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10 THE-MOBNING-' OEEGONIAN, THURSPY 'APRIL' 24, .1902. THIS A PAPER ROAD? What is Oregon & South eastern Scheme? HAY GO TO WINNEMUCCA, NEV. Revival 'of an Old Plau of C. P. Hunt ingdon May Bring: Competi tion to tlie Harrlmaj Lines. There Is a pretty -well defined theory in railroad circles that the Oregon & South eastern Railroad Company, which was In corporated the other day In New Jersey, embodies a scheme for a railroad to con nect the Corvallls & Eastern Railway "with the Central Pacific at Winnemucca, New It Is presumed that the recent talk of a line from Eureka, on Humboldt Bay, northeastward to Weiser or Boise, was the immediate cause of the incorporation of the Oregon & Southeastern at this ,tlme. If this Humboldt Bay road shquld be built It would penetrate a country that could also be served by a line from the Corvallls & Eabtern to Winnemucca, and ,the first road in the field would establish 'trade routes that might not be easily changed afterward. It Is less than 350 miles from the present eastern terminus of the Corvallls & Eastern to Winnemuc ca. so the enterprise would not be out of proportion to the capital of the New Jer sey corporation. $1,000,000. The fact that something like 51000 would be required for an Incorporation fee In that state is look ed upon as evidence that the people who arc behind this project have a serious j purpose In view. Their Identity Is care fully concealed behind the names of K. K. McLaren, Horace F. M. Gould and Evan J. Dudley as incorporators. It Is said that the C. P. Huntington estate Is heavily Interested In the Cor vallls &. Eastern Hallway, which is plain ly in a condition of arrested development. The Huntingtons recently got several mil lions from the sale of the San Francisco street-car lines, and must have much more than Is required In the development of their trolley system In Southern Cali fornia. Therefore, it is supposed that H. E. Huntington, who manages the estate, is favorable to carrying out at this time a long-cherished scheme of his late uncle to build across Oregon to Winnemucca, and thus make something of the family's present holding in this state. B. J. Pengra, who was Surveyor-General of Oregon and a prominent citizen, de voted many years of his life to an effort to get a railroad on that route. He was largely Interested In the Oregon Central wagon road grant, extending across the state from Eugene to the southeastern corjicr of the commonwealth. Any agen cy that would open that region to settle ment and Improvement would add vastly to the value of the wagon road grant. Mr. Pengra had a plan for a railroad there. In addition to his wagon-road grant he wanted a railroad grant, and came near getting It. C. P. Huntington aided and supported him in this effort, and it was understood that he would handle the railroad end of the enterprise That was away back In the 00s. The rail road grant was defeated through the sub stitution of Jacksonville for Springfield as Its Oregon terminus, which would have made the road to be built for that grant a feeder for the Holladay line, rather than for the Oregon Central, a rival en terprise on the west side of the Willam ette that was backed by S. G. Reed. J. C. Alnsworth and D. P. Thompson. The Holladny railroad enterprise looked to connection of Portland with San Francis co by means of the line parallel with the coast, which would also give Oregon its transcontinental railroad outlet. Hunt ington wished to serve this country by the line projected direct from Winnemucca to the Willamette Valley, and he was will ing to co-operate with the Oregon Central to accomplish that object. When the bill in Congress was so changed as to make it carry grist to the Holladay mill. Hunt ington and the others lost interest in it, and it did not pass. That was In the last days of the railroad land-grant business. After that It was Impossible to get a grant for a road from Winnemucca to the Wil lamette "Valley, or anywhere else, for that matter. In 1S77 Mr. Huntington. In company with General Colton and Chief Engineer Mon tague, visited Oregon and made a thor ough examination Into the railroad situ ation here. Qn their way back they left the railway at Eugene and Inspected the country from that p6lnt to Winnemucca. It Is said that the conclusion was then reached that a railroad between Winne mucca and the Willamette Valley would be a profitable enterprise, and highly de sirable for the Central Pacific. A com plete survey was subsequently made, but the project never reached the stage of actual construction. Completion of rail road connection between Portland and San Francisco In 1887 removed the necessity for a line from Winnemucca to Oregon. But since then the development of the country and- growth of traffic have reach ed the stage of actual construction. Com pletion of railroad connection between Portland and San Francisco In 1S87 re moved the necessity for a line