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CHERRY CITY OP THE WORLD, AUGUST fl, 08'
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Oregon Electric Railway Co.
"WILLAMETTE ROUTE"
The New Interurban line Uniting Portland and Salem
BULLETIN
THAVELK11H PARSING OVKIl THE LINE WITHIN TUB PAST SIXTY RAYS IIAVB UNROURTERLY NOTED THE LARGE CONSTRUCTION
l-'dllCti ENGAGER IN" IIAbbAHTIXfl, Hl'ILRINO SIDETRACKS, ERECTING STATION' RUILRING. ETC., ALL OK WHICH WORK IS
RHINO VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTED HOTII NIGHT AND DAY, WITH THE PUltPOSE IN' VIEW OP HAVIN'fl IT COMPLETE AND THE
LINE IX FIRST-CLASS OPERATING CONDITION' IIV SEITEMIJBIt 1, 1008. IN THE MEANTIME CONTRACTS, CONDITIONED ON QUICK
DELIVBHV, HAVE IIBBN PLACED WITH EASTERN CAR MANUPACTUREHS POR ADDITIONAL PASSENGER AND PREIGHT EQUIP
MENT. AND THE GREATER PAHT OP THIS WILL ARRIVE HEilB HEFOHE SEPTEMHEn 1.
WHILE THE TRAIN SERVICE OP THE COMPANY AT THE PRESENT TIME IS DEVOTED ALMOST ECLUS1 EM TO FASShMJhU
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OP TRAFFIC.
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RAPPIC, A LIMITED AMOUNT OP LOCAL CARLOAD PREIGHT IS HEING HANDLED HETWEEN ALL STATIONS, AND AI10UT SEP
EM11EH I, 1D0H, ON OOMI'LETIOX OP THE WORK AROVE REPERRED TO, THE LINE WILL HE FULLY OPENED TO ALL CLASSES
OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO.
Portland, Oregon, August 8th, 1908.
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OREfiON'S PEERLESS
CHERRY EXPOSITION
Written Up For a Leading Fruit Growing Paper of the
iCfc 4 i 4 to -
fcast by A. r. Iloter, tlie secretary ot
i Salem Board of Trade
,
founding uccc-m, Tho show was
given In an attractive canvas pavll
Jgn on tho lawno n( thu court hniBO,:
hlchoccuploi n' block In the honrt,
oftho city. Thls'mndo It IIrIU'
niul qlcniuBf TYfiH an nicy. Tho thor
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(Amorlcan Prult (lrowor,,Uoclojtor.
N. Y., ftoplombr.)
Aghnowhlclvjucr of Oregon
In nifologliluK for.hfft'hunUilQ n
t'.on once put It 'thin wny:
"Tho troublo with ua old bte
KunhiiM la thnt wo jfeyor wont bngkiouBh vjntllutlon matlo It poailblo to Krnlul prUo nnd thore woro
to thy Rtutect or wo mht have bon keen tho (rul nnd llowors In a nor.h,b,u fro,n tho ont,ro va,,y
rouutvd moii lltt nrcwt. TIut?
wm Ornut, nnd Bhanunn uud1 fih6r
dttti, They ciuno ou ntnoiiR thrjio
lofty pcttks nrnmil trot, thydrww
tho In'inlratlu'u xin nmke for iirem.
ness, bift whllo Uey remain! hem
keep tho 'fruit nnd llowors In n pqr
of tho chorrlcs, Tho Creator has
luado It potnlblo to ralno- tho bo;t
chorrlcs In tho world In thnt partlc
ulnr rcKlon, hut It remnliiH for mon
to exploit this Rift of nature to tlw
KrentOBt poislblo advnntagc,
OroKon has proven nor skill In
pnckltiK and marketing npplo
apilnft thnt of nny other section of
tho world. This linn given her ftb
ulotu prices and wide repututlon n
a loader In npplu culturo. Tho
Biuno skill Is also being developed In
tho packing and handling of its in
compnrablo frultsc Biich as chorrlcu
prunes, pears, peaches and berries
of nil kinds,
This Cheiry Fair continued throw
days and now foaturei and Hvoly
programs were provldod for each.
