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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08
farmers and Fruit Growers Who
Tell What They Are DOingin
the Willamette Valley
Facts More Surprising Than Fairy Tales
About the Products of the Soil in
Western Oregon Where no Ir-
rigatiOn Is Required and
Crops Never Fail

M. L. Jones, Brooks, Oregon Red
Glover is successful crop in western
Oregon on nearly all lands from the
Foothills of the Cascades to the Pa
eifc ocean. The value of clover feed
pnd the fertilizing qualities of the
growing crop are well understood
From 8 to ~ pounds of clover seed
10 the acre are required, and the Orc.
homegrown seed is preferred. The pres
ent price Of clover is $40 per ton,
baled, (. o. b. nearest shipping point.
The first crop on good land will reach
B tons per acre. An average crop of
seed is 3 to 6 bushels TO the acre,
worth from So to SO per bushel es-
Innate the cost Of making the clover
crop at 81 per ton, baled and ready
Dor shipment. This is an outside fg-
nre, where all the work is hired done.
The expense Of baling is $3.50 to 81
per ton, the farmer usually doing the
rest Of the work and making this
profit. Clover lasts two years. If you
Sow from to pounds of timothy seed
with the clover, you will get a grass
crop that win stand years. Glover
on bottom lands lasts years. Clo-
yer seed costs 81 per bushel for hull
ling. Figuring three tons to the acre,
dedueting SO for baling, would leave
s24. Add the value Of crop Of seed
nnd the value Of pasture and improve
ment in the fertility Of the soil, which
will more than pay all cost of seed,
wear and tear Of machinery and fence.
Big Money in Hops.
II. J. ottenheimer, Salem, Oregon
In the spring Of 1908 1 bought $50
acres of land miles south Of Salem,
IN Marion county, paying $4,000 for
the same. In 1904 1 harvested 10000
pounds of hops, and at 8 cents per
pound for production, my profit on the
crop was $500. The average yield
per acre is 2O0O pounds. From a 10
acre tract / gathered 2,34s boxes Of
hops, approximating - pounds to the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08
REDUCED EXCURSION RATES.
To the Seaside and Mountain Eescrts
for the Summer Vacations.

On and after June /, 1905, tho
Southern Pacific, in connection with
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad win
have on sale round trip tickets from
points on their limos to Newport, va.
quina and Detroit at very low rates,
good for return until October 10, 1905.
Three day tickets TO Newport and
Yaquina, good going Saturdays and re-
turning Mondays are also on sale from
all east side points Portland TO En-
gene inclusive, and from all west sido
points, enabling people to visit their
families and spend Sunday at the sea.
side
Season tickets from all east sido
points Portland to Eugene inclusive,
and from all west side points are also
on sale to Detroit at very low rates
with stop over privileges at Min City
or any point east enabling tourists TO
visit the santiam and Breitenbush Hot
Springs in the Cascade mountains,
which can be reached IN one day.
Season tickets will be good for re.
turn from all points until October 10.
Three day tickets viii be good going
Saturdays and returning Mondays
only. Tickets from Portland and vi
entity will be good for return via the
east or west side at option Of passen-
ger. Tickets from Eugene and vicinity
win be good going via the Lebanon
Springfield branch, II desired. Baggage
on Newport tickets checked through
to NewpOrtj on Yaquina tickets to va.
quina only.
s. p. trains connect with the @. 4 Il.
at Albany and Corvallis for Yaquina
and Newport Trains on tho O. & Il.
for Detroit win leave Albany at 1850
a. m, enabling tourists o the Hot
Springs 10 reach there the same day.
Trains from and TO Corvallis connect
with all east side trains on the 8. r.
Full information as TO rates, time
tables, etc, can be obtained on appli-
cation to J. Mayo, Gen. Pass. Agt., O.
& +. r. r., Albany W. =. Conan,
q. p. A., 8. p. Co., Portland or to any
8. p. or O. & p. agent.
Rate from Salem to Newport $500.
Rate from Salem to Yaquina $3.50.
Rate from Salem to Detroit $3.60.
Threeday rate from Salem to va
quina or Newport $500. 0-1-tf
CHILDREN URY YoR
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08

