Crook County Journal.
COUK1Y OFFICIAL PAPER.
THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1902.
0wn Klvers to the Interior.
The urgency for the improvement
of the Upper Columbia and Snake
fivers is so patent that the qucs
Hion doos not admit of argurhent.
Free navigation on these two im
jiortant highways is absolutely es
sential for the up-building of the
the tributary country. Just eo
long as the rivers are closed, the
.development of the country will
he slow. Once the rivers are open
ed, once there is through connec
tion with the tide-water ports, the
development will be tremendous
.for all the forces that go to make
sup a great forward movement are
here, awaiting the signal, as it
were, to go ahead. At the present
time the Columbia is navigable
jrom its mouth to Dalles City, by
way of the Cascades Lock and Ca
nal, a distance of 190 miles. Be
tween Dalles City and Celilo the
river is obstructed for thirteen
miles. Between Celilo and the foot
of Priest Rapids, a distance of 198
miles, the river is navigable under
favorable conditions. The Snake
is navigable from Riparja to Lew
iston, a distance of 73 miles, and
under favorable conditions, froni
Riparia to its mouth, a distance of
67 miles. With some improvement,
the cost of which would be justified
hy the area that would be served,
and its industries, the Columbia
could be made freely navigable
from Dalles City to the foot of
Priest Rapids, a distance of 210
miles, and the Snake for the 140
miles of its course from its mouth
to Lewiston, This would add 350
miles to the navigable waters of
the Columbia and its tributaries.
Jt would open a natural trade route
for all of Northern Oregon, all of
Southern Washington and the
greater part of Eastern Washing
ton, and nearly all of Western Ida
ho, particularly the rich Lewiston
region. Some ill-inf jrnied persons
have insisted that because no vast
development of country, and no
large increase of river carriers fol
lowed the opening of the locks at
the Cascades, the government would
not be warranted in spending the
amount of money that wouH be
required to make navigation free
on the Upper Columbia and Snake.
This is a narrow view to take of so
important a project and one that
has no foundation in fact. Prior
to the completion of the Cascade
Locks, the Columbia between the
mouth of the Willamette and Dalles
City, was navigable for all the dis
tance that it is now navigable ex
cept the short stretch obstructed at
the Cascades. In 1891 the state of
Oregon built a portage railway
around the Cascades obstruction
and operated it until the govern
ment opened the locks in 1896.
The portage railway gave the pro
ducers of the district .tributary to
Dalles City, the relief that they
had long sought water transpor
tation for their products. The
locks gave the same relief to the
same region, but in greater degree,
in that government" service made
an end of cargo breaking at the
portage. Of the two reaches of the
Columbia that are divided by the
Dallcg-Cclilo obstructions the
stretch westward from Celilo to the
Cascades, and the stretch eastward
from Celilo the last named is by
far the more important. For it is
not westward from Dalles City to
the Cascades th.it the great food
jirodi;cing fields of the Inland Em
pire lie, but eastward of Dalles
City, in the resion up to the foot of
Priest Rapids on the Columbia,
i iv up to Lewiston on the Snake,
lre in Oregon, Washington and.
Idaho, will originate the bulk of!
the trallio that will come down the
Columbia when it is a free river.
The Cascade Locks opened only 31
miles of river between the Cascades
and Dalles City. The overcoming
of tho obstructions at Celilo would
open 850 miles of river. This is
the difference between the two pro- j
jects. To bring about the opening,
of the Columbia and tho Snake,!
the business men of Portland will
have to unit in their own behalf j
and join hands with the producers ,
and merchants of the Inland Km-1
pire.
I'nnnma a (i.ihl llrl. t.
The wonder is not that the new
Panama Canal Company fell from
$110,000,000 to $.10,000,000, but
that so many. members of congress
seemed inclined to accept the prop
osition. The Chicago Inter Ocean
asks what the $40,000,000 was to
be paid for? and auswers:
1. For a concession that binds
us to pay the Colombian govern
ment $16,000,000 in rents for tho
Panama railroad, and, at the very
least, $25,000,000 in rent for a ca
Lal that we are to build.
2. For a concession under which
it is impossible for an American
canal, owned and controlled by the
United States, to be operated.
3. For a work on which French
engineers spent seven years and
$262,000,000 and gave it up as im
practicable after completing only
two-fiftbs of the excavation.