from Win nemucca to Oregon. But since then the development of the country and growth of traffic have reached a stage that many railroad men think will warrant the con struction of the line from the Willamette Valley" to Winnemucca, or to connection with some trans-continental road near that point. It is not supposed that a Huntington scheme to lead the Corvallls & Eastern to an Eastern connection at Winnemucca would be exactly relished by the Harri man Interests, because it would be some thing more than merely a line for. local development. It would be after through business as well as way traffic The Har rlman' lines are now verj well fixed for handling all the through traffic that may come to them. They don't need an Inde pendent line to take traffic from them at "Winnemucca or any other point for de livery where Harrlman lines already reach. There Is ground for the belief, however, that the Oregon & Southeastern will not bind Itself to the Central Pacific at Winnemucca, There was at one time a move to make the line from the Willamette Valley to Winnemucca a narrow-gauge road. It was to have connection with the narrow gauge system then In process of building in the Willamette Valley, and at Winne mucca the Denver & Rio Grande, also narrow gauge, was to meet the line frdm Oregon. Now the Rio Grande system Is of standard gauge, and It Is believed to be owned by the Goulds, who have the 'Missouri Pacific and other Southwestern lines. There has been a good deal of talk lately about a Pacific Coast outlet for the Gould lines, and it Is deemed possible that this Oregon & Southeastern may be designed in the Gould interest as well as in the Interest of the Huntingtons. This would be carrying out plans that were formed many years ago. It would also be an Invasion of Harrlman territory by a competitive line. But every new line to the Pacific seaboard must Invade territory ithat has been assigned in some manner in the present adjustment of interests, and It certainly cannot be that no more rail roads will be built to the Pacific. How the Oregon railroad situation would be affected by this new enterprise cannot be foretold. It Is possible that the new forces may bring power enough to bear ta have the Yaqulna Harbor made avail able for vessels of deep draft. In that case good use could be made of the Cor vallls & Eastern. Or it may be that the new railroad power will insist on setting down the Willamette Valley to Portland. These are incidents that will take shape when the enterprise shall be further advanced. O. R. fc X. TRAFFIC MANAGER. Schumacher Said to Be Slated for the Position. In yesterday's press report was the fol lowing dispatch pertaining to the vacant traffic managership of the O. R. & N. Co.: - Salt Lake, April 23. The Herald today cays that Thomas M. Schumacher, traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line, Is slated for the po sition of traffic manager of the Short Line and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, with headquarters either at Salt Lake or Portland. The appointment has not jet been officially announced, hut It n said tn have been definitely decided upon and will soon have official announcement. The Dosltlon of traffic manager of the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation Company has been vacant since the appointment Qf Ben Camp bell to be assistant to Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs, of the Harrlman system at Chicago. Little credence is given this report by railroad men, and for obvious reason. The appointment Indicated in the dis patch would not give the relief needed here. The O. R. .& N. has two vacant offices traffic manager and general freight agent. This leaves extraordinarily heavy work for Assistant General Freight Agent Coman, upon whom devolves the work and responsibility of three offices. For Mr. Schumacher to be appointed traffic manager of the O. R. & N. and still keep his office and duties In the Oregon Short Line would give little relief here, par ticularly if his headquarters should re main in Salt Lake City. If he were to come to the O. R. & N. and give it his whole attention, it would be quite another matter. That might be a credible story. O. R. & N. traffic is of peculiarly com petitive nature. Every pound of freight It gets is affected by competitive condi tions, and the extent and character of the field and nature of the competition calls for a high order of talent In deal ing with It. It requires a man of experi ence and energy to deal with It satisfac torily. To add the traffic department of the O. R. & N. as a frill to some other railroad office will not produce satisfactory results here, unless the official roster shall be filled and the duties adjusted so as to balance the new relations. The arrange ment Indicated in the Salt Lake dispatch Is not deemed likely to be made, because it would not give the desired relief here. Local officials of the O. R. & N., however, say they have