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Property Intact.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 12. A large major
ity of the creditors of the Federal Tele
phone Company, owned and controlled by
the Everett-Moore syndicate, were-in ses
sion all day here today. A large part of
the conference was taken up discussing
various proposals for the purchase of the
entire properties. Creditors have ex
pressed a desire to stand by the syndicate,
and, if possible, assist it in keeping the
property under its control. They favor
the depositing of all the stocks and bonds
of the constituent companies owned by
the Federal Telephone Company in some
big trust company, to be used as collat
eral securities for a new issue of bonds,
these bonds to be accepted as payment
of the claims held by the creditors, and
thus enable the syndicate to go on with
the operation of the company and keep it
under its control. If the plan goes through
It will furnish ready money to finish un
completed plans, principally at Detroit
and Dayton. Members of the company
feel more confident than ever that the
securities will be kept up to their full
value. It Is also emphatically stated that
the situation In regard 'to the traction
companies, in which the syndicate has a
controlling interest. Is very favorable, and
that none of the traction companies will
be sold. The bankers' committee will re
sume its sessions tomorrow afternoon.
ALBAN SIIZED A STEAMER.
Arming; the Las. Taro to Attack the
Rebel Fleet.
COLON, Colombia (via Galveston), Jan.
12. The South American Steamship Com
pany having refused to charter Its steam
er Lan Taro to the Colombian Govern
ment, to be used by the latter as a. gun-,
boat. General Alban today Issued a de
cree appropriating the vessel He has
taken possession of It, and has deposited
a sum of money equal to its value with
Senor Ehrman, a banker of Panama. The
captain and crew of the Lan Taro will
remain in the service for Colombia. Can
nons are now being mounted upon her
and she will probably sail from Panama
tomorrow to attack the fleet of the Co
lombian Liberals.
The United States cruiser Philadelphia,
which left Panama January 9 'for Las
Tablae, .has not yet returned.
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Fate of Miss Stone and Mme. Tsllka
Not Yet Known.
LONDON, Jan. 12. The Constantinople
correspondent of the Daily Mail, wiring
January 11, says that negotations for the
release of the American captive, Miss
Stone, and her companion, Mme. Tsllka.
have not yet been opened with the bri
gands. M. Garglull, the dragoman of the Ameri
can Legation, and W. W. Peet, treasurer
the missionary society In Constantinople
(who left Salonica for the interior
to meet Miss Stone's captors), have been
j Instructed, according to the correspond
ent, to negotiate only with persons bring
ing . letters from Miss Stone, without
which it would be impossible to be cer
tain that the prisoners were still allvo.
Miss Stone's Brother Talks.
DULUTH, Jan. 12. Perley A. Stone, of
Boston, brother of mien M. Stone, the
American missionary held for a ransom
by Bulgarian brigands, is in the city to
night, and of his sister's predicament said:
"My sister's capture is not the result
of brigandage, but of a carefully laid plot,
conceived months before by some of the
principal actors in the political drama
now being played behind the scenes by
men in Bulgaria and Macedonia. Her cap
ture -was not because she was a mission
ary, but because she was an American
citizen. Had she been the subject of any
other great nation, It would not have hap
pened. Her rescue or abandonment will
determine for many years to come the
standing of Americans In the Orient"
THE CORINTO CONFERENCE,
Said to Be for Preservation of Peace
of Central America.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (via Galveston),
Jan. 12. President Zelaya, the Ministers
of his Cabinet and several other Nlca
raguan ofHclals have left here for Corinto,
where they will confer with the Presidents
of the states of Central America, who
will assemble there upon the invitation
of President Zelaya.. General Tereclno
Sierra, President of Honduras, and Gen
eral Tomas Regalada, of Salvador, are
already on their way to Corinto. The
Presidents of the other republics or their
representatives are reported as Intending
to go to Corinto later. The object of these
meetings is declared to be preservation of
I peace. They will occur January 15 and 17.
ANTI- CHINESE BILL
New Exclusion Measure a
Comprehensive One.
EMBRACES PART OF GEARY LAW
JVo Mere Celestials Are to Be Admit
ted to Citizenship Strict Rales
Laid Down for Transporta
tion Companies.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The new Chi.
nese exclusion bill framed by the Pacific
Coast delegation represents much labor.