FIvo counties compolod for tho
grand prUo and thore woro other ox-
Uoro
and tho rolling farms or seven coun
ties surrounding. To tho East laid
the Cascado mountains with five
magnificent snow peaks covering an
area of 100 miles In full vlow. On
the west laid the CoaBt range or
Boothorn spur of the Olympics with
its beautiful studding of peaks and
vnBt forest re ourcos, Aftor revel
lug In tl'o magnificent beauty of the
sconcry to Its heart's oontont tho en
tire party adjourned (o a largo cher
ry orchard nearby whoro they picked
and ate fruit and realized tho won
dorful possibilities of the cherry in
duHtry. Thus ended nn annual event which
Is destined to make great the cherry
Industry, and it is needles to sa
tho growers net handsome profits
from tholr cherry orchards, when It
Is stated thnt many of to ten-Inch
ooxes wero pacuea with fruit re
'?cty frp-h slato (luring the Ihp.!801 m,nurod anww and
dn of. tjie fair. This pavilion wW fnm,,le8' ns wo thousand
hearty i Um wide ami uho.it 3hn vltltor from nil pnrtl of the cont
fed Jnng. was Uooaraled with wiKon""B8,oa toK0,ir l Mlltf competl
londs of tho mmritlftcMt Sliaitn daHUou for the UoBor of llcng the
A..- ..J I . ... . . . . . mo t naottutflli!!! nulmaua nt frn't:
us nnn iriniuiou wiiii uouKinr oi ..-..- w .-.
eovernl hundrod producers nnd tho'r nulrltiK only olcht Indlvliliml ohor.
rlea o fJU th6 row. or to fill (hi
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Of
x-vttvi wiaw " Mtiw Hvj ivriinitivl IIVMI lin llllll in
they wero biiuiII fry Uk th rer t of Vw -that wonderful Itfxg&aqu rtow' cli were made.
u. Nvjjr iUitl hoy went baok. nvWoJi U a iiloHtlfHl in th IU8HH.':,,0", were suag, jd hUtej-y tprniod.
among tho ptRinRi of the" odir tnlu af Orgon. i v'Mch. h,ch w"1 "5t 'Mtlng lmpr
sUjs dMthijj- shiji ,out in their won, kuJUU of oyer SO klth ll,0,,
grctttneiifL rh trjuithlwlth us fek, chrrle. which Included the fly! A'u!' from wrttl'ea of
lowi W we heSer went back hh.4 stiutdHrd ouuuefTlal vrletlM. Ffln frh chirr,M- ' were li kinds
BnluM tUe UeaelU of a totttra ." rf taM rtetle wtn oriBliiof b"""'. hbj- Pachr. tlrlotl
ThU iR0Ut!MrHlhtln wrt ho to, within 10 mt af &.ii u-hiL --b' ohorrlee and dried Uebrrli?, hN
been uUHh for th old-timer h i atone b8 te woHdwftil ilium Qt"w8 ' aPil of the 107 and
)l f.. i.L ...i...iu.i ......., .. r. .. .... . lone .-nu.
i. iih'numuhh ibhv kpww ink u. HoitiiHK cnurry hup at that unltti ' "" wwi
Wil. tint lllftiul .. t...... It .ku I1.J W
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wiiinh m,u ,u xm .--. ... fHlt iWMvera sum orr to iMdlejii. rr. f 1....1 l ' -.TT r o. -i .a as many weft
wbloji Uu sm Werr vtewa. rw!,t ,M,P8 " 0 Udltfd.
th'aiw. "' - amBeU the dUpiitf.
This I Ret rel if humMI da. " ?n,8a ,n " v" tUUlblm
Ins. in fel, m uaawwklag ofb44 tfc twy aWeHt silwr
thu ww intern of israiuleur nad o' "" wp""- rMM' i,rw
areaiue. in the eaHy iijr It was . T ' "'" H s,TWI 4r l"
1.. .. ......... , .. hcit cuuHIr axhlhit 11 .-. .uunii
iu'iev v n liiuiiiir iif liniiTMiniir v.. ,.
It U being itwde praeUeal tn
Trtryday affairs. It wut
The last day of tho fair wm, by
ien-'ncn Fquare. tno render eiin
easily npryeclato h0 atzo attained rby
this mo't luselous fruit In the hlglUy
favored climate of the VIIlnmffl
valley. As ovldenco of their arqfu
fl growth .It might be weutloid
that one four-Inch twig was exalllft-
M caotniulng 120 fully mat u Ad
cherries of good marketable glae. j
Verily, taeOregou Cheriy Plr
was bh veut oi arcat idas aad aa '
JxlUbUlan of grsar cher.lea. N'fct
year aa attemp b each of tit
tnantiaa and Individual exhibitors
vr'll bet)nade to not only eual t4s
It was daunt mI
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mirl lTl uw. ia aome of the
bo ad-i ' w " "w " eWeie with
inltted that (be itreat Wax ! Mt V w8lntt8 cHUe Au ad.