box, making the yield from this partic.
ular tract average over $500 pounds
to the acre. In this vicinity it costs
$50 per acre to cultivate the hop-yard,
with an additional $40 for twine,
spraying material, and spraying. In
cluding wear and tear and other Incl:
deEtals, / can put hops into the bale
at cost of ~ cents. Hopes sold in
Oregon in 1902 for 25 to % cents per
pound, and in 1904 as high as 81 cents
per pound was received. At the pres
ent price, the profit from an acre Of
this land is easily $780, Hop land
rents for one-fourth Of the crop, so the
income to the owner per acre at 12h
cents is $62.50.
Big Onion Yields.
J. A. Dimiek, Hubbard, Oregon
Considerable land in western Oregon,
known as peat and beaver-dam land,
is especially adapted to producing on
ions. Any kind of sandy loan or rich
bottom land will raise fine onions, but
not as large crop as peat or beaver
dam land. count on selling 800
an average crop; to 5A pounds Of
seed, or 10000 pounds sets TO the acre.
On the best land, $50 to ZOO sacks of
large onions TO the acre are counted
an average crop; 4 to " poundss of
seed are used to the acre. The pre-
vailing price in February is from $l.75
to $2.25 a sack from shipping point,
but we sometimes sell in the field in
the fall at 81 sack. While Hubbard
is the home Of the union set industry,
large quantities are also grown in the
vicinity Of Salem, Woodburn, Aurora,
and other places in Marion county.
could afford to pay $500 an acre for
the best onion land, and clear my in
vestment on the first years crop.
LoganberTy Yields Big.
A. NJ. LaFollett, Gervais, Oregon
The loganberry is a successful and
profitable crop in Marion county, -Four
years ago ] set out lot, and the fol.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08

hay to any other for dry feed. Some
Of my best alfalfa stands on land that
is overAowed in winter TO feet.
Samples Of this growers alfalfa
are on exhibition at the Marion coun
ty exhibit at the Lewis and Clark ex'
position.)
Success With Grapes.
A. Aufrance, Salem, oregon-Grape.
growing for the market and for wine
making is an established industry at
Salem, the Concord and common vart
eties that ripen in the middle and
northern states doing well, and being
produced with little attention for fam
lily use and the local markets. For
shipment the Concord, Delaware, Mag
ara and Sweetwater are grown gener-
ally on a western or southern slope. ]
have grown generally with splendid
success for IA years One-year-old
plants bear the third year. Have lost
crops but three times in IA years from
frosts. The Concord and White Chas-
let bring from 8 to 4 cents per pound.
Concord will average 20 to 80 pounds
to the plant, and harvest 8 to 10 tons
Of marketable grapes to the acre. The
Red and Black Burgundy wine grapes,
and Red and White Chaslet produce
600 to 500 gallons Of wine to the acre,
which sells at 40 TO so cents per gal
Ion.
$4,000 From 1876 Acres.
J. d. Barber, Marion, oregon-From
July to July 10, my check from the
creamery was $ss.61; from July Is to
August /, sl22.s0. have l65 acres
of land on the Santiam creek, of which
90 acres are cleared. ] milk 80 cows
at present. When my pasture is dry
aud short, feel hay once a day, some
green feed, and one bushel per COW
each day of last years ensilage Ny
cows average over $500 per month
from cream. / also sell a number of
hogs and beef cattle each year, In
1902 / sold s1,33s worth Of hogs. My
place pays $4,000 a year.
willamette Valley Strawberries.
+. Hofer, Salem, OregOn-strawber-
~ growing is well established in
county, several hundred acres
being devoted to the industry about
Salem Plants cost $3.50 to 90 per
thousand. A 5-aere field ia miles
east OF Salem in 1904 produced 800
crates, which brought an average re-
turn Of $l.25 per crate. The net re-
turn per crate was So cents, making
total Of $3.50, or sl56 per acre TO the
grower. On these acres 100 crates
we're NOT picked, because Piekers could
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08
Spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard, Of 200 W. 34th ST..
New York, at one time had her beauty
spoiled with skin trouble. She writes
81 had salt rheum or eczema for years
but nothing would cure IL until I used
Bucklen's Arniea Salve." A quick and
sure healer for cuts, burns and sores
25c at j. @. Perry's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08

