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COLONIST INFLUX
BREAKS All RECORDS
Oregon Points Most Sought Entire
West Gets Benefit, How
ever. The lull returns, uhieh huve been
thoroughly canvassed, show that the
spring colonist movement into the
Pacific northwest and into Califor
nia was the greatest in the history
of the railroads.' During the months
of March and April, which is the
period of low colonist rates, the rec
ords show that approximately 63,000
people sought new homes on the
broad acres, of the northwest, in
cluding also Idaho, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado and Wyoming, and that ful
ly 8000 people i'ound permanent lodg
ment in California, making a total
of about 71,000.
Harrlman Lines Carry 12,000.
As nearly as can be learned, the
Harriman lines carried approximately
12,000 people on one-way tickets into
the northwest, as against 6853 for
the two spring months of last year,
and the entire movement over the
Harriman linos, including California,
Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada
and Utah, was approximately 20,000
as against 12,497 for the previous
year.'
Although the detailed figures are
wanting over the Hill lines, officials
of those roads stated that the move
ment over the Oreut Northern for the
months of March and April through
the St. I'aul gateway was approxi
mately 14, 100, and the movement over
the Northern Pacific approximately
26,732, making a total of nprnxhnnto
ly 40,000 people.
It is stated that the movement over
the Northern Pacific was fully twice
that ovor the- Great Northern. In
addition to this, the Burlington turn
ed over to tho Northern Pacific at
Hillings a total of 11.141 colonists,
which is an increase of 35 per cent
over the contribution of this loud last
spring.
Oregon and Washington Get Most.
Owing to tho refusal of the Hill
lines to give their figures in detail, it
is impossible to give the distribution
of the movement over their lines. As
suming that the same proportions of
the entire movement went to the same
territories as those carried by the
Hnriiinau lines, Washington and Ore
gon secure the greatest portion of Ihe
new homcseekors.
It is also stated that the Denver &
Rio Ornnde handled about 10.000 col
onists, which, of course, were tinned
over to Ihe llnrrinian lines, mid are
included in their totals. On the ltur-
liugtou, a comparative idea of the
movement to California is gathered
from the statement that the passen
ger business to that state over that
line increased from 2222 to 2510 pas
sengers, making the total increase in
Ihe California movement over the
Hurlinglou for the two months ap
proximately 13 per cent.
As showing that the increase in
the northwest colonist movement is
close to f0 per cent, it is stated that
for the live weeks ending April 7.
Ihe Denver & liio Grande's colonist
movement through Ogden had inerens
ed from IN 00 to MOO. but this was
not all to tl e Pacific coast. A large
pail of Ibis movement was to new
lands along the Oregon Short Line,
in Idaho.
A careful study of the figures giv
t'li by the roads shows that all of the
fanning regions of the west and
northwest have shared proportion
ately in ihe increased settlement of
vacant lands.
TAFT AT BALTIMORE
G000 ROADS CONGRESS
HAU'IMOKK. May IS. -President
Ta fl i- the mn-t dUtiumslipH stmst
to itnrtii'ipntp in tin njMMiinr f the
zrvni pMul riunK fnitirros. which up
on ml tmliiv for a three day' -.lesion.
Other 'penker-; niv: Tinted States
Senator .Tohn H. Hankhead of Aln
batna and Charles Piek of Orio, Rep
roentiitivo (1 corse A. IVavr of
Maryland. Walter P. Urownlow of
Ttfiuios-iOO. William Snlzor of New
York nnd F. 0. pnnnld. president of
th Illinois State flood Road no
riatioTi. Arthur C. .Tnekson of Chioneo pre
DAMAGE NOT HEAVY
AT CRATER MKE
Steel's Personal Buildings Not In
juredLarge Barn Crushed
by the Snow.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May 18
Superintendent W. V. Araut return-
id yesterday from Crater Lake,
where ho went to investigate the dam
age done to the buildings by the heuvy
snow during Ihe winter. He stated
that the damage was not as bnd us
reported, although many of the build-1
ings were destroyed. The large barn,
which was built of heavy timbers and
constructed with the belief that it
would withstand any amount of
weight of snow, was completely
crushed to a level with the snow,
about ten feet from the ground. The
heavy timbers were simply broken
up into kindling wood.
The only damnge suffered by the
residence was the roof, which was
crushed hi, but Mr. Arant states that
this can be repaired ut a small cost.
Practically no harm was done to the
furniture, which was stored in the
house.
Will O. Stool's buildings, which
were near the Arant camp, were not
damaged. Mr. Arant stated that
there is still over eight feet of snow
at the camp and that during Sunday
night six inches of snow fell. It is
still verv cold near the lake.
Selections from the finest private
art galleries in Italy, pictures, stat
uary and other art creations that
have never before been taken out of
the country are to be exhibited at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pueifie exposition
at Scuttle this summer.
The lino lloo house on the grounds
of the Alaska-Vukoii-Pacific. ex
position to open Juno 1 at Seattle,
will cost more than $iri,000 und will
be the headquarters of all black cat
visitors to the fair this, summer.
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