thu pao for manj of the lniortait ; ,K. wlUor- w'ver, won thl
event In our history. t U a cuh- I H,att,"t ! d tha greatest
try of largo areas and tnrse Idens. ' 0", ",alHW R"a K001 WH pre
1 matter of agricultural aud IjorU-. Wl, x anM,"K ttU oPtltora, It Is
cultural it alio does thlnss on a I1'0""' that the onu polat
lofty scalo but what Is most aisul. .. m luwo rt tide In favor of
Ikaut, It 1H.J TUNis
One of the cleverest illustrations
ot thU Is (he of ort of Orison's cap
141 ctty t hold a great fair with hut
hm klad ot fruit as thu chief at
twwrtrsa, Thla U tha Qrtgoa Cherry
ralr, aad ita talr4 anaaal cxklW
tnmhlli vount)' was the superior
quality of pack, it waa virtually a
premium on skill In packing, as
thero teems to b no doubt but sev
eral of the Willamette alley coun
tlei ca raise equally good fruit.
All thwe prlws virtually becow
troros of lea.l!ng rtt sn of the me-
troolte were pnMint t a reaeutloa
tendr.d by the Ih1 c mm:ttee. A
magalftrent lunch v.aa ral by the
Wonteu's club of the c'tv uader 4b
attve tres of the stale h u lawa
It waa. la a seriae, a Oood Roads
day. ai maay of the rlsltom mmk 1m
their uato car for distant of
nearly n huadred aides. After th
luncheon, which waa accentuated I
wun auor uiaaer 4a!ic. repartoe,
aad sues. al the.vls'tore wero in
vited to take an aato ride er ton
wiles of rock paved road out int
tho cherry and prune di-trlets. In
their enthusiasm the participants
'ook down fences and drove their
ulo to the plnoj'e of a high hill,
rom which point was preteuted ond
of the mo't magnlflcent panoramas In
tho world Here wero v'slble at
lose rcnge, ?o,ooo acre of frul
m i., mwh vaiv- -" !... .Muoj fcuf lose Tcngp, 29,000 acrei of fTul'drv into h mirin M.i
M. iaat aa a mt aa. WI .unM aP,atloa 1 tarn, with iha ioiuri ?.ght , ' Su ltZ
ns postble aad thus the west Uom
iti ehare towards establishing
great n?f of our ectlre eouatry b
estetttpHfyiag Its own.
Uulldli ClwrrjK Driers.
While cherries can be grown prof
itably for the caanory at throe csat
a pouaj at that figure It pays to dry
them. One of the iarKaat ilrlan nm
In th's year was by 3. P. Kimball of
Polk couB'y. Just aoroaa the rlvar
from Salem. He hai a drier bulk
exduElvoly far chtrrlca that can
handle 300 baaheb a day. The pit
ted eaerry reQuire four pounds of
green cherrloa to rnaks one pound
dry Tho denwU for dne.1 cherri
is unl'mitod, and they can be shipped
dry Into the mlnlnc reelons whor
Newport
YAQUINA BAY
Oregon's Matchless Beach Resiti
THE PLACE TO GO FOIl PERFEOT HEST XKV BVKHV (
CEIVAllLE FORM OP HEALTHFUL AM'DEL1GIITFD&
REATION,
ITS PACILirUvS AHE COMPLETE Best food and aff'
dnnco of It. Fresh water from springs. All modern nect"
ouch as telegraph, telephono, markets freshly provided '
day. Fuel in abundance. Cottages partly furnished or b5
Ished to bo had cheaply. Stiict municipal sanitary reguHt"
NEWPORT is reached by way of tho Southern Taclflo to AW
or Corvallis. thenco Corvalla & Paatom n n: Train servlw w
and Ujotrlp a plonsuro throughout.
RATE FROM SALEM7
SEASQ. 1X MONTHS TICKEy $5.00,
'SATURDAY TO MONDAY TICKET $'1.00.
Our oiaborate new Suramor Rook givoa a concise description
of NewjtgrtA Jpqludlng a ist of hotels, thqfr caplcity sl
ratea. jall on telephone or wrlto local agents.
WM. MeMURRAY,
Geaaral PnssongerAgJnt, Portland, Oregon.
ffnoyiS7nT3PaTry i-'mwrvrtw
Are You Beie? "Bunted?
One of today'& want ad's, nrnv a hunting vou ran ackW
city for you.
It may haw a message for you of urgent personal i&'
one that u-iinn .... . i. .. . .. . i-ire
, ., fVU KCl u au neea , niaj- .-
mediate currents of your actlviUes, or your Inttirests mT
Place around n r... ' .. . -M as0
-. uuuul uu oew environmenis, u" i
may even glvu you an" entirely new start la a tmsfmear ww- J
Isn't if worth whllo (o try and' d" out whether tab?
u " u laaay, tomorrow, ar very aooa.
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