lowing year picked two 24-quart crates
from 260 two-year.old vines and about
$50 one-year-old vines. In 1904 / pick
ed COG crates from 1880 vines. From
I acres of first-year crop my son mar
keted, 1893 crates We received
$1.05 per crate for the crop, f. o. b,
Gervais. The picking cost about 20
cents per crate; crates and boxes, 13
cents leaving net of 40 cents per
crate to the grower Plants cost $50
per thousand, and are set feet apart.
Wiring for the vines costs $25 per acre.
The posts with the wires are set y
feet apart, and it takes 100 to 200
posts to the acre, costing from $40 to
500 per acre. Counting 600 plants to
the acre, the cost of putting out logan
berries is about 500 per acre, and there
is apparently on limit to the time q
patch will last. Cultivation is by plow
and harrow.
Willamette Valley Flax.
Eugene Bosse, Salem, Oregon--l
have grown fax and have dealt in fiber
for 80 years in Belgium where the best
and most valuable fiber is produced. ]
came to Oregon in 1902. have raised
three crops of fax, amounting in all
to about 1000 acres. / find that the
climate Of the Willamette Valley, the
growing season from March TO the.
middle of June, and the average
amount of rainfall during the period
show no difference between this sec
tion and Belgium. With the same
preparation of land, harvest here the
same quality and quantity of fax
straw, the yield being from one-half
to tons per acre. can produce the
same grade Of fiber he.e cheaper than
in some Of the best fax countries of
Europe. Yields Of from TO ~, bush
els Of seed per acre are obtained, and
in a majority of cases from IS to 2s
per cent of the straw is clean fiber.
Twenty-Five Cents for Hops.
Catlin g. Linn, Salem, oregon-In
1908 our s-acre hop yard near Jeffer-
son produced 16,O46 pounds Of hops,
which sold at 251a cents per pound,
bringing $4,O91.73. The cost Of pro
ducing the hops was as follows: New
poles for trellis, 1926; twine, $6.25;
cultivation, $780, material for spray,
$9.45; spray, $15; repairs on hop house
and tools, $4.3O; sewing twine, burlap,
sulphur and wood, $76.42; picking,
$694.25; labor, dryer and yard help,
$769.s7; insurance and interest on
picking money, $69.66; board for la
Dor during picking, $27j labor, baling
hops, $50; total, $1,092.42, leaving net
profit of $2,s99.3l.
Alfalfa for All Stock.
Fred Achilles, Salem, oregon--There
is no doubt in my mind that alfalfa
can be grown as a profitable crop in
western Oregon, and even in the tide
lands. Last year had alfalfa four
feet high that was sown s years ago
Altogether I have about 80 acres in al.
faifa. I turn Off 100 hogs each year
fattening them on green alfalfa and
dry meal, and the butchers TO whom
sell my pork all say that it has a
flavor not found in pork fed other
feeds. Land sown in June will the
next May produce tons Of alfalfa
to the acre, leaving splendid pasture
for stock. Cows turned on green al
falfa give 5 10 Q anarta more milk per
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08

not be secured As high as 5000 Ia
5000 per acre has been made on straw,
berries at Salem, but $40 to $l25 per
acre is more nearly the average re,
turn.
over $1,000 From Five Acres.
w. II. II. Dodge, Salem, oregon-I
live 2I5 miles east of Salem. The
following was produced from my 5-aere
tract in l903' Rhubarb, ~ acres,
3l,3l6 pounds, which sold for $407.54
asparagus, y acre, 452 dozen lunches
$l76,53j celery, y acre, l,472 dozen
lunches, $77l09j lettuce, 244 heads
(grown in greenhouse), $9770j total,
81 l,549s6. / also used 4 acre Of this
tract for pasture. The house, barn
and greenhouse are on the fve-acre lot,
which, Of course, cut of some Of the
land. | am pleased with my success in
this section Of Oregon. The new set
tiers, who have come into this valley,
are meeting with splendid success and
are loud in their praise Of the state.
You could not induce them TO go back
east to live. The climate here Is ideal
in every PARTICULAR wonderful con
trast TO the frigid and torrid east.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-08
New Lange Hotel

Corner Sixth and Washington
streets, Portland, Or, (next TO
Imperial). Strictly hTepTOof and
modern. Rates lowest for arst-
class service. Steam heat and
elevator, elegant cafe and bar
in connection. On direct line to
fair grounds +. Lange, prOprie-
tor; Sam Bauman, manager, for
msriy ef Omaha, Esb.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
AUTOMOBILING.

With the Vanderbilt Cup race over automo-
bilists are turning their attention to the coming
economy run, anticipating the annual hill climb
ing contest on Thanksgiving Day, and looking
forward to the beach racing and speed trials
this winter in Florida and Cuba There will be
two great automobile tournaments in the South
this year the first on the ideal sandy beach at
Ormonde. the other at Havana Between these
there will be a motor boat tournament at Palm
Beach, and possibly a 1S0-mie race over the
new road now in the course of construction be-
tween Palm Beach and Miami. A greater num-
Der of high powered cars than gathered
together before are expected for the speed trials
over Florida's sandy stretch Of fourteen miles.
and most OF them will so to Cuba for the road
race there in February. to be held under gov
ernment supervision. with thousands Of soldiers
to guard the course. Some interesting data has
been gathered by q motorist who used tires or
different sizes with view of noting the differ
ence in speed He used two cylinder car and
claims great gain in speed and more comfort
with tires of larger size. When he first started
with his car 1t was equipped with two-inch solid
tires. and the average speed he was able to at
tain varied from twelve to fourteen miles
hour Increasing the size Of his solids to two
and a half inches he got up to eighteen miles.
With four-inch pneumatics he was able to
age twenty miles, and increasing these by an
inch on the back wheels gave him twenty-fouG
the same car and the same engine, the only
difference being in the size Of the sproCkets
ployed. This furnishes an eloquent argument
for the large size tires.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