no Information as to what offices will be filled or who will fill them, or whether Mr. Schumacher Is under con sideration in connection with any of them. LOGGIXG ROAD TO COLUMBIA CITY' Four Miles Under Construction Mill nnd Conl Bnnkcrx. ST. HELENS, Or., April 23. The Co lumbia & Nehalem Valley Railroad Com pany has a gang of CO men at work on the grade for the track. At present the grade is completed to a point about half a mile west of Columbia City depot, on the Northern Pacific. Track-laying will commence next Monday, and It Is ex pected that In less than two months the company will have the road In operation to Its timber, which Is about four miles from the Columbia River, nnd will be rolling logs In the river. The company has In Its own right about 4000 acres of as good timber as is found on this Coast, As soon as the road Is ready for opera tion two logging camps will be established and the logs will be taken out with half a score of donkey engines and hauled to the river, where they will be rafted for market, until such time as the company can build and equip a sawmill, which will be located on the water front near Colum bia City. Thlssmill will have a capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber per day. The company has secured 2000 feet of water front at one of the best mill sites on the Columbia River. A large donkey engine Is out at the end of the grade, and is used for clearing the right of way and in building the bridges. It Is the Intention of the promoters of this road to extend it on 'towards the Ne halem Valley as rapidly as possible. It will pass through the Bunker Hill coal fields and, should a good grade of coal be found. It will furnish quick means of transportation to .the Northern Pacific track and to coal bunkers that will be built at Columbia City. David Goodsell Is president of this new company, and the incorporators are all men of good standing financially. The company has already contracted for a large consignment of logs at ?6 per thous. and. RAILROAD COMPANY "WANTS BOATS Columbia River & Northern Nec-oti-ntlnpr for D., P. & A. N. Co. THE DALLES. Or, April 23 A meet ing of the chief stockholders of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company was held here this afternoon for the purpose of considering a proposal from the Columbia River & Northern Railway Company to purchase the hold ings of the navigation company. No de cision was reached, but It Is stated au thoritatively that a meeting will be held tomorrow at which a definite answer will be given by the navigation company. Work on the Columbia River & North ern's road from Lyle to Goldendale Is be ing pushed rapidly. (President Rufus Mallory, of the Co lumbia River & Northern Railway Com pany, said last night that the proposal made the D., P. & A, N. Co. was not in shape to be made public at this time; but he admitted that negotiations were In progress looking to control of the nav igation company by the Klickitat rail way. The railway will need steamer connection at Lyle to make its route at all a practicable transportation way, and the acquisition of some of the boats now on the river is deemed better than put ting on a new line and Increasing com petition that Is regarded as already sharp enough.) , RAILROAD TO BURNS. Sampler Valley Line Will Be Extend ed From "Whitney. BAKER CITY, April 23. Joseph A. West, chief engineer of the Sumpter Val ley Railroad, left for Whitney this morn ing with a complete surveying outfit, pre pared to survey the line for the exten sion of the road to Burns, the county scat of Harney County. The Indications are that the road Is to be extended at once. Americans to Build Norwegian Road NEW YORK, April 23. A party of en gineers who will construct this Summer the first Amerlcan-buIU railway In Eu rope has sailed for Bremen. The railway will be used to ship large quantities of Iron from Norwegian mines. The en gineers in the party are ex-State En gineer Adams, his son Arthur, C. A. Poole and Arthur O'Brien. On reaching Bremen they will meet Henschel Roberts, ex-Deputy State En gineer, who has char? of the dealings of the new road, and will accompany him to Mo, on the west coast of Norway, 300 miles north of Chrlstlanla, where the mouth of a rock-walled ford will be made Into a great harbor. From the docks there the new railway will run to the ore fields, IS miles away. Three thousand laborers will be employed in the work. The GHIson ore milling syndicate, of London, Is the backer of the scheme. A director of the corporation is Thomas A. Edison. Most of the materials used will be sent from the United States and the rolling stock will be of American manufacture. It Is ex pected the total cost will exceed $1,000,000. Reduced Rates for Teachers. SALEM, Or., April 23. State Superin tendent Ackerman was today advised by R. B. Miller, general passenger agent for the Southern Pacific Company, that the usual reduced rates of 11-3 fare round trip would be' given