For five weeks. Senators and Representa
tives discussed every phase of the ques
tion, and the new measure is the result
of this mature deliberation. The new bill
re-enacts the prominent features of the
old Gearj law, with more careful pro
vision for its enforcement, and further
provides for the exclusion of Chinese from
the Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico,
and from all other possessions which may
hereafter be acquired by the United
States. Furthermore, Chinese persons who
may now reside in any of these Insular
possessions are restricted from entering
the United States proper. Another new
feature of the bill provides that no China
man shall hereafter be permitted to be
come a citizen of the United States.
The bill opens with a general nrovlsion
that all Chinese persons, other than those 1
who are citizens of the United States, or
who have an established right to re-entry,
either as domiciled merchants or as
registered laborers who have acquired a
residence here, shall be refused admis
sion into the United States, and after
sucn rerusai shall be returned to China
or to the countries of which they are re
spectively citizens or subjects, the ex
pense of their return to be borne by the
transportation company bringing them to
our Torders. Such companies' will be re
quired to detain at the port of entry every
Chinese person intended to be landed, un
til it has been determined whether such
person has the right to land, a heavy
penalty being provided for violation of
this section, not exceeding $1000 for each
person, or imprisonment for one year.
Should railroad lines crossing our border
violate this provision, the port of entry
through which such lines extend will bo
closed to all further admission of Chi
nese. Masters of vessels bringing Chinese to
this country shall present, on landing, a
full descriptive list of all such persons
on board. The Chinese passengers will
then be duly Inspected on board ship by
designated officials, and thpfr rifht in
land determined. A, penalty of not ex.-"
year, is provided for persons conspiring
to unlawfully land Chinese in the United
States, and vessels whose officers shall
violate this provision shall be seized by
the United States.
Those Permitted to Enter.
No Chinese person other than those who
are citizens of the United States; officials
of the Chinese Government, teachers,
students, merchants, travelers for pleas
ure, or returning laborers, shall hereafter
be permitted to enter the United States,
and these classes will be required to
clearly establish their Identity before they
will be permitted to land, bringing, among
other papers, a certificate from the dip
lomatic or consular agent of the United
States at the port from which they come,
a certificate of identity which shall clear
ly establish their right of admission.
The bill specifically describes the mean
ing of the terms, official of the Chinese
Government, teacher, student, merchant,
traveler and returning laborer," so that
there shall be no misunderstanding as to
the scope of the proposed law. Chinese
laborers now In the United States and
wishing to visit their native land must
secure a certificate of residence and of
good character before leaving the coun
try, if they wish to return, and such re
turn must be made within two years, if
they desire readmisalon. But in these
cases, as Ifl all others, complete identifi
cation papers must be prepared and pre
sented at the proper time, all Chinamen
returning to the same port from which
they departed.
It shall be unlawful for any Chinese
person to transfer a return certificate.
Persons presenting certificates which have
been unlawfully acquired shall be deemed
guilty of a felony,, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than $5000
for each offense, and be imprisoned for
not more than five years. Any person dis
posing of his certificate of return shall
forfeit his rights under such "certificate for
all time.
Within 0 days after the passage of the
now bill every Chinese mercantile firm in
the United States will be required to file
a full report of the nature and character
of its business, showing value of stock,
capital invested, and the number and Iden
tity of the several partners comprising
such firm, together with numerous other
facts that will serve to Identify persons
connected therewith, should they at any
future time apply for permission to re
enter the United States as domiciled mer
chants, and if such Identity cannot be
established, such persons shall not be ad
mitted. Ports of Entry.
No Chinese persons, except diplomatic
and Consular officers of the Chinese Gov
ernment, and their families and attend
ants, shall be permitted to enter the
United States at other ports than San
Francisco. Port Townsend, Portland, Or.,
Boston. New York, New Orleans, Hono
lulu, San Juan and Manila, and such other
ports as the Commissioner of Immigration
may designate. If additional ports are
designated on the Canadian or Mexican
border, the transportation lines which
propose bringing Chinese persons- to such
ports shall agree to abide strictly by the
new law. Failure to comply therewith
will result in the closing of such ports
where violations have occurred.
