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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1901)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, 1, 1901. L K7 , S3CS S 5& J-OOftgfrQlr THE CAR' WfV&OWf 5, . T TH zmm, m ' -TV J Lfy if S .$&!&.' &srz'-. " -v l-V - tv3 ZiKV - . -4 --'.ari t&t t V, &" .- -. . & &v A v bk,v I tt, .. ..' R-V' . -. - ' i'fc ' Jt -. ' - v f? w ., - "& , fr- v 54V . ?. l R&psds c2e Columbia. River AfearCZo rnoro oy if?Tftuf jucv 77? e ZJo-it, On V V- THREE TRAINS A DAY FACH WAY RFTWFPNTpnPTi amp. aw -mia iriX7W",, MiMifJ """"'""wwnu g r; ,,- - -, , iregga&gaSB fesgWJMSrezreMBl THE CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL EAST'OF THE DALLES. OR. SA solid vcstibulcd through train between Portland and Chlcaso. which coyej tfcte distance or 2314 miles between the Iwo terminal K..hj ill tmv,y, uu;j, iiij j wiiy ui l& IIIIU31 HQIH3 Ull Ulg LOIUIIICIH. The .wateV-level route through the great eoree of.thft Columbia River; matchless service: the grandest of' ! - . ..... r scenery, y- iNobody who makes a transcontinental journey should fail to seleot the famous Columbia RiverRoute,wlthjtswesternJerminus at;Portland. Z Z !w - o ro g-" . y- v- C. C2 oryand-San- Frcmcfsco- eouarFostX Steamers on ms0cedn5en vce.tireatesf Conforitfc&f w r.O s 0i S nlimt o S -i'h. N .- c--OCc-J" 5- - 2) :. W. k- Covers Ore yon (ddsn?r Tffwnct done onJConnecfy ' dhpcf rtfft apon$ fzLaxfr m fe TAeOJtart fluns liefihest Veer ajfeffm t 1 6oqYs on The Wifam etfe and 'Courn-v 6a ft'ierix- '. ?v X 7 rsvifc?A.A of? xtevs-' jV A ri ee ca THE 0. R. & N. COMPANY STHB GATEWAT TO PORTIiAIfD AXli THE SEA FOR ALL LINGS. This Ib the One Unilroad Termlnn- tine at Portland fVnlch Exploits Portland's Advantages. The history of The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company is the history of the wonderful section of country which tho rails of this company so fully cover. No railroad In America today occupies a more unique or commanding position than does the O. R. & N. Co., whose head offices are maintained at Portland, and whose affairs are governed hy tho local board of di rectors which annually meets In Portland Xor the election of Its officers, and for out lining tho general policy of operation which the executive officers of the com pany pursue during the year following their election. In Its operation, In Its time schedules, In the general conduct of Its affairs. In the efforts which the man agement may make to meet the new con ditions constantly arising from the de mands made for the extensions of Its trackage to cover new section of country that the miner, the farmer and the lum berman have reclaimed and have made habitable from the standpoint of a modern civilization. The O. R. & N. is essen tially a Portland road. It Is a road that was built as a legitimate and pressing demand for a line that could properly banQle the large and constantly Increas ing trafflo centering at Portland, and It success, as gauged by the prosperity of the cotmtry It traverses, by the quotations or its stock on Wall street, and by the rapid extension of radiating lines of roaas built and operated as feeders to the great parent system Itself, Is taken by discern ing men as presaging a great future for Portland and for the wonderful tributary district embraced within the borders of the four or more states of which Portland will always remain the center of business and of finance. Starting at Portland, the line of the O. JR. & K. Co. runs east through the great gorge and valley of the Columbia River to Wallula, Wash., a distance of 212 miles. At TJmatllla, a point 1S5 miles east of Portland, the road branches, one fork running to Huntington, Or., 402 miles east of Portland, and the other to 'Spokane, Wash., by way of Wallula, a distance from Portland of 430 miles. The Spokana line Js used for local traffic covering the Important country between Portland and Spokane, and for the entry of the through trains of the Great Northern Railway Company, with Its eastern terminus at St. Paul. Minn., Into Portland. The Umatilla-Huntington branch Is UBed for the trackage of the Union Pacific, Chicago Northwestern and other through Eastern lines, all of which enjoy extensive termi nal facilities at Portland. In addition to these two Important branches, side lines of the O. R. & N. Co. lead out from the main line of the system as follows: Hepp ner Junction, 150 miles east of Portland, south to Heppner,a distance of 45 miles; Wallula to Grange City, via Walla Walla, c distance of SI miles: Bolles, on the Wal-lula-Riparla branch, 2S7 miles east of Port land to Dayton, a distance of IS miles: Starbuck to Pomeroy, a distance of So miles. La Crosse, on the Wallula-Spo-kane branch. SOT miles east of Portland:, to Washtucna, a distance of 53 miles; Winona, on the Wallula-Spokane branch, to Pullman, Wash., and to Moscow. Ida ho, via Colfax; Wash:, a distance of 19 and SS miles respectively; from Colfax, a dis tance of 312 miles east of Portland, mam line Washington division, continues through Garfield and Farmlngton; Tekoa, on the Wallula-Spokane branch, to Wal lace and Burke, In the center of the great Coeur d'Alene mining belt, distant respec tively SO and 87 miles frojj Tekoa; Pen dleton. 