all teachers desiring to attend the State Teachers' Association meeting, to be held at Eugene, June 25 23, inclusive. Special rates will be given pn chartered cars. CLUBWOMEN ARE TO MEET STATE FEDERATION CONVENES IN PORTLAND TODAY. Delegates Will Be Chosen to National Convention Interest In Color Line and Other -Questions. The delegates to the State Federation of Women's Clubs had nearly all arrived last night. Their first meeting Is In the Selllng-Hlrsch building today at 9:30 A. M. This Is the first meeting since the organ ization, two years ago, and the reports will show a remarkable activity along lines of educational work and a steady growth In strength and numbers since the beginning. Oregon will send five delegates to the National federation, to be held at Los Angeles, May 1-8. The president will be one of these, and the other four will e elected at this meeting. The choice of these delegates will be of especial In terest, as they will have a voice In de ciding the questions of Individual or state representation, and upon this practically hinges the color-line question, now caus ing so much discussion. When the movement of a National or ganization was first started a National charter was obtained under the name of the General Federation of Women's MRS. C. B. "WADE. President, Oregon Federation of "Women's Clubs. Clubs. In this organization, then, any women's club was eligible to membership. Later state federations were organized, and many clubs that held membership in the National federation Joined the state federations, and through them obtained a second representation In the National federation. As can be plainly seen, the National meetings became so clumsy and compli cated that it was impossible to keep the proceedings straight. A complaint was made by many clubs, and a resolution presented requiring all clubs to be repre sented through the state federation. This would solve the problem, but then an other knotty question came up. The Southern clubs were bitterly opposed to any colored women's clubs becoming members of the federation. To adopt state representation would be to leave the color question to each Individual state, and If a colored club could gain mem bership In a state federation It would be a member of the National federation, and the Southern clubs would have no ground on which to oppose It, Consequently they declared that the charter read "General Federation of Women's Clubs," and not "of State Federations," and so they ar gue the charter will not permit of such an arrangement At the Los Angeles meeting It will be proposed to change tho reading of the charter, and an exciting time Is oxpeed. Mrs. C. B. Wade. oPPendleton, presi dent of the Oregon Federation, when asked about the matter yesterday, said: "Oregon clubs stand for state repre sentation. Letters were sent to every club In the state during the Milwaukee biennial meeting, and every one answered In favor of state representation. I think that the charter will be changed at the next meeting, for the clubs are favoring It more and more, and It is believed that two years ago the majority of the states favored such a change. The North will advocate the change, and the South will oppose It," To morrow Mrs. Dockery. of Boise, Idaho, will address the meeting on "The Club and the Public School." A special Invitation Is extended to the mothers and teachers. TO SPEAK ON CIVIC IMPROVE31ENT. Mrs. Hamlin, a Noted "Worker, to Give an Address Friday Night. The State Federation of Women's Clubs has granted Friday night, April 25, to the Lewis and Clark Civic Improvement Association. Seeing hero a chance to ap peal to an audience whose Influence Is felt throughout the entire state, an en gagement was made with Mrs. Lenora Austin Hamlin, of St, Paul, to deliver the address of the evening. The meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Hamlin Is one of the most effective champions of civic Improvement in the United States. She Is president of the Woman's Civic League of St. Paul, chair man of the town and village Improvement committee of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, and second vice-president of the American League for Civic Improvement. She was born and edu cated In Minnesota, and at one time a resident of the college settlement In New York City, where she received her first training in civic work. Mrs. Hamlin was the organizer, and since Its ' founding three years ago the president, of the Woman's Civic League of St, Paul, which has a membership of 250 women. Under her leadership the league has been In strumental in securing Improved sanita tion, "purer milk supply, the cleaning of vacant lots, the opening of two public playgrounds, the 'establishment of reading-rooms and study classes in one of the poorer sections of the city. Mrs. Hamlin Is a clear, forceful, easy speaker, who uses her wealth and experience In civic affairs both convincingly and with conviction. Her address next Friday evening