Before any Chinese person will be per
mitted to pass through the United States
he will be required to satisfactorily es
tablish the fact that he Intends solely to
proceea immediately to a destination be
yond the United States, where has the
assurance of employment, and that he
does not Intend to make use of this privi-
yicfeo aa a. uicaua ui uuuiimng UniaWIUl
entrance to the United States. No per
son wno nas Deen reiusea admission to
the United States shall be granted au
thority to pass through the country un
der any circumstances, and no person
who has been refused the privilege of
transit through shall be allowed the right
of admission into the United States.
The masters of vessels bringing Chi
nese persons not (entitled to admission
in their crews shall be required to give
bond in the sum of $1000 for each such
person, guaranteeing that they will not
be permitted to land, the bond to be can
celled upon the sailing of the vessel. Any
Chinese person found within the United
States in violation of law may be wrest
ed and duly tried In a United States Dis
trict Court, and, unless he shall clearly
establish the fact that he is entitled to
remain, shall be deported to China or to
the country of which he is a resident.
The bill also provides tho course of pro
cedure in appealing from decisions In
cases of this character, until the United
States Supreme Court is reached. The
ruling of this court is, of course, final.
Barred From Becoming: Citizens.
Hereafter no state court or court of the
United States shall admit any Chinese
person to citizenship. Section 49 of the
proposed law reads as follows:
"That no Chinese person being un
lawfully in Hawaii or Porto Rico or the
Philippine Islands, or any other insular
possession of the United States, shall, by
reason thereof, be entitled to enter or re
main in the United States or any of the
territory of the United States other than
that in which he was 1n the first instance
permitted to enter or remain."
Provision is made, however, that any
Chinaman of the exempt class residing
in the insular possessions shall be entitled
to admission to any other part of the
United States upon the same conditions
as he is entitled to entry from a foreign
country.
Any Chinese person who may testify
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LEWIS AND CLARK ORGANIZATION TODAY.
Subscribers to stock in the Lewis and Clark celebration enter
prise will meet to adopt by-laws-and elect directors this afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the Oregon Mining Exchange, on the second floor of
the Chamber of Commerce building.
The general committee "will recommend that the number of di
rectors be 15, and. the following nominations for directors will be
made:
H! W. CORBETT,
H.W. SCOTT.
ADOLPHE WOLFE,
PAUL WESSINGER,
A,H. DEVERS,
BJUFUS MALXORY,
JOH3PS. O'SHEA,
LEO FRIED.
:
If these recommendations and nominations shall be acceptable to
all, the business of the meeting may be transacted in a short time.
If they meet with opposition, there will be debate, and many ques
tions already threshed outby the general committee will be gone
over again. If the nominations for directors be unanimously agreed
to, the election may be by acclamation. If there be objection, a
regular ballot election will need be held, requiring much clerical as
sistance and consuming much time. In that case it is not deemed
possible that the business will be concluded today. There will be
about 2500 persons entitled to vote.
The preliminary committee has done what it could to simplify
and expedite organization, but the stockholders will have the power
to reject all recommendations and nominations if they so choose.
Unless there be unanimous consent, a full ballot will be necessary
for adoption of by-law6 as .well as for election of directors, making
two ballotlngs If there shall be lack of unanimity on both matters.
After the stockholders choose the board of directors, the direc
tors will elect officers and complete the organization.
Subscribers who choose to execute proxies may find suitable
blankgfcki "tkelfront office at 246 Washington street. Ballots bear
ing tfreVnamaS nominated, for directors may aIsobe obtained "thereC
Proxies for use of the general committee should be delivered to
Chairman Corbett at the First National Bank by 2 o'clock today.
falsely In any proceeding to determine
the right of another Chinese person to
land or remain in the United States shall
be deported from the country. Any Chi
naman who gains admission to the Unltea
States under the exempting clause of the
bill, and afterward engages In any other
occupation than that upon which he wps
admitted, shall bo subject to deportation.
Furthermore, any Chinese person con
victed of a felony shall, after serving his
term of conviction, be deported, and every
Chinese criminal found in the United
States shall be likewise treated.
The bill authorized the Commissioner
General of Immigration to make such
regulations as may be necessary for ef
fectually carrying out the proposed law,
under the direction and approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Shall Be Deported.