The Pilgrim team of Association football play
ers did much to popularize this form Of the
game in the match with the All New-York
eleven Saturday at the Polo Grounds. The
great English game, which draws 10000 and
$4,000 persons to the big matches abroad. is GER
tainIy deserving Of more consideration by our
athletes than It has had In the past. The Pill
grims. however, like the Fathers Of old, have
made safe landing in this country, and in
missionary way have accomplished much and
lent an impetus to the sport which is likely to
bear fruit. That It hope to supplant our
American college game is merest twaddle, and it
would seem as II the supporters Of the Associa-
ton game had made mistake in drawing COM
parsons and trying to prove the advantages Of
one over the other. The games are as totally
unlike In essential features as rackets and
lawn tennis or baseball and cricket. Both have
their good points and both are open to criticism
by the devotees Of one the other. The visi-
tors have called attention to the roughness of
the American game and to the fact that the
plays are hidden and hard to see and under
stand. In Saturdays game at the Polo Grounds
the finer points of the play were not seen by
the novice, and the game as a whole was a bit
confusing and mystifying except to the Initiated.
There is room enough for both games in
this country, and there is no reason why both
should not prosper. The visitors will sail for
home Wednesday, but not without having
accomplished their purpose TO q large extent
They have showed the game as it should be
played to a large number Of persons in their
tour of this country, and wherever they have
been interest has been aroused and teams
formed or strengthened. In this section plans
have been made to foster the sport and the
Metropolitan Association Football League has
appointed a committee to advance the game in
all the Eastern colleges with the ultimate OBJ
ject OF establishing q big intercollegiate league.
The project will be under the patronage Of the
British Ambassador. Sir Mortimer DUrand. who
is a keen football player and cricketer. The
members of the committee are D. r. James,
Princeton; Everett j. Wendell, Harvard; G. T.
Kirby Columbia; Julian w. Curtiss, Yale
George w Orton, University OF Pennsylvania;
John G. Van Wormer. New-York Athletic
Club and James E. Sullivan, secretary of the
Amateur Athletic Union.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
RACING At JAMAICA.
Some Good Sport Promised for the
Current Week.

The racing at Jamaica last week at the track
of the metropolitan Jockey Club quite up
to the standard and provided much interesting
racing season to end for the more pretentious
Of the Westchester Racing Associations fall
meeting, The season only ends with the
last day Of racing in this State November 10.
The programmes arranged at Jamaica and
Aqueduct ambitious than ever before;
the stakes in particular comparing favorably
with the average of the meetings which have
passed. At Jamaica last week the fields were
large, well balanced and not altogether lacking
in quality, while the racing was spirited and
free in the main from any glaring form revers-
ais. The victory OF Eugenia Burch I'm the open
ing day fixture perhaps the feature of the
week, bat there were other good performances,
notably the fast six furlOngs run by Gold Rose
and the success of Snow in beating Zienap and
Disobedient head in the Oceanus Stakes on
Saturday.
There is every reason to expect a continu-
ance Of the same good sport this week. There
Will be stake attraction each day and the
The entries for the Lynbrook Handicap to-day
give some idea Of how many Of the good horses
still IN training and ready to race when the
opportunity presents itself. In the field
such good two-year- -olds as Security. Brookdale
Nymph, Hooray, Kinleydale. Early and Often
Arklirta and Zienap. Security has a victory
over Burgomaster and George c. Bennett to
his credit while the Othe~s have run prominently
in the best company from time to time
Raccgoers were disappointed that Roseben
did not go to the post on Saturday in the Ia
maqua Handicap. even with his crushing impost
Of 154 pounds. It not surprising, however
that his owner and trainer refused to accept the
weight for the great sprinter In view OF the
fact that the field was good one. There
limits even TO the weight carrying abilities of
TSOSeben.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
SPORTING COMMENT.
Ne5Cs and Vie7cs ON Current Topics,
amateur and Professional.