4. For the privilege of trying to
complete in eight years for $200,
000,000 a canal which, w hen com
pleted, would not be under our con
trol. 5. For antiquated machinery,
which would be thrown aside for
modern machinery similar to that
used in constructing the Chicago
drainage canal.
6. For the right to construct a
canal on a route rejected by a score
of American engineers and con
demned as impracticable.
Portions of these specifications
seem to be exaggerated. For ex
ample, the route, 'I he Telegram
thinks, has not beon "rejected by a
score of American engineers as im
practicable." It is only diilicult;
so, for that matter, is the Nicara
gua route.
As to the sums mentioned to be
paid for rents and a concession to
the Colombian government, it is
not clear that the Chicago paper
has the figures down just right, but
they will serve, if even true in large
part, to show what b gold brick the
advocates of Panama are endeavor
ing to induce Uncle Sam to buy.
In any event, when the matter is
looked into, the economy of buying
the Panama ruins is not apparent.
The American people have re
peatedly declared for the Nicaragua
Canal; the engineers and commis
sions have all reported in favor of
the Nicaragua canal; the house,
knowing that the eyes of the peo
ple were upon it, passed the Nica
ragua canal bill, by an almost
unanimous vote, and the senate,
though it will debate and deliber
ate and dally, will scarcely dare
either to defeat the Nicaragua bill
or to substitute Panama. Telegram.
Price Blacksmith 5hop
E. A. PARKER, Prop.
All kinds of blneksmithing and
wagun repair work done ut reas
onable rates. !
PRICE, : : OREGON.
Hotel Prinovillo.
C. K. McDowell, Prop.
Thoroughly Renovated ami Re
furnished Throughout.
American Plan. Hates $1,
$!.." am! $:i licr (iay.
Accommodations are Unaurpassetl
in the city. Sample Rooms lor
Commercial Travelers,
Long Distance Telephono Station
in the house.
illiard Parlors
AND
BOWLING ALLEY
DAVIS A COLLWS, Props.
Nuts, Candies, Cigars, Smokers' Ar-
tides and Tropical Fruits.
Furnished rooms by day, week
or month.
Moore Building, Main street.
GETZ' BROTHERS
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Plana and Sppciika
tions Drawn. All
kinds of wood v ork,
Shup ut Hnrbin'a Pinning M'll
f RINEVIbloE, OREGON
Blown to Atoms.
The old idea that the body some
times needs a powerful, drastic, purga
tive pill hai been exploded; for Dr.
King'u New Life Pills, which are per
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the system xnd absolutely cure
j Constipation and Sick Headanhe. On
I !y 23c at Adanison & Wimiek Co.'s
drug store
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ABSOLUTELY CURES
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Whooping; Cough, i'ueuinonia. or any
Affection of th Throat and I.unga.
TRIAL BOTTLES FREE.
Regular Size 60 cento and $1.00.
FRANK ELKINS & CO.
South End Blacksmith Shop
We Have
Cunlon (iatij( 1'loNVP,
Canton Sulky Plows,
Clinton Walking I'lown,
Canton Blue Jny I'lnvvn,
In both Chilled Iron and Steel
Wc Have
Ktinerior Hoe Hrilln,
Superior Dine Drilln,
Superior Shoe Grille,
Superior hroud Clint Herder
With Cultivator attachment.
V.'o also carry in Block tho FamoiiK Canton Dire Harrow,
U liar Harrows and Favorite I'ipe Frame Harrows.
Call and Examine Our Scotch C!ifl).rsA Slwl flow llb Cast Sltear.
Prineville-Shanlko
Stage line.
DAILY BETWEEN P8INEVILLE AND SIIAMO.
-SC1IEDUIE-
Leav Shaniko, 6 p. m. Arrive Prineville, 6 a. m,
Leave Prineville 1 p. m. Arrive Shuniko, 1 a. m.
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First class accommodations
for the traveling public.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATES REASONABLE-
lamson & Winnck Co., Agents,
G. M. Cyrnett, Manager.
11 tf$A-a tf-M
I !M Mi
Fresh Sawed Shingles $2.75,
per m.
at SHIPP'S.
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Anyon in fit nff ulteti-h and dMRripf Ion rosy
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Invention is prnhftblf pBrwitahte. Citiuniintrv
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cut frw. I)ifi'i mrenry for BMurmii' patanu.
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