Any Chinese person who may be found
guilty of violating any provisions of the
law shall forfeit his right to remain in
the United States, and shall be duly de
ported. Persons subject to deportation
shall be sent out of the country at the
expense of the United States Government,
but legal action may be brought to re
cover costs and expenses from any person,
company or corporation who may be re
sponsible for the acts from which lia
bility to such deportation arises. Depor
tation proceedings shall be before Unfted
States Judges or Commissioners, who are
authorized, upon conviction, to authorize
the deportation of undesirable Chinese,
and the order for deportation shall be
carried out by United States Marshals
having jurisdiction In the district wherein
the case may have arisen. Chinese per
sons ordered oul of the country are to be
held in custody, and shall not be admitted
to ball. Unless it Is shown in cases of
this character that the Chinaman is a na
tive of some country other than China, he
shall be returned to his native land. The
new law will apply to all persons who are
Chinese either by birth or descent, wheth
er subjects of China or subjects or citizens
of any other foreign power. The term,
"United States." where It occurs in the
bill, is Intended to mean the lands and
waters included In the United States, and
Its territories, the District of Columbia,
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines, and
any and all other territory or possessions
now owned or hereafter acquired by the
United States.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
Domestic.
A Sioux City company will build a beet-syrup
plant In Portland. Page 1.
Programmes of the two Houses of Congress
this week. Page 2.
A family of seven perished In a Buffalo are.
Page 2.
Mme. Nordlca was Injured in & train wreck: In
Georgia. Page 2.
Foreign.
The French Ministerial electoral campaign
opened at St. Etienne. Page 2.
London press comment on Chamberlain's
speech. Page 2.
The Pan-American deadlock is still unbroken.
Page 6.
Pacific Coast.
The state assessment roll for 1901. Page 6.
Plans for irrigating Kittitas Valley. Page 0.
Daniel M. French, hanker, of The Dalles, is
dead. Page 0.
Portland and Vicinity.
School Board recommends 2.5 mills levy and
$40,000 for new buildings. Page 8.
Harry N. Andresen, injured In elevator acci
dent, dies. Page 10.
New city charter provides for water board and
separates municipal and state elections.
Page 10.
Portland sail ox boarding-house keepers reply to
French charges. Page 6.
Democratic county committee recommends
judges and clerks. Page 10.
Lewis and Clark corporation will be organ
ized today. Page 1.
BEET SYRUP PLANT
Sioux City Company Will
Buiid One in Portland.
COST TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
The Prodnct "Will Be "Worked at the
Local Factory Through Certain
Stages, and Then Sent East v
to Be Finished.
SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 12. William C.
Peterson, of this city, general manager
for the Sioux Beet-Syrup & Preserving
Company, and also general manager for
the Omaha Beet-Syrup Preserving Com-
CHARLES E. LADD,
W. B. AYER,
A. L. MILLS,
G. W. BATES,
I. N. FLEISCHNER,
W. D. WHEELWRIGHT,
F. DRESSER.
pany and Chicory Company, said tonight
that the Sioux Company this year would
build two plants on the Pacific Coast,
one in or near Portland, and the other in
California. Mr. Peterson made public
the fact that at the annual meeting of
the stockholders, held last week, money
for the erection of the plants was pro
vided. Mr. Peterson will leave March 1
for Los Angeles and Portland, with a
view of selecting sites for the factories.
Speaking of the proposed plant In Port
land, Mr. Peterson said It would cost
$25,000. It will be operated the year round
and during the fruit season will give em
ployment to 200 people, who will be di
vided Into three crews, which will be
worked In eight-hour shifts In order that
the plant may be kept running day and
night. Both Pacific Coast plants will be
operated In connection with the Sioux
plant. The fruit will be worked through
certain stages there and then shipped to
Sioux City to be turned out as finished
products. It Is believed by the officials
of the Sioux Company that there will
be economy In this plan.
"SCHLEY AND SANTIAGO."
George E. Graham's Story of the
Great Battle.,
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. A book entitled
"Schley and Santiago" is on the press
in this city, and will be bound within 10
days. The author Is George E. Graham, a
war correspondent who was on the Brook
lyn during the fight with the Spanish
fleet, and thus is in a position to tell
the story of Santiago without fear or
favor.
The book is said to have the unqualified
indorsement of Rear Admiral Schley, who
read and corrected the proof sheets. When
President Roosevelt was Governor of New
York, he was present when Mr. Graham
gave an account of the battle to state
officials and members of the Legislature
and said: "I am sure you feel as pleased
at having listened to Mr. Graham as I
do,, for I have listened to the best ac
count I have ever heard or read of the
naval fighting during this war."
Mr. Graham was assisted by his camera,
which enabled him to add many inter
esting situations, and the description he
gives of the movements of the fleet and
the battle Is evidently sincere. It is free
of virulent and personal attacks; the aim
13 to give a truthful statement of every
occurrence.
In connection with the arrival of the
New York, Mr. Graham says:
"The Commodore reached over to me,
took my glasses and looked searchlngly
to the East, saying slowly as he did so:
"There Is the Texas and there Is the
Vixen, but I don't see the New York.'
And then as he kept his glasses up. In an
Instant he had evidently found her, for he
remarked: 'Yes. there she Is. I can tell
her by her smoke.' This was at 1:45
o'clock, and the Colon had" gone ashore
at 1:15, while Captain Cook had received
the surrender at 1:43. At 2 o'clock. Just
as the New York got where we consid
ered her In signal distance. Commodore
Schley ordered the signal raised: 'A
glorious victory has been achieved. De
tails later.' This signal replaced the one
which we had been flying for nearly
three-quarters of an hour, 'The enemy
has surrendered,' at which the New York
had not answered. Vainly the signal
officers on the bridge watched the New
York for even the courtesy of an an
swering pennant, showing that he under
stood our signal. None was displayed,
and then It apparently dawned upon
Commodore Schley's mind that Sampson's
Flag Captain on the New York was
probably intent on ignoring him. Picking
up the megaphone. Commodore Schley did
the one thing that day for which I have
always criticized him; lowered his digni
ty suffidetly to plead with the com
mander of the fleet that he might have,
the surrender of the ship whose escape
had been frustrated by the Brooklyn and
the Oregon, thus maklns: complete the
', day's victory.
I request the honor of the surrender
of the Chrlstobal Colon,' he said in a
clear, distinct voice, and from the Commander-in-Chiefs
Flagship came wafted
back the Insolent answer from a cadet,
What?'
" 'I request the honor of the surrender
of the Colon?' again called the Commo
dore, and this time his voice trembled
slightly. We "watched the bridge of the
New York closely, waited intently for an
answer, but none came. And that mes
sage as had all the others preceding It
since the destruction of the Spanisn
fleet, which had been addressed by
Schley to the New York, remained unan
swered. "Somebody raised a broom at our mast
head on one of the pennant halyards and
the crew of the Oregon followed suit and
then gave three cheers for Commodore
Schley. On the Texas, the men all lined
up on the forward deck, and at the re
quest of somebody aboard I presume of
Philip himself gave three cheers for
Commodore Schley. The little Vixen cir
cled around three or four times, her
crew yelling themselves hoarse for the
Brooklyn, for Schley and for the victory.
But from the New York there came never
a round of joyfiilness and never a cheer."
Schley's Quiet Sunday.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 12. Admiral
Schley passed a quiet day at the home of
General Gordon, where he Is visiting. He
attended rellgloua services this morning .
at Christ Church, Episcopal, and this
evening at the Independent Presbyterian
Church. Each house was crowded. The
streets were lined with people before and
after the services. Men raised their hats .
to the distinguished visitor, and women
bowed to him, but there was no cheering
or handclapplng.
HOMESICKNESS HT MANILA
As a Cnre, an American Xctfk Service
"Will Be Established.
MANILA, Jan. 12. Medical authorities
here assert that a considerable portion
of the breaking down among American
residents of the Philippine Islands Is due
to homesickness. Newspapers of Manila
are urging the United States Philippine
Commission to make an appropriation for
a daily cabled news service from the
United States, thus bringing Americans
here in closer touch with their home life.
A majority or the local papers, several
Army officers, civil officials and others
have promised subscriptions to help meet
the cable tolls for a three months news
service of 100 words a day. An amount
sufficient to cover the tolls for 70 words
a day has already been subscribed. It is
hoped that this news service can be be
gun January 15. It will be devoted to
American news exclusively. The Govern
ment has offered to send news bulletins
free to all points on the military wires.
Commissioner Bernard Moses, head of
the Department of Public Instruction for
the islands, has delivered an address to
the teachers of Manila, in which he par
ticularly urged the continued instruction
of Filipino children in English. He said
the members of the wealthy farmer
classes were making a great mistake in
sending- their children to Spanish schools,
as the" consequent aegjectjln. English in
struction would injure their position and
standing In the islands, which would in
evitably and lndissolubly become a por
tion of the American Nation.