Racing football. golf and steeplechasins make
up the list of sporting features this week anu
for those who indulge in these particular
branches there will be much to interest and en-
tertain. The Metropolitan Jockey Club will con-
tinue It's fall meeting at Jamaica; many football
games which are sure to provide close and IN
teresting struggles are scheduled: the tri-city
golf match between New-York, Philadelphia and
Boston for the Lesley Cup is down for decision.
and the second and third days Of the steeple-
chase meet Of the United Hunts Racing Assocla-
ton are set for Wednesday and Saturday The
week Just closed was notable for the making
of a new intercollegiate golf champion, the sue
cess Of the opening day of the hunt and steeple-
chase meet at Marris Park. the international
match at association football won 50 dectsively
by the visiting English team. and the various
college football games. 1t was also made plain
that John j. Flanagan the weight thrower, has
not yet reached the full measure Of his capa-
bilities with the 1G-pound hammer At CELTIC
Park Saturday he hurled the missile 1I3
feet 2 inches. He committed a foul. however.
and the throw does not stand as worlds rec
ord. 1t shows. however, that g. new mark may
be expected
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
GOLF.

The victory of Robert Abbott. Of Yale, IN
winning the individual championship OF the
Intercollegiate Golf Association Saturday. at
Garden City, was a creditabIe one and means
perhaps the rising of new golfing star. The
field was a representative one. barring White,
of Harvard who won the title last year, and
who was prevented from playing because OF
faculty restrictions. In his absence Abbott Won
the title IN a clean cut and decisive manner.
and was we'll deserving of the honors. His game
is marked more by consistency than brilliancy,
but he has the happy faculty, so pronounced in
H Chandler Egan. the national champion. Of
getting out of trouble at less cost than the
average player. He drives a long ball from the
tee. using q three-Quarter swing, which. while
not perhaps strictly orthodox. is strikingly ef-
fective in his case His short game Is quite up
to the standard or was during this tournament
and to all appearances he is a cool headed, nervy
player and not easily fustered. Ellis Knowles,
the runner-up and AbbOtt's teammate. was not
far behind the winner i'll gOlfng skill. and de-
served almost equal credit for the part he played
in the tournament. Yale also won the team
championship, and the golf1ng honors or 1SO0
go to New-Haven. Harvard lost her best men
of last year by graduation, and Whites absence
was also felt, but even had he played IT could
hardly have turned the tide.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
HARVARD "RooTERs" FEEL BLUE.
Find Little to Enthuse Over in West Poin+
Game-Team Gets Back.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Cambridge. Mass. Oct 2.-The Harvard eleven
returned from New-York to-day. where they had
been staying since the game with West Point on
Saturday There were only two injuries the re-
suit OF the game with the soldiers O'Brien had a
broken nose and Montgomery slightly twisted leg.
None Of the Harvard men had much to say about
the game OF Saturday, except to praise the work
OF Jimmy Macdonald. who made Harvard's only
score. The West Point game MacDonald's first
game on the Harvard eleven and his quckness in
following the ball was faVorably commented on
Harvard students not at all encouraged as the
result OF HaTvard's showing against the soldiers
The only consolation is that West Point was much
stronger than was thought. The Brown game next
Saturday is awaited with great interest at Cam
bridge, as II will afford opportunity for a CON-
pariEon of the Crimson and Penn.
New-York tribune., 1905-10-23
INSPECT PELHAM BAY.
Plans on Foot for Nezc Course for
Local OarSnDen.

Pelham Bay was inspected by Messrs Kharfka
and Mulcahy, OF the ATLANTA Boat Club, and a few
other oarsmep yesterday, who were collecting
data as 10 its usefulness for q rowing They
were convinced that the bay would make an excel
lent course for rowing and other sports
The contemplated course Is somewhat obstructed
by rocks. and these would have to be removed and
dixie would have to be built on the sides of the
bay. About the bay there number of swamps
that would have to be filled In 1t is estimated
all this could be done for $4,000.
It is the purpose of the oarsmen to ask the city
officials to carry On the movement as Il would
greatly improve the surroundings of Pelham Park
President Pkington. of the National Association of
Amateur oosrsmen. is of the leading workers in
trying 20 carry this scheme through. Already per-
cials. ~
& The proposal to make Pelham Bay a new speed
way LOT oarEmen was spoken OF four years
aEo Du IL was not until President Pilkington took
me tnatIer up that the scheme seemed a posi-
DIlIby. IA rcCtsnl years the Harlem River course
mas oeeil round unsatisfactory to oarsmen, owing
TO the large barges that have taken up good
part Oh Ihe water and the filling In TINT has been
done Ou the new course there would nc alWays
plenty OF room without Interference for holding
big regattas, and IL is further suggested that Inc
intercollegiate resattas could held on fhe ma
OF the bay. ~ W