229 miles east of Portland, on the Umatilla-Huntington branch, to Walla Walla, a distance of 47 miles; La Grande, on the same branch, S03 miles east of Portland, to Elgin, a distance of 21 miles The rail lines of the O. R. & N. Co. cover Eastern Oregon and Washington. Northern Idaho, and through direct rail connections all of these three states, a well of the other states of the West and Middle West, Its transcontinental trains are as elegant In their appointments as any of the limited trains of the East, and In its fast time. In Its wonderful ecenlc at tractions, In its terminal facilities, and in its general appointments, it vies with any of the best advertised of the great trunk lines of the United States. The total trackage of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company Is 1130.76 miles. The construction of this road through what many practical railroad en. glneers once termed the impassable gorge of the Columbia River was one of the marked achievements In railroad building of the century. This river, which drains a watershed that embraces within Its bor ders thousands of square miles of terri tory, is one of the great navigable water ways of the world. The line of O. R. & N. Co. from Wallula to Portland for near ly the entire distance between these two points hugs- the south shore of the Co lumbia. Over this entire route a pano rama of rapidly changing scenes greets the eye of the traveler who Is fortunate enough to ride in one of the palatial cars of this road that has furnished the theme for some of the greatest literary descriptive efforts of American writers. Its track Is level, Its rails are heavy, and of the best steel, and In point of comfort, safety and attractiveness, the traveler can confidently select the route of the O. R. & N. Co. as one of the most popular or. the Continent In addition to its rail lines, The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company operates on the Willamette, Yamhill and Columbia Rivers Important lines of freight and pas senger steamers. The passenger service of this company on the river between Portland and Astoria, a distance of 100 miles, equals, In point of comfort and fast time, tho service of the best-regulated steamboat lines anywhere. The length of the river lines of this company In Oregon, Washington and Idaho aggregate 373 miles. Between Portland and San Fran cisco, a distance of 660 miles, the com pany operates a line of fast and commo dious passenger steamships, which usual ly make the run between these two points on as near schedule time as It is possible for a perfectly appointed water line to maintain. The company also runs a. Una of fast freight and passenger steamships between Portland and th.e Orient. Thesn. steamers are of great carrying capacity, and the business they handle is a most Important item in Portland's export trade. W. IL Hurlburt, the general passenger agent of the O. R. & N. Co.. has shown special energy and ability In advertising to the world at large the advantages oi hl3 line from the tourist's standpoint, and AttttMtOMHMltHMttMMMHMtHMtMtHMtttMMMMMMMMIMMMHMMA ,', I lfiPlillii COLUMBIA RIVER. SCENERY NEAR BONNEVILLE. From copyright photo by BenJ. A. GlCord, Tna Dalles, Or. f WONDERFUL FERTILITY of the rich country which the line trav erses, as these advantages may appeal to the Intending settler In the West. Mr. Hurlburt is ready at all times to furnish any special information desired regarding the road itself or of the territory which the practical exploiting methods of the management of the O. R. & N. Co. have done so much to develop. PORTLAND ROLLING MILLS. One of the Most Interesting Manu facturing, Enterprises in the Northwest.. Among the Interesting manufacturing enterprises located in Portland, that of the Portland Rolling' Mills Is undoubtedly ono of the most Important, not only to the city, but to Jtbe trade- of r the entire Northwest. Being the-,o,nJy.!onef of Its kind In this section Tof the""country, It supplies the .trade with jron..for manu facturing purposes at prices -which, ;we'r it not for its-existence. w,ould be largely augmented by t" the ' addition of heavy freight-rates. 'Prompt delivery is also an MMMMHMMIHIMHtMtMMMOMaietMMHttMHMt(IMHMIMMttM.HHMHltMHT SQUAW ISLAND, NEAR CASCADE LOCKS, COLUMBIA RIVER. From copyright photo by BenJ. A. Glfford, Tho Dalles, W. C. AUoway, of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation. Company, Is authority for the statement that the Indians placed their equawa and pappooses on this island during f their famous fleht with Lieutenant, afterwards Lleuteuaat-General, Philip H. Sheridan, in 1830. important factor to dealers, and, having the Iron manufactured almost at their doors, they are always enabled to pur chase only as to their direct require ments. The Portland Rolling Mills was estab lished In 1S92, and since that time it ha3 been kept in almost constant operation, with each year an Increase In facilities for .the manufacture of all kinds of bar Iron and steel, and a widening of . its field of business In the. growing North west. Nearly all of the wholesale deal ers In this section patronze this com pany. The output of the Portland Rolling Mills at" the present time Is about 20 -tons of finished Iron per day, the plant 'being kept In constant operation, night and day. The company employs about 70 men, who are paid the amalgamated scale of wages, which averages higher' tfian r that vof , any other manufacturing enter prise in 'this