclasts have tho power to
destroy Rembrandt with a whitewash
brush."
rlno guards from two of the ships
ashore, and they quelled tho riot and
prevented tho trouble
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ward for any enso of Catarrh that
cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
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W, tho undersigned, havo known
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and bollovo htm perfectly honorable
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Testimonials sent free. Prlco 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family Pills aro tho best.
24-year-old son of a rancher ho re,
who committed sulcldo in tho insono
asylum at Salem, will also bo burled.
Of tho dead all wero prominent peo
ple In this locality.
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Gloom at Baker City.
Baker City, Or., April 18. A pall
of gloom and sadness has fallen over
this city. Four funerals will Uko
placo tomorrow, among which will
bo that of A. A. Houston nnd S. A.
Glasgow, who foil from tho scaffold on
a building yestordny and died last
II If) 111 lliv; Hill UU UlUiVU lUfoVlUUft Ok
by tho Knights of rythlaB, to which
orded thoy belonged. Mrs James,
Fleetwood, tho young wlfo of a promi
nent rancher, who died yesterday In
convulsions, and John F Jnekson, tho
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Tho best hog feed raised in
tho valloy. Wo havo somo ox
tra cholco seed peas that wo
aro making a closo prlco on.
May bo sown for tho next
month and roako a good crop.
Call or wrlto for prices.
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Wo mako a specialty of han
dling the best seod corn to bo
obtnlnod, either for a crop or
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hero tonight between pollco and blue
Jacksts from tho warships and a fow
artlllerymon from Fort Barrancas,
ono enlisted man by the namo of
Banks, of tho Seventh artillery, was
killed, and four bluejackets from the
Iowa and Albany wero wounded
although not seriously.
Tho riot started over tho arrest of
a bluejacket.
Threo pollco officers wero at tho
patrol call box whon a potty offlcor
from ono of the ships blew a whistlo
signal In use on tho ships for tho
men to assemble Fully 300 men gath
ered and rushed the policemen, sep
arating them, Two of tho policemen
had backed away from tho crowd fir
ing as fast as possible at tho advanc
ing bluejackets, who wero hurling
stones, bottles and other mlsslls at
them. It was during this shooting
that that tho artilleryman was killed.
Reinforcements from tho pollco
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partly dispersed tho bluejacket.
Later, owing to many threats of tho
men from tho warship to kill the
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