The news received from Batangas
Province is cheerful. The expedition to
Loboo, In Batangas, has been a complete
success. The columns under Colonels
Wlnt and Wells have destroyed a large
number of barracks and hamlets, and
enough rations to keeep 20,000 Filipinos
for six months. There was not a single
American casualty during the entire ex
pedition. The enemy fled before the
Americans, many of them were killed and
several surrendered. '
Major Henry Allen, formerly Governor
of Leyte, and now chief of the Insular
Constabulary, who has been making a
tour of inspection through Leyte and
Mindanao, has returned to Manila and
reports that the native constabulary is
fully able to control the situation In the
Province of Mlsamls, In Northern Min
danao, where he thinks the situation has
been much exaggerated. Previous re
ports concerning this province caused
Generals Davis and Wade to request that
it be returned from civil to military con
trol. .
With the exception of,,, the church, the
entire town of Qulnque, In Bulucan Prov
ince. Luzon, has been burned to the
ground and thousands of Filipinos have
been rendered homeless.
STUDY OF AN ASSASSIN.
Boston Man Collecting Facts About
Leon CzoIrosz.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 12. Dr. L. Vernon
Briggs, of Boston, spent the greater part
of last week In this city In the neighbor
hood of the Czolgosz home, and with tho
aid of an Interpreter gathered enough In
formation to cover between 40 and 30
pages of -typewritten, manuscript. He vis
ited the Czolgcss family In the South End
and tried to interview every person he
could And that had ever spoken to or was
personally acquainted with Leon Czol
gosz, the murderer of President McKInley.
He Is said to have taken notes upon the
house in which Czolgosz was born, upon
the general environment of the neighbor
hood, going even so far as to note that
the streets In the neighborhood were not
paved and that there were no shade trees
Nitrogen
Phosphoric add .
Potash
Iron and alumina
Lime
Insoluble matter .
In tho vicinity. He also went to the farm
near Chagrin Falls where the family re
sided for a time, and Inquired of the neigh
bors about the maneuvers of Leon Czol
gosz. In addition to the above, he asked
about the environments of Czolgosz' an
cestors for several generations back in
the land the family came from. Dr.
Briggs said he wanted the facts for sci
entific purposes.
French Shore Modns Vivendi.
ST. JOHN'S. N. F. Jan. 12. The Colonial
Legislature will meet February 13. The
Colonial Government has up to the pres
ent time received no request from the
British Cabinet for the renewal of the
French shore modus Vivendi, which ex
pired December 31. 190L It is believed in
official circles that the Cabinets of France
and Great Britain are consulting over the
prospect of effecting an arrangement of
this question more acceptable to New
foundland. If the British Cabinet desires
a renewal of the modus vlvendl, the fact
will probably be Intimated during the
next few days. The Colonial Government
is awaiting some intimation of the policy
of Great Britain before taking action in.
the matter.
Contract for Shortening a Line.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 12. Kllpatrlck
Bros. & Collins, of Beatrice, Neb., have
been awarded a contract by the Southern
Pacific Company for shortening the line
between Vista, Nev., and Wadsworth, a
distance of 20 miles. Thn contract price
la near 2500,000.
NEW TRADE FIELDS
Virgin Empire to Be Reached
by Columbia Southern.
COUNTRY'S CHARACTERISTICS
Other Part of Oregon That WohIO.
Pay Well for Building of Trans
portation Lines Xntnre of
' 1e Resources.
The Columbia Southern Railroad is
about to penetrate a -virgin empire. It is
nothing new to And virgin empires in
Oregon, and so much has been said about
them that the glowing phrases have
largely lost their power to awaken in
terest in the country. They go with
magnificent resources, glorious climate
and picturesque scenery. Sometimes they
are coupled with shlftlessnes3 and neg
lected opportunities. But however mouth
filling polysyllables and lurid word pic
tures may weary sober-minded folk, tha
living facts need oft be pressed homo
that our, prosperity, our very life, root3
back Into the soil, and that virgin em
pires are not so numerous or common
place that they should weary us. And tho
building of transportation lines that shall
open the wealth of these secluded re
gions and carry to them the throbbing
modern world of commerce and civiliza
tion Is a matter of moment to all con
cerned. In tills case a large area of
scantily-populated and almost wholly un
developed country, at least 5000 square
miles, or 3.200.000 acres of It, located near
the geographical center of the state, will
be opened to settlement and cultivation,
to mining and to lumberjng, and it will
be brought Into direct connection with
the metropolis of the state. And what Is
the character of the new empire that la
to be thus added to the State of Oregon
added because made available for tho
purposes of civilization?
Leaving the divide that separates tho
Deschutes and the John Day Rivers, tha
proposed extension will take to the basin
of tho former, though the line will be at
considerable distance from the stream.
Itself until the terminus is reached at
Bend, which Is upon the river, 100 miles
southward from Shanlko. Tributary to
the extension will be nearly 1,000,000 acres
of land that will produce crops without
irrigation, a somewhat larger area of ir
rigable soil, 200,000 acre3 of timber land
andGOCCOO cres classed, as -mineraL I&
is for the most part a heavily rolling, ele
vated country, on which timber Is gener
ally scarce. Some of it Is so broken that
It will never be useful for anything but
grazing. Some of it Is valuable only as
scenery, and that Is fantastic and grand
onough to please the most exacting. Tho
surface of the country everywhere ex
hibits evidences of Its volcanic origin,
both in the ashen soil and the basaltic
rock.
The Deschutes is the largest tributary
of the Columbia River betweeen the Wil
lamette and the Snake- For a distance
of 166 miles It drains the eastern slopo
of the Cascade range, and, though it is
a generally rapid stream, It is navi
gable for steamers of small size for con
siderable stretches of its course. The
river takes its rise in the mountains and
is feci all Summer by the melting snows
of the range. Engineers who have exam
ined the valley of the Deschutes say It
is a comparatively easy matter to bring
large areas under Irrigation ditches. Sev
eral miles of Irrigating canals have al
ready been constructed, chiefly In tho
reglpn between Prlnevllle and the moun
tains to the westward, and many more
miles of ditches are under way. At least
five irrigation companies aro now at work
In the Upper Deschutes Valley, four of
which will take advantage of the Carey
arid land act for the promotion of their
enterprises. Thi? gives the companies
that provide irrigation facilities a lien
upon the land for interest upon their in
vestment, subject to inspection and ap
proval by state and National authorities.
Half a dozen samples of the soil of tho
Deschutes Valley were recently sent to
the Oregon Agricultural College for
analysis. One was taken from the bank
of the river, three others at the distance
of one-quarter, one-half and three-fourths
of a mile, respectively, from the stream,
and the sixth was from a lava rock ledge
on the "desert," many miles back. The
samples gave the following analyses, ia
the order of distance from the river:
No. 1 1
No. 2 No. 3 I
No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
.067
.15
.99
10.83
1.87
81.94
.229
.13
.75
10.38
.99
83.00
.044
.18
.34
10.78
1.03
83.14
.or.6
.09
.99
10.43
.99
83.37
.W6
.076
.65
9.37
1.01
.045
.12
1.10
6.15
.82
S9.33
83.S5
Professor Knisely, the chemist, who
made the analyses, adds the following re
garding the character of the soils and the
benefit of Irrigation:
These soils are deficient In nitrogen, with
the. exception of No. 2. The soils for Nos. 4.
and 5 have only a moderate amount of phos
phoric acid. They all seem very rich In pot
ash. They are also richer In lime than many
of the soils of Western Oregon. With irriga
tion and with the growing of leguminous cropa
it would seem to me that these soils could ba
made very productive.
Water from the Deschutes was also
submitted, but no complete analysis was
made of It. Upon test, however. It was
ascertained that there were no Injurious
ingredients for Irrigating purposes In It.
"We determined the amount of total
solids," writes Professor Knisely, "and
also ascertained that the solids were al
most entirely calcium sulphate. This
would make the water valuable for irri
gating purposes."
In the neighborhood of Bend the Des
chutes River carries a volume varying
from 1732 cubic feet per second at tho
lowest stage In the Winter to 3014 cubla
feet per second in the latter part of May.
The stream carries an abundance of water
for all purposes in the Summertime. Presi
dent Lytle, of the Columbia Southern, a
few weeks ago placed half a dozen ther
mometers at various points In the Des
chutes Valley, and he receives regular re
ports of their readings. He finds ma
terial difference in the temperatures of
the depressions and the elevations, but
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