section oi tne country. A PROSPEROUS MARKET. -ftH' Softy's ' Batcherlns and PacUinjr Home, First 'and Madison. It!ls;neariy,a quarter of a century since Thomas'" Duffy, proprietor of the Empire Market, -F4rst and Madison, came to Port land from his Massachusets home. For the first 10 years of his residence here he was associated with others In the retail butchering business. In 1SSS he engaged In business for himself, ,and has been con tinuously prosperous from that day to this. Mr. Duffy at this time serves the best class of hotels and restaurants with his superb meats,. and the best families of the city, within range of his estab lishment, are ' numbered among his pa trons. These things would not be were It not for the truth that Duffy's market Is supplied from the very best stock to be had from Oregon's broad ranges, and that Mr Duffy and his men do business on the lofty plane of exact and equal Jus-, tlce to every patron. On this honored platform the Empire Market stands. It is prosperous. It ought to be. BECK, THE JEWELER. John. A. Beck, 207 Morrison street, Is one of the oldest and best known Jewelers m the city. Mr. Beck began business in Portland In 1870. Conservative In busi ness and absolutely reliable in his meth ods, he has, for 30 years, held the confi dence of all who have at any time had dealings with him. COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RAILROAD'S RICH AGRICULTURAL TERRITORY. Sherman County's Grand Wheat Fields Have Produced One-Sixth, of Oregon's Wheat Crop. Sherman County, by the tortuous route of the Columbia River, Is located nearly midway between the eastern and western borders of the state and on the extreme northern line of this commonwealth. The county Is small In area, but Its soil Is exceedingly fertile In the production of grasses, wheat, barley, oats, peas, flax, beans and all varieties of vegetables In digenous to that delightful climate. For agriculture, stockralslng, apples, peaches and small fruits this region Is not ex celled by any locality west of the Rocky Mountains. It is, in truth, tho stocK man's, agriculturist's and horticulturist's paradise, and Is peopled by men of en ergy, pluck and education. One of the great attractions of Sher man County Is its convenience to the markets of the w.orld. While, as stated. It borders on the Columbia River and O. R. & N. Railroad, its Important outlet la the Columbia Southern Railroad, a line of its own, and practically controlled by its own people. This road has a Junction with tho O. R. & N. at Biggs, an Impor tant wheat and stock shipping point 20 miles east of The Dalles and 10S miles dis tant from this city. And If there was ever a disconsolate, heartbroken, sad eyed, consumptive-looking spot above the surface of the earth, Its name 13 Biggs. Judging Sherman County and the region south from what may be seen at this ' place, one would not be long in mentally consigning the builders of the Columbia Southern to a seat in the Congress of the United States or a berth in the least dignified and most sorrowful lunatic asy lum beneath the stars. Sand carried down the Columbia by Spring freshets has pre-empted the mouth of the canyon where tho railroad begins its ascent to the rich upland prairies. It is there in heaps as many as 20 feet deep, giving to Biggs the most desolate appearance pos sible to imagine. This sand does not be long there, to be sure, but it's there, and Its right of possession It is useless to question. -From this Junction the road runs south eastward to Wasco, Klondike, Summit, J3eMos3 and Moro, the county seat, a dis tance of 27 miles; thence to Grass Valley, a beautifully located village 11 miles to the southwest, and, on to Shaniko, 70 miles from ts beginning. Here construc tion work, has ceased for the present, but It Is the intention of the management to continue the road onward through Crook , County, so a3 to tao that vast arid sec tion of the state soon to be brought under tlfe Influence of irrigating ditches now In process of construction. This continu ance,, it may be stated, means more to Portland than the building or extension of any line of road- no v In the eyes of our people, except perhaps the contem plated Nehalem road. It will bring to this city the business and products of a small empire now being anxiously sought after by California people who are con structing a lino into this very region. Mr. E. E. Lytic the promoter, builder and chief official of the Columbia South ern, is a young man of great energy and keen business acumen. While station agent of the O. R. & N. at The Dalles, together with J. M, Murchle, he con ceived the idea and perceived the prac ticability of building the road, and through their pluck and enterprise It is an actuality. In this addition to the rail road mileage of Orpgon they have done more for Portland than have half a score of rich men who have resided here all their lives. The Columbia Southern la a well-constructed and finely equipped railway, and it opens to Portland's markets the most productive farm lands of the West. Al though there is yet considerable Govern ment land in Sherman, that county three years ago produced one-sixth of the wheat croD of the state. Vernon County, Wisconsin, offers a bounty of 50 cents for every dead rattle snake brought to any town chairman. Frequent Injury to persons and stock In duced this action.