will be Illustrated with lantern views of East ern cities before and after the civic Im provement work was undertaken. HONOR TO AN ARTIST. Miss Grothjean Invited to Send Marines to Bis Exhibit. Miss Francesco. C. R. Gothjean, a Port land artist, has been honored by an Invi tation to exhibit her marines at a large international exhibition, to be- held In Schevenlngen, Holland. The objects are to raise money for the Pro-Boer Associa tion of The Hague, with which to re lieve the distress of the Boer women and children confined in the British camps of South Africa. Sympathizing with the objects- of the exhibition, Miss Grothjean will send for exhibit several of her can vasses now in New York. The commit tee of the International Art Exposition, which is arranging the exhibits. Is com posed as follows: President, Dr. W. De Rldder; secretary, S. H. L. De Korte; treasurer. Dr. Beelaerts Van Blockland; Dr. C. H.' Van Haeften; H. W. Mesdag, president of "PulchI Studio"; Joseph Israels, president of the Dutch Drawing Society; H. W. Jansen, President of "Artl et Amlcltlae"; Mrs. Annie Botha, Louis Botha, Countess E. Van Bylandt, Baroness A. Van H. Thoe Slooten. hon 0$ "si S. P. " . st mi orary president of the Netherland-South African Union, division of The Hague; G. A, A. MIddleberg, president of the Netherland-South African Union. Miss Grothjean is now living and work ing In Portland, after an absence of 11 years abroad, during' which time she studied art under Courtols, Glrard, Puvls de Chavannes, Paul J. Blanc, iPierre Fritel and A, G. Delecluse. She has ex hibited paintings at both Paris salons in 1S93 and 1900, Columbia Exposition, Chi cago, 1893; Society of Artists- and Acad emy of Design, New York; Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. At the recent exhibit of the Portland Art Association Miss Grothjean exhibited her latest work, a beautiful marine, "After the Storm, Off the Coast of Holland," which at tracted a great deal of attention both for the novelty "of the treatment of the theme as well as the masterly technique shown in the execution. Miss Grothjean Is at work at present on a marine for Rljks Museum, the government art ex hibit, of Amsterdam, and Is also pre paring a private exhibit at Durand Ruel's, Parlsi TO START FREE NURSING Association "Will Work to Raise $1000 to Help the Poor. There was a large attendance of rep resentative women yesterday morning at the chapel of the Unitarian Church, on the occasion of a meeting of the Visit ing Nurse Association of Portland, to hear the steps proposed to start a sys tem of free nursing among the sick poor. It was announced that the supi of 1500 Is already pledged, and that active wok will be started as soon as 51000 In 'all Is subscribed, as that sum will represent one nurse's expenses for one year. Many new members Joined the association. Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, president of the association, called the meeting to order, and she eald. In part: "Three objections have been raised to this work, which I wish to answer. The first. Why not let the sick pcor go to the hospitals? The second. What Is the bene fit of one nurse In this city? The third concerns the danger of pauperization. Re specting the first, I would only ask you to consider that there are people whom the hospitals, however fine they may be, cannot help: those who through mistaken prejudice , will die at home rather than enter a hospital;, those whose diseases are Incurable, and those whom It Is un wise to separate from their families. "As to the second objection, of only one nurse to begin the work. Is It better to withhold all help, because we cannot help all? Then, too, as soon as our mem bership is large, and donations come pour ing In to our treasurer, we will employ as many nurses as the needs of the sick poor demand. This same work was be gun In Boston with but one nurse, and a few years later there was not one call that failed of a response. "To tho third objection of pauperiza tion, let me answer that the association hopes to furnish trained nurses free to all unable to pay for their services, but will alsv send nurses to those who can pay iomethlng, a good nurse being supplied for $7 a week, or for 25 cents an hour, the money to be added to the association's fundsC" It was reported that two physicians have offered their services to the as sociation, and that the Portland Railway Company and City & Suburban have promised free transportation for the nurses. The Board of City Charities has offered Its room as an office for the as sociation. In addition to medicine and clothing. Mrs. Emma J. Wakeman, superintendent of the Good Samaritan Hospital, wrote offering the free use of the mother's bed at the hospital. Mrs. J. C. Reed, of the Portland branch of the Needlework Guild of America, offered Its services. Helpful and Interesting addresses were given by Rev. Dr. Edgar P. Hill, of the First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Woods Hutchinson, and Mrs. Lucy Morgan, a trained nurse. Those who wish to afd In the work of the association are asked to communicate with Miss G. Wasserman, at the Hobart-Curtls. The officers wish to have a large list of new members and more revenue, to allow the work to be immediately started. NO CONFLICT IN 1905. St. Louis Fair "Will Not Be Postponed Beyond 1004. Any attempt to postpone the St, Louis Exposition to 1905 will meet with resist ance. Representative Tongue writes to H. W. Corbett that he is willing that post ponement should be until 1904. "I have frequently called attention to the fact that Oregon has pre-empted 1905," he writes, "and tnat every rule of fairness and good-will requires that that should be respected. We supported the St. Louis bill and are entitled to some consideration on that account," Senator Mitchell says that he will npt oppose any bill to put off the. St. Louis Fair until 1904. As to postponement un til 1905, he sends a letter from David R. Francis, president of the Exposition, who says that the corporation "would under no circumstances consent to It; consequently the Lewis and Clark Exposition need en tertain no fear of conflict of dates. Our local company has taken no action looking to a postponement to any year beyond 903.,f This was written to Senator Mitch ell. The letter continues: "I believe that the World's Fair at St. Louis will so arouse Interest In this part of the country and Its history as to help In no small degree the exposition at Port land." Senator Simon wroje: "I am In receipt -of your valued favor of the 12th Inst., and note that you write about the probable delay in the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and I also note the opinion of yoiirself and your associates that a delay of one year, or until 1904, In the opening of the Louisiana Exposition will not militate against the proposed exposition at Port land In 1905. "I am pleased to receive your letter and to learn your views on this subject. I will very gladly support any measure that may be Introduced In Congress providing for the postponement of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition until 1904, In accord ance with the suggestions made by you In your letter." Congressman Moody made response as follows: "I note that you say In some manner an Impression has been given that Port land Is opposed to the postponement of the St, Louis Fair. This Is the first inti mation I have had of such an impres sion." POSTMARK FOR THE FAIR Oregon Delegation "Will "Work to Secure Advertising Device. The Oregon delegation In Congress will endeavor to have the Government use a postmarking stamp in the Portland office to advertise the Lewis and Clark cen tennial. The Postmaster-General has said that such privilege Is prohibited "ex cept In case of an affair of National character, for which an appropriation by Congress has been made." Mr. Mitchell writes to the Lewis and Clark board: "You desire myself and . colleagues to consider the propriety Qf securing what you desire by legislation. I trust we may be able to present a united front in an effort to secure what you wish. "I am strongly Inclined to the opinion that It will not be possible for us just at this time to secure this legislation. The better way, I think, would be to await the Introduction in Congress at the next ses sion of a bill providing for the Govern ment exhibit at the Lewis and Clark centennial, and then. to endeavor to se curo franking and postmarking privi leges." t ' Constipation, which rives rise to many graver" troubles. Is cured and prevented by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them and you will bA convinced. 't - n r Our Offer of $10 THE RED FRONT 269 UP-RIVER DEVELOPMENT GREAT XEED OP PORTLAND AS 3IR. SHOLES VIEWS IT. Portland, However, Is Doing: All It Can to Farther the Opening of the Columbia. SPOKANE, Wash., April 19. (To the Editor.) While one. cannot read without chagrin the announcement that Portland's prestige as a wheat port has given way to Puget Sound, even in slight degree, yet It Is a condition which was long antici pated by those who watched the trend of Inland Empire development, and were not blinded by faith In "natural location" and gravity route to tidewater. An article In The Oregonlan recently, accompanied by a very suggestive map of the great wheat area, tempts me to offer a few comments on the situation. I do not ex pect to be able to throw new light upon a subject which has been discussed so much during the past year, but as my conclusions disagree with those main tained by The Oregonlan In one respect, and as constant agitation of river Im provement Is the first requisite toward securing Governmental recognition, it may not be amiss to present a counter-argument. This loss of first place, as a wheat port Is of much more serious and far-reaching consequence to Portland and river Im provement than the mere transfer of business In a financial sense, because It will be reflected and grow in Importance and Influence In proportion to the distance the news travels. If Idaho, Washington and Oregon had been a separate govern ment, the Columbia and Snake Rivers would have been opened to navigation years ago; but we have to go 3000 miles for our legislation on that subject, and It Is almost Impossible to bring Congress to an appreciation of the wealth of this empire so remarkably drained by theBe rivers. It Is not necessary to put Into the mouths of enemies of river improve ment the argument that will be based upon Puget Sound's Increase In wheat shipments; he who runs may read. It Is my opinion that nothing can re store Portland's supremacy as a wheat port except the opening of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, and that that would do It may be regarded as a practical cer tainty. One railroad -against two, with the possibility of a third, cannot main tain an even fight, especially when the one sleeps upon the advantage of a water-level route, while the others with mas terful aggressiveness send their feeders Into Its richest territory. Railroads are not run In the Interest of any city or port;, but when run on business princi ples, "they are after all the traffic they can haul. When the Northern finds ltto Its Interest to build down the river to Portland It will do It, and Its Interest In that respect cannot be more effectually and quickly made to appear than by mak ing the Columbia navigable from British Columbia to Astoria. That might even have some effect In spurring the Oregon Railroad & Navigation to proper develop ment of Its own rightful territory. In every way It has the key to the situa tion In the Inland Empire, and yet like a bashful man at a dance it stands Idle while Its rivals carry oft both honors and wealth. A few hundred miles of feeders here and there would tap untold re sources; yet It stands mute, heedless of Its own Interests, deaf to the demands of suffering communities. On the other hand, witness the Northern Pacific's Clearwater branch. It was Intended mere ly to develop a known rich country, but without unusual expectations. Lo! Thun der Mouutaln arises, sends forth Its gold en flood, attracts the attention of the world, nnd a great and valuable traffic Is ready, for the new road. It followed so soon that the casual observer would al most think It had been anticipated by the genius that guides with signal ability the affairs of the Northern Pacific. Therefore, In view of the railroad situ ation, from which little relief can be ex pected, Portland must turn her atten tion with vigor and promptness to up river development. The time is oppor tune; In spite of the demand for a mil lion dollars for the mouth of the river, a liberal amount has been recommended for the opening of the upper river. But Chairman Burton, who better than any one else In Congress, perhaps, appreciates the Importance and necessity of Improv ing the mouth of the river, as -well as eventually the upper river, we are told will oppose this appropriation on the ground that Captain Harts' estimate Is too high, and wants to have another sur vey made. This seems Incredible. Mil lions upon millions wasted in rotted transports, but one of the most useful and Important projects of the century must wait as It has already waited while men who played upon Its banks In "boy hood have grown gray In order to save a few hundred thousand dollars! In the meantime the beneficiaries of the Im provement paying a million dollars In ex cess tolls. Such short-sighted policy Is uncalled for; there Is no reason why the Government should be hesitant or parsi monious In inaugurating and completing with all possible speed a work of such vital Importance to three states as the canalizing of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Their volume of water Is large and constant, and they are not closed to navigation to exceed an average of one month a year. It Is a scheme so preg nant with utility and benefit to a mil lion people now, and millions more In the future, that It should enlist support of the wisest statesmen; It Is worthy of the best years of any man's life to carry It to a successful termination, to whom, should such a man arise, It will prove a monument more enduring than granite. Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Eastern Washington are at this time a unit In their demand for open rivers; enthusiasm runs high, and every one Is ready to put forth his best efforts for the result. Un questionably there has been a conflict In Interest between the mouth of the river WE AGAIN CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO the bunch of GOOD SUITS that we have placed on SALE TILL SATURDAY NIGHT. We have selected several lines of $13?50, $15.00 and $16.50 suits in all the new colorings. The sizes are somewhat broken on these lines which it is our object to close out. You get the benefit of it. By 'far the best line of 10.00 ever put on sale. If you have not purchased your Spring suit, don't delay, or it may be too late to secure a bargain. Sale on these positively closes Saturday night. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. AND 271 MORRISON STREET and the Interior, and the mouth naturally gets the best of it always. There are no natural conditions or laws which argue that the mouth of a naviga ble stream Is, per se, more Important or better entitled to improvement than the upper channel. It might be quite the re verse, depending wholly upon the develop ment of the contiguous territory and Its topographic conditions. If the 'entrance to the Columbia, for example, had been choked by reefs requiring millions of dol lars to remove, and the lower reaches of river country had remained undeveloped, while the inland had attained a popula tion and wealth which required and se cured Improvement of the river from tho Interior to a point, say, where Portland Is, and transported Its wheat and other products thence to railroads that carried such products to tidewater, we would have an exact reverse counterpart of the situation as It actually happened to the Columbia River. The adjacent country de veloped first along its navigable reaches; the bar, passable without Improvement, became first-class under reasonable ap propriations. There was at that tlmo no Inland commerce to call for an open river. Today times and conditions have so far changed that an adequate ship channel from, the sea to Portland receives its highest measure of value from the devel opment of 'the valleys of the Columbia and Snake Rivers and tributaries. This being so, Instead of assuming, as has been done In the past, that Improvement of the bar Is always first in Importance, we are bound to admit that upper river Improve ment Is at least equal In Importance; If it has reached equality In "point of develop ment and necessity, it exceeds It In point of justice, because not a dollar has ever been expended on It to enable the pro ducer to send a boatload of wheat from Lewlston to Portland or Astoria. In the early days Portland was mistress of both land and sea In the North Pacific; the topography of the country, her natu ral strategic situation, made her so. If she had begun 25 years ago to work as Derslstentlv for the canalizing of the Co- f lumbia and Snake Rivers as for Improve ment of the lower river and bar. that great work would have been accomplished now. and she would have rendered tier position .Impregnable as the commercial port of the Northwest; she would have had more railroads, and double the popu lation she now has. Had this been ac complished ten years ago, It Is hardly an exaggeration to say, that with a smelter at Portland, and the cheap rates of river transportation, the shipment and treat ment 'of ores alone from Eastern Wash ington and Idaho would today be giving employment to several thousand men. The Improvement of the lower river and bar would then come as a matter of course, because the Interior would be sending Its flotillas of merchandise to Portland's wharves by thousands of tons. Unfortunately, the energies of the city were absorbed In enlarging Its facilities for output without correspondingly In creasing Its avenues for supplying ex port tonnage. "What avails It to have the best harbor and ship channel In the world If the tonnage, for lack of ability to reach your ships, Is being hauled by enterpris ing railroads to other ports? It seems to me that the combined Influ ence of Portland and Oregon could serve no better or more self-serving purpose than to unite in a demand for immediate improvement of the upper river. It is hardly conceivable that the bar will shoal to Impassablllty; by some means It will be kept open. But when the time comes that the river Is navigable from Lewlstdn to the sea there will be such a volume of traffic pouring seaward that It will be eas ier to get $1,000,000 a year for the mouth of the river than a fifth of that sum now. Let us repeat again, for I believe the contention Is founded von geographic con ditions and supported' by the history of the development of navigable rivers gen erally, that under the conditions now ex isting along the Columbia, upper river Improvement must go along with lower river Improvement; that their Interests are Indissoluble; that If either is more dependent upon the other for future ex istence, then In the same degree that the city Is dependent upon the country. Is lower river Improvement at the mercy of the Interior. Their interests are now Iden tical: however disconnected In the early It Is the Best Toilet Soap made. A wonderful akin curative. Best for the complexion. Best for the bath. Best for the baby. Best for the hair. Large cakes 15c. Trial size 5c ; all drug gists'. Munyon's Remedies are positlvo euros. Advice and Guide to Health free by mall. Munyon, New York and Philadelphia. WJBIOH'Q IHHALEB 0DEE